Game 16 (BW Game 4)
UC Riverside at UCSB
Saturday, January 14, 2023, 7:00 pm PST
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Quick Bite
The Gauchos (13-2, 4-0) have smoke-and-mirrored their way to their best start in 34 years. The schedule has helped, certainly, but the team does seem to find a way to unlock a secret code in each game to record the victory. Wednesday, CSU Bakersfield never threatened but UCSB never really pulled away either. Ajare Sanni scored 8 of UCSB's first 11 points with a couple of threes, which is the spark UCSB needs from him as a starter. The more other players can heat up on offense, the load is thus distributed away from Ajay Mitchell. Andre Kelly was better although still not at his November peak. Koat Keat Tong scored a career-high 6 points and has cemented his "first-big-off-the-bench" role. Jakov Kukic was a DNP as Evans Kipruto got 4 minutes of run.
Hopefully, UCSB is not looking past the dangerous Highlanders (11-6, 4-1) to their MLK showdown at Irvine. Through the vagaries of COVID scheduling/cancellations, the last 4 games have been played in the Inland Empire. UC Riverside has played the last 2+ games without Big West Conference-leading scorer Zyon Pullin, who is nursing some kind of ankle injury. There's no word on his status. In his absence, UCR was blown out at home by Cal State Fullerton and fell 18 points behind at UC San Diego before something clicked. Riverside closed the game on a 33-9 run led by Jamal Hartwell II's career-high 30 points. The Highlanders also erased an 18-point deficit at Loyola Marymount this season. UCR has never won in Santa Barbara.
UC Riverside-UCSB History
UCSB leads the series 39-11.
Recent games
February 26, 2022: W 97-90 at Riverside (2OT)
February 27, 2021: L 52-68 at Riverside
February 26, 2021: W 72-68 at Riverside
February 27, 2020: W 65-60 at Riverside
January 25, 2020: W 65-53 at Santa Barbara
February 14, 2019: L 71-57 at Riverside
January 12, 2019: W 72-64 at Santa Barbara
January 27, 2018: W 76-69 at Riverside
January 6, 2018: W 65-57 at Santa Barbara
The Arena
The Thunderdome
Capacity: 5,000
The DCI will be making his first appearance at the Campus Events Center since the 2019-20 season. Moderate rain is expected in soggy Santa Barbara.
Head Coach
Mike Magpayo
overall/UC Riverside: 41-25 (.621)
Magpayo was named interim head coach for the 2020-21 season, then was promoted to full-time head coach on May 21, 2021. After leading the Highlanders to a 14-8 record in his first season, Magpayo signed a five year extension. He is the first Division I men's basketball coach with full Asian heritage. Magpayo has also found tremendous success off the court, both as the CEO of a multi-million dollar real estate firm in Southern California for seven years and as the founder and president of the Asian Coaches Association. He graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a degree in business economics in 2001.
UC Riverside Roster
Zyon Pullin #5 SR G, 6-4 195, Pleasant Hill, CA -- 19.6 Pts, 4.5 Reb, 4.1 Ast
Flynn Cameron #11 SR G, 6-3 210, Auckland, New Zealand -- 10.5 Pts, 5.5 Reb, 3.3 Ast
Lachlan Olbrich #30 FR F, 6-10, Adelaide, Australia -- 10.1 Pts, 5.9 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Kyle Owens #0 SR F, 6-8 205, Calabasas, CA -- 9.2 Pts, 4.8 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Jamal Hartwell II #4 SR G, 5-10, Inglewood, CA -- 8.0 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Wil Tattersall #14 JR G, 6-7 198, Melbourne, Australia -- 5.4 Pts, 3.6 Reb, 1.8 Ast
Vladimer Salaridze #13 SO F, 6-7, Tblisi, Georgia -- 4.3 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Jhaylon Martinez #12 SO C, 6-11 260, Vallejo, CA -- 4.2 Pts, 4.6 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Luke Turner #22 SO F, 6-7, Temecula, CA -- 3.6 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Nate Pickens #1 FR G, 6-4, El Mirage, AZ -- 1.9 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Anthony Bell #25 JR G, 6-1, Chino Hills, CA -- 0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Kobe Jerome #3 FR G, 6-4 190, New Rochelle, NY -- 0.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Niyi Olabode #10 SO F, 6-5 205, Orinda, CA -- 0.0 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 0.3 Ast
UCSB Roster
Ajay Mitchell #13 SO G, 6-4 180, Sainte Marie Namur (Belgium) -- 15.9 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 4.5 Ast
Miles Norris #5 SR F, 6-10 220, San Diego, CA -- 13.0 Pts, 6.3 Reb, 1.5 Ast
Josh Pierre-Louis #1 SR G, 6-4 185, Plainfield, NJ -- 10.3 Pts, 3.8 Reb, 2.4 Ast
Andre Kelly #2 SR F, 6-8 255, Stockton, CA -- 8.7 Pts, 6.5 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Calvin Wishart #10 SR G, 6-1 180, Delano, MN -- 7.0 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 2.6 Ast
Ajare Sanni #3 SR G, 6-3 170, Houston, TX -- 7.3 Pts, 2.7 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Cole Anderson #4 SO G, 6-4 185, Fresno, CA -- 5.8 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Koat Keat Tong #00 FR F, 6-9 215, Bentiu, South Sudan -- 1.6 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Jakov Kukic #14 JR F, 6-10 230, Split, Croatia -- 1.8 Pts, 2.6 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Matija Belic #32 FR G, 6-7 205, Belgrade, Serbia -- 0.4 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Evans Kipruto #12 JR F, 6-8 250, Nairobi, Kenya -- 0.8 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Gage Gomez #50 JR G, 6-3 190, Arroyo Grande, CA -- 0.7 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.7 Ast
David Pickles #40 SO F, 6-10 235, Seattle, WA -- 1.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Ariel Bland #23 SO F, 6-7 215, Eden Prairie, MN -- 0.0 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Henry Hartwell #51 FR G, 6-5 180, Oceanside, CA -- 0.0 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Max Sheldon #53 SO G, 5-11 180, Santa Barbara, CA -- 0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
UC Riverside National Ranking Outliers
Team
Team
Obviously, Riverside is a lot stronger with Pullin in the lineup. However, if he were to play he might not be able to play his normal type of "take-over-the-game" game. UCR likes to spread the floor and play through their big men in the high post, but the Highlanders are not as strong inside as we've become accustomed to. I'm predicting an Andre Kelly breakout. UCSB 70, UC Riverside 61
Official Site: https://gohighlanders.com/sports/mens-basketball
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UC Riverside at UCSB
Saturday, January 14, 2023, 7:00 pm PST
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Quick Bite
The Gauchos (13-2, 4-0) have smoke-and-mirrored their way to their best start in 34 years. The schedule has helped, certainly, but the team does seem to find a way to unlock a secret code in each game to record the victory. Wednesday, CSU Bakersfield never threatened but UCSB never really pulled away either. Ajare Sanni scored 8 of UCSB's first 11 points with a couple of threes, which is the spark UCSB needs from him as a starter. The more other players can heat up on offense, the load is thus distributed away from Ajay Mitchell. Andre Kelly was better although still not at his November peak. Koat Keat Tong scored a career-high 6 points and has cemented his "first-big-off-the-bench" role. Jakov Kukic was a DNP as Evans Kipruto got 4 minutes of run.
Hopefully, UCSB is not looking past the dangerous Highlanders (11-6, 4-1) to their MLK showdown at Irvine. Through the vagaries of COVID scheduling/cancellations, the last 4 games have been played in the Inland Empire. UC Riverside has played the last 2+ games without Big West Conference-leading scorer Zyon Pullin, who is nursing some kind of ankle injury. There's no word on his status. In his absence, UCR was blown out at home by Cal State Fullerton and fell 18 points behind at UC San Diego before something clicked. Riverside closed the game on a 33-9 run led by Jamal Hartwell II's career-high 30 points. The Highlanders also erased an 18-point deficit at Loyola Marymount this season. UCR has never won in Santa Barbara.
UC Riverside-UCSB History
UCSB leads the series 39-11.
Recent games
February 26, 2022: W 97-90 at Riverside (2OT)
February 27, 2021: L 52-68 at Riverside
February 26, 2021: W 72-68 at Riverside
February 27, 2020: W 65-60 at Riverside
January 25, 2020: W 65-53 at Santa Barbara
February 14, 2019: L 71-57 at Riverside
January 12, 2019: W 72-64 at Santa Barbara
January 27, 2018: W 76-69 at Riverside
January 6, 2018: W 65-57 at Santa Barbara
The Arena
The Thunderdome
Capacity: 5,000
The DCI will be making his first appearance at the Campus Events Center since the 2019-20 season. Moderate rain is expected in soggy Santa Barbara.
Head Coach
Mike Magpayo
overall/UC Riverside: 41-25 (.621)
Magpayo was named interim head coach for the 2020-21 season, then was promoted to full-time head coach on May 21, 2021. After leading the Highlanders to a 14-8 record in his first season, Magpayo signed a five year extension. He is the first Division I men's basketball coach with full Asian heritage. Magpayo has also found tremendous success off the court, both as the CEO of a multi-million dollar real estate firm in Southern California for seven years and as the founder and president of the Asian Coaches Association. He graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a degree in business economics in 2001.
UC Riverside Roster
Zyon Pullin #5 SR G, 6-4 195, Pleasant Hill, CA -- 19.6 Pts, 4.5 Reb, 4.1 Ast
Flynn Cameron #11 SR G, 6-3 210, Auckland, New Zealand -- 10.5 Pts, 5.5 Reb, 3.3 Ast
Lachlan Olbrich #30 FR F, 6-10, Adelaide, Australia -- 10.1 Pts, 5.9 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Kyle Owens #0 SR F, 6-8 205, Calabasas, CA -- 9.2 Pts, 4.8 Reb, 0.9 Ast
Jamal Hartwell II #4 SR G, 5-10, Inglewood, CA -- 8.0 Pts, 0.9 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Wil Tattersall #14 JR G, 6-7 198, Melbourne, Australia -- 5.4 Pts, 3.6 Reb, 1.8 Ast
Vladimer Salaridze #13 SO F, 6-7, Tblisi, Georgia -- 4.3 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Jhaylon Martinez #12 SO C, 6-11 260, Vallejo, CA -- 4.2 Pts, 4.6 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Luke Turner #22 SO F, 6-7, Temecula, CA -- 3.6 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Nate Pickens #1 FR G, 6-4, El Mirage, AZ -- 1.9 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Anthony Bell #25 JR G, 6-1, Chino Hills, CA -- 0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Kobe Jerome #3 FR G, 6-4 190, New Rochelle, NY -- 0.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Niyi Olabode #10 SO F, 6-5 205, Orinda, CA -- 0.0 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 0.3 Ast
UCSB Roster
Ajay Mitchell #13 SO G, 6-4 180, Sainte Marie Namur (Belgium) -- 15.9 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 4.5 Ast
Miles Norris #5 SR F, 6-10 220, San Diego, CA -- 13.0 Pts, 6.3 Reb, 1.5 Ast
Josh Pierre-Louis #1 SR G, 6-4 185, Plainfield, NJ -- 10.3 Pts, 3.8 Reb, 2.4 Ast
Andre Kelly #2 SR F, 6-8 255, Stockton, CA -- 8.7 Pts, 6.5 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Calvin Wishart #10 SR G, 6-1 180, Delano, MN -- 7.0 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 2.6 Ast
Ajare Sanni #3 SR G, 6-3 170, Houston, TX -- 7.3 Pts, 2.7 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Cole Anderson #4 SO G, 6-4 185, Fresno, CA -- 5.8 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Koat Keat Tong #00 FR F, 6-9 215, Bentiu, South Sudan -- 1.6 Pts, 3.4 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Jakov Kukic #14 JR F, 6-10 230, Split, Croatia -- 1.8 Pts, 2.6 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Matija Belic #32 FR G, 6-7 205, Belgrade, Serbia -- 0.4 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.1 Ast
Evans Kipruto #12 JR F, 6-8 250, Nairobi, Kenya -- 0.8 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Gage Gomez #50 JR G, 6-3 190, Arroyo Grande, CA -- 0.7 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.7 Ast
David Pickles #40 SO F, 6-10 235, Seattle, WA -- 1.0 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Ariel Bland #23 SO F, 6-7 215, Eden Prairie, MN -- 0.0 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Henry Hartwell #51 FR G, 6-5 180, Oceanside, CA -- 0.0 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.0 Ast
Max Sheldon #53 SO G, 5-11 180, Santa Barbara, CA -- 0.0 Pts, 0.0 Reb, 0.0 Ast
UC Riverside National Ranking Outliers
Team
- Blocks per game: 341 (1.7)
- Fastbreak Points: 315 (6.29)
- Free Throw Attempts per game: 308 (15.1)
- Free Throws made per game: 300 (10.6)
- Rebound Margin: 33 (+6.0)
- Rebounds (Defensive) per game: 61 (27.24)
- Rebounds per game: 56 (38.41)
- Steals per game: 338 (4.7)
- Turnover Margin: 278 (-1.2)
- Turnovers Forced per game: 286 (11.71)
- Zyon Pullin -- Assist/Turnover ratio: 233 (1.54), Assists: 241 (57), Assists per game: 132 (4.1), Field Goal Attempts: 223 (196), Field Goal percentage: 79 (.526), Field Goals: 87 (103), Free Throw Attempts: 204 (72), Free Throw percentage: 289 (.750), Free Throws: 197 (54), Minutes per game: 73 (34:42), Points: 140 (274), Points per game: 30 (19.6)
- Flynn Cameron -- Assist/Turnover ratio: 270 (1.40), Assists: 259 (56), Assists per game: 281 (3.3), Rebounds (Defensive) per game: 236 (4.65), Steals: 285 (23), Steals per game: 335 (1.35), Three Point Attempts: 210 (96), Three Pointers per game: 200 (2.18), Three Point Field Goals: 179 (37)
- Kyle Owens -- Double Doubles: 209 (2)
- Lachlan Olbrich -- Rebounds: 324 (100), Rebounds (Offensive) per game: 115 (2.59)
Team
- Bench Points per game: 291 (15.73)
- Effective FG percentage: 70 (.536)
- Field Goal percentage: 23 (.486)
- Rebound Margin: 40 (+5.8)
- Scoring Defense: 29 (62.3)
- Three Point Attempts per game: 346 (15.5)
- Three Pointers per game: 328 (5.4)
- Winning percentage: 14 (.867)
- Ajay Mitchell -- Assist/Turnover ratio: 152 (1.84), Assists: 135 (68), Assists per game: 81 (4.5), Field Goal percentage: 101 (.503), Free Throw attempts: 170 (76), Free Throw percentage: 72 (.855), Free Throws: 96 (65), Minutes per game: 280 (32:05), Points: 292 (239), Points per game: 170 (15.9), Steals: 133 (28), Steals per game: 88 (1.87)
- Andre Kelly -- Blocks: 248 (15), Blocks per game: 205 (1.00), Double Doubles: 209 (2), Rebounds (defensive) per game: 166 (5.07), Rebounds per game: 251 (6.5)
- Miles Norris -- Blocks: 283 (14), Blocks per game: 261 (0.93), Double Doubles: 209 (2), Minutes per game: 278 (32:06), Rebounds (offensive) per game: 221 (2.20), Rebounds per game: 287 (6.3)
- Josh Pierre-Louis -- Steals: 213 (25), Steals per game: 104 (1.79)
Obviously, Riverside is a lot stronger with Pullin in the lineup. However, if he were to play he might not be able to play his normal type of "take-over-the-game" game. UCR likes to spread the floor and play through their big men in the high post, but the Highlanders are not as strong inside as we've become accustomed to. I'm predicting an Andre Kelly breakout. UCSB 70, UC Riverside 61
Official Site: https://gohighlanders.com/sports/mens-basketball
Hey Guys!: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/bigwest ... tball-f12/
How to Watch: https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/ ... 194a7a90ff
Live stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=428857
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