UCSB's men's basketball team travels to Long Beach State on Wednesday night for its final regular season road game of the season.The two schools that have played each other in the last two Big West Tournament championship games - and are favored to do it again this year - will meet in an 8 p.m. clash that is being televised on ESPN2.Orlando Johnson enters Wednesday's game with the 49ers needing 23 points to pass Carrick DeHart (1,687 points from 1986-90) and Alex Harris (1,696 points … [Read more...]
Johnson within shot of scoring record in televised game
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Gauchos beat Aggies in Bracketbuster game
LOGAN, Utah - James Nunnally had 24 points and 11 rebounds, Orlando Johnson added 22 points and UC Santa Barbara bended, but didn’t break in the second half, winning at Utah State for the first time since 1999, 72-64.The game was part of the Sears BracketBuster series.The Gauchos (15-8) came out on top at the two most pivotal moments of the game and that proved to be the difference against the Aggies (14-14).UCSB trailed by as many as five points early in the first half at 14-9, … [Read more...]
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Gauchos can’t contain McCalister, Anteaters; win streak snapped
IRVINE – UC Irvine senior Kassandra McCalister torched UCSB for a career-high 36 points and handed out five assists to lead the Anteaters to a 72-65 win over the Gauchos on Saturday night at the Bren Events Center.UCSB had its three-game winning streak snapped and falls to 11-14 overall and 5-7 in the Big West. UC Irvine improves to 12-14, 8-6.McCalister, who previously scored 21 points in the Anteaters' win in the Thunderdome, went on a 9-0 run by herself in the second half to turn … [Read more...]
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Gauchos use tough defense, solid first half to ride to win
A torrid first half for UC Santa Barbara was more than enough for the Gauchos to win their third in a row, knocking off UC Riverside, 53-43 at the Student Recreation Center.UCSB jumped out to a 12-2 lead very early on and held UCR to just 15.4% shooting in the first 20 minutes to take a 24-12 lead into halftime. The 12 points allowed represented the fourth-lowest total by a UCSB team in a half in program history.In the second half, though, UCR made it a little interesting. The Gauchos … [Read more...]
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UCSB cruises past UC Irvine, 85-62
Orlando Johnson scored 25 points and added 10 rebounds and Kyle Boswell had career-highs with 19 points and five three-point baskets as visiting UC Santa Barbara crushed UC Irvine on Wednesday night, 85-62.The Gauchos (14-8 overall, 9-3 in the Big West), which has won five of its last six games, remain in a second-place tie in the Big West Conference with Cal State Fullerton, a winner at UC Riverside.UCSB led the Anteaters (9-17 overall, 5-8 in the Big West) by as many as 31 points four … [Read more...]
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Serna picks up slack in UCSB victory
Jaime Serna sat out the last time UC Riverside and UCSB met on the basketball court, with the Highlanders coming away with an overtime victory.In Saturday's second meeting between the two teams, Serna made his presence felt with 19 points and nine rebounds to lead UCSB past Riverside 60-52 in a Big West Conference game at the Thunderdome.Serna connected on seven of his 10 field goal attempts while the rest of the Gauchos combined to shoot 13-of-47."In a game like that, 19 and 9 … [Read more...]
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Second-half surge swings victory in UCSB’s favor
A 13-0 run by the UCSB women's basketball team turned around Saturday afternoon's game and gave the Gauchos their second win in a row.Trailing by nine to Cal State Bakersfield midway through the second half, Emilie Johnson hit consecutive three-pointers and Kirsten Tilleman added a three-point play before Sweets Underwood and Melissa Zornig added baskets to propel the Gauchos to a 57-49 victory.UCSB has now won two games in a row for just the second time this season – and … [Read more...]
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Gauchos shoot lights-out in second half to beat Fullerton
For much of the season sometimes it has felt that UC Santa Barbara couldn't make anything.For the second half on Thursday night, it was as if the Gauchos couldn't miss.UCSB shot an eye-popping 75% (15 of 20) from the field in the second half, turning around a halftime deficit into a 52-39 victory over Cal State Fullerton. The win snaps a four-game losing skid by the Gauchos and it represents the 39th straight victory by UCSB over the Titans, the second-longest active streak between … [Read more...]
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Vaughn erupts for 37 at UCSB’s expense
FULLERTON - Kwame Vaughn scored a career-high 37 points and Cal State Fullerton made school record 17 three-pointers en route to a 99-86 win over visiting UCSB on Saturday night.The 17 three-pointers tied a Gaucho opponent record.Vaughn helped the Titans (15-7 overall, 7-3 in the Big West) overcome a 12-point first half deficit. He made 11-of-15 shots overall and 5-of-7 from three-point range. Vaughn was helped in the record-setting performance by guard Isiah Umipig who made 7-of-11 … [Read more...]
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Cal Poly completes season sweep of UCSB
Another tough first half caused the UCSB women's basketball team to try and dig out of a hole and though the Gauchos hung tough with Cal Poly throughout the second half, the first-half deficit was too much as UCSB lost its fourth in a row.The Mustangs used a 15-point lead at the break to win by that same margin, 67-52, on Saturday afternoon at the Thunderdome. UCSB is now 8-13 overall and 3-6 in the Big West while Cal Poly improves to 9-12, 6-3.The Mustangs' win, coupled with their win … [Read more...]
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Johnson, Williams lead UCSB past Northridge, 85-70
Orlando Johnson scored 25 points and Alan Williams had a career-high 19 to pace UC Santa Barbara to an 85-70 Big West Conference win at Cal State Northridge on Thursday night.The Gauchos (12-7 overall, 7-2 in the Big West) trailed the Matadors (6-14 overall, 2-7 in the Big West) 9-2 in the opening minutes before Johnson and Williams combined for all 15 points during a 15-4 run that gave them a 17-13 lead. UCSB built the lead to 13 points, 34-21, before settling for a 38-31 halftime lead. … [Read more...]
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Shooting woes plague Gauchos in loss to USC
LOS ANGELES – A tough shooting night doomed the UCSB women's basketball team on Tuesday as the Gauchos, again, played terrific defense but could not get many shots to fall.UCSB shot just 25.4 percent on the evening and fell to USC, 50-39 at the Galen Center. It was the third straight defeat for UCSB, which falls to 8-12. USC snapped a three-game skid and improved to 11-9.The Gauchos went nearly seven and-a-half minutes without scoring a point at the start of the second half as USC used … [Read more...]
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