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Fox Sports
14-03-2025
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- Fox Sports
Cal Poly upsets UC Riverside 96-83 in Big West Conference Tournament quarterfinal
Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Owen Koonce scored 20 points, and Cayden Ward added a double-double off the bench as Cal Poly breezed to a 96-83 upset victory over UC Riverside in a Big West Conference Tournament quarterfinal on Thursday night. The seventh-seeded Mustangs (16-18) will play No. 2 seed UC Irvine in a Friday semifinal. No. 1 seed UC San Diego plays No. 5 seed UC Santa Barbara in the other semifinal. Koonce made 5 of 10 shots with three 3-pointers and 7 of 8 free throws for Cal Poly. Ward totaled 14 points and 13 rebounds. Jarred Hyder added 18 points, nine assists and six rebounds. Freshman Peter Bandelj buried 5 of 6 from beyond the arc and scored 17. Isaac Jessup had 14 points, six boards and four assists. Isaiah Moses scored 30 on 11-for-18 shooting with three 3-pointers for the third-seeded Highlanders (21-12). Barrington Hargress had 21 points and five assists. Kaleb Smith pitched in with 12 points and 11 rebounds before fouling out. The Mustangs led 45-36 at halftime and finished 18 of 35 from 3-point range. UC Riverside was 9 for 32 from distance. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here. AP college basketball: and recommended
Yahoo
14-03-2025
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- Yahoo
Cal Poly upsets UC Riverside 96-83 in Big West Conference Tournament quarterfinal
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Owen Koonce scored 20 points, and Cayden Ward added a double-double off the bench as Cal Poly breezed to a 96-83 upset victory over UC Riverside in a Big West Conference Tournament quarterfinal on Thursday night. The seventh-seeded Mustangs (16-18) will play No. 2 seed UC Irvine in a Friday semifinal. No. 1 seed UC San Diego plays No. 5 seed UC Santa Barbara in the other semifinal. Koonce made 5 of 10 shots with three 3-pointers and 7 of 8 free throws for Cal Poly. Ward totaled 14 points and 13 rebounds. Jarred Hyder added 18 points, nine assists and six rebounds. Freshman Peter Bandelj buried 5 of 6 from beyond the arc and scored 17. Isaac Jessup had 14 points, six boards and four assists. Isaiah Moses scored 30 on 11-for-18 shooting with three 3-pointers for the third-seeded Highlanders (21-12). Barrington Hargress had 21 points and five assists. Kaleb Smith pitched in with 12 points and 11 rebounds before fouling out. The Mustangs led 45-36 at halftime and finished 18 of 35 from 3-point range. UC Riverside was 9 for 32 from distance. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here. AP college basketball: and
Associated Press
14-03-2025
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- Associated Press
Cal Poly upsets UC Riverside 96-83 in Big West Conference Tournament quarterfinal
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Owen Koonce scored 20 points, and Cayden Ward added a double-double off the bench as Cal Poly breezed to a 96-83 upset victory over UC Riverside in a Big West Conference Tournament quarterfinal on Thursday night. The seventh-seeded Mustangs (16-18) will play No. 2 seed UC Irvine in a Friday semifinal. No. 1 seed UC San Diego plays No. 5 seed UC Santa Barbara in the other semifinal. Koonce made 5 of 10 shots with three 3-pointers and 7 of 8 free throws for Cal Poly. Ward totaled 14 points and 13 rebounds. Jarred Hyder added 18 points, nine assists and six rebounds. Freshman Peter Bandelj buried 5 of 6 from beyond the arc and scored 17. Isaac Jessup had 14 points, six boards and four assists. Isaiah Moses scored 30 on 11-for-18 shooting with three 3-pointers for the third-seeded Highlanders (21-12). Barrington Hargress had 21 points and five assists. Kaleb Smith pitched in with 12 points and 11 rebounds before fouling out. The Mustangs led 45-36 at halftime and finished 18 of 35 from 3-point range. UC Riverside was 9 for 32 from distance.
Associated Press
13-03-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Koonce scores 18, Cal Poly knocks off UC Davis 86-76 in Big West Conference Tournament
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Owen Koonce scored 18 points and No. 7 seed Cal Poly beat sixth-seeded UC Davis 86-76 on Wednesday night in the first round of the Big West Conference Tournament. Cal Poly (15-18) will play third-seeded UC Riverside on Thursday. Koonce also added six assists for the Mustangs. Isaac Jessup scored 17 points while shooting 6 for 9, including 4 for 6 from beyond the arc. Jarred Hyder went 6 of 12 from the field (4 for 8 from 3-point range) to finish with 16 points. Pablo Tamba led the Aggies (15-17) with 25 points. Ty Johnson added 19 points and 11 assists for UC Davis. Leo DeBruhl also put up 11 points and two blocks. The loss was the Aggies' sixth straight. Hyder scored 11 points in the first half and Cal Poly went into halftime trailing 47-38. Cal Poly pulled off the victory after a 21-2 second-half run erased a nine-point deficit and gave them the lead at 66-56 with 8:52 left in the half. Jessup scored 11 second-half points.
USA Today
16-02-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Cal Poly vs. UCSD men's basketball tickets still available for Thursday, February 20
The UCSD Tritons (22-4, 12-2 Big West) play a fellow Big West squad, the Cal Poly Mustangs (10-16, 4-10 Big West), on Thursday, February 20, 2025 at Robert A. Mott Athletics Center. The game will begin at 10:00 PM ET and you can watch via ESPN+. Buy tickets for Cal Poly vs. UCSD Shop college basketball tickets at SeatGeek Shop college basketball tickets at StubHub Cal Poly vs. UCSD game information Date: Thursday, February 20, 2025 Thursday, February 20, 2025 Time: 10:00 PM ET 10:00 PM ET How to watch on TV: ESPN+ ESPN+ Location: San Luis Obispo, California San Luis Obispo, California Venue: Robert A. Mott Athletics Center Robert A. Mott Athletics Center Tickets: Buy tickets here Watch college basketball on ESPN+! Cal Poly leaders So far this season, Owen Koonce is putting up 17.5 points and 5.3 rebounds per contest. Offensively, Mac Riniker is posting 9.9 points, 2.8 assists and 4.8 rebounds per game. Jarred Hyder is averaging 13.6 points, 3.4 assists and 3.1 rebounds per game. On a per-game basis, Isaac Jessup averages 10.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists, shooting 42.8% from the floor and 39.9% from downtown with 2.8 made 3-pointers per contest. Peter Bandelj averages 9.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists per contest, shooting 43.5% from the field. UCSD leaders On the hardwood, Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones averages 19.8 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. Defensively, he posts 1.2 steals and 0.4 blocked shots. Tyler McGhie amasses 16.8 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game, shooting 44.5% from the floor and 40.1% from 3-point range with 3.3 made 3-pointers per game (sixth in the country). Hayden Gray averages 11.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.2 assists per contest this season. At the other end, he averages 3.3 steals (first in the nation) and 0.2 blocked shots. From an offensive standpoint, Nordin Kapic is putting up 10.4 points and 5.2 rebounds per contest. So far this season, Chris Howell posts 6.2 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game, shooting 46.4% from the field. Cal Poly vs. UCSD stats breakdown The Mustangs shoot 45.4% from the field, 4.4% higher than the Tritons allow defensively. In games when Cal Poly shoots better than 41.0% from the field, it is 10-7 against the spread and 10-8 overall. The Tritons shoot 46.8% from the field, just 0.9% higher than the Mustangs allow. UCSD is 15-2 against the spread and 18-1 overall when shooting better than 45.9% from the field. The Mustangs average 31.2 rebounds, 1.2 more than the Tritons' average. The Tritons are 298th in rebounding in the country, and the Mustangs are 240th. The Mustangs are averaging 79.8 points, 17.3 more than the Tritons allow. The Tritons score only 3.0 fewer points per game (80.3) than the Mustangs concede (83.3). Shop college basketball tickets at SeatGeek Shop college basketball tickets at StubHub We occasionally recommend interesting products and services. If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links, we may earn an affiliate fee. FTW operates independently, though, and this doesn't influence our coverage.
