BAKERSFIELD, Calif. ? The UC San Diego men's basketball team dropped a narrow 51-49 decision to Cal State Bakersfield on Friday evening in Rabobank Arena as Dwuan Rice hit a jumper with two seconds remaining in the game to give CSUB the win. The loss drops UCSD to 1-3 overall and 0-1 in California Collegiate Athletic Association play while the Roadrunners improved to 2-0 on the season and 1-0 in league play.

CSUB used a 16-7 run over the first 10 minutes of the second half to jump out to its largest lead of 12 points. From there UCSD began to chip away at the deficit, going on a 9-0 run of its own to trail by a 41-38 margin with just under seven minutes to go.

The Roadrunners took the lead twice more only to have the Tritons knot the score both times before the game-winning shot from Rice lifted CSUB to its narrow two-point league opening win.

Junior Robby Peters led the Tritons' offense with 12 points on 4-for-7 shooting from the 3-point line. Freshman Henry Patterson added 11 points in the loss while sophomore Clint Allard chipped in with eight points and a team-high four rebounds and five assists.

UCSD out-rebounded its opponent for the first time this season, pulling down 37 boards compared to only 30 for the Roadrunners. The Tritons, however, committed 19 turnovers while CSUB only turned it over 11 times.

Rice led the Roadrunners with 15 points on the night while Richard Andrews added nine. As a team CSUB managed to shoot only 36.2% from the floor and a mere 22.2% from long distance.

Head coach Bill Carr leads his squad back into action on Saturday evening against Cal State L.A. Tip-off is slated for 7:30 p.m. in the Eagles' Nest on the CSULA campus.