THE SCHEDULE
Game 1
at Academy of Art (1-1)
Wednesday, Nov. 19 • 1 p.m.
Kezar Pavilion • San Francisco
Live Stats • Live Video • Live Audio

Game 2
at No. 19 Cal Poly Pomona (2-0)
Saturday, Nov. 22 • 7 p.m.
Kellogg Gym • Pomona, Calif.
Live Stats • Live Video • ESPN Radio 1700

PROBABLE TRITON STARTERS (2013-14 stats listed)
G - #1 Aleks Lipovic (So., 6-4/190): 26 GP, 28.4 MPG, 9.0 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 1.1 APG, .434 3PT%
G - #13 Adam Klie (So., 6-4/200): 26 GP, 27.7 MPG, 10.1 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 1.5 APG, 0.9 SPG
G - #23 Hunter Walker (Jr., 6-4/200): 26 GP, 28.8 MPG, 9.2 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 1.5 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.6 BPG
F - #14 Drew Dyer (Jr., 6-6/215): 26 GP, 31.7 MPG, 12.4 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 0.9 APG, .353 3PT%
F - #33 Zach McMillan (Jr., 6-7/215): 16 GP, 15.1 MPG, 2.9 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 0.4 BPG

EXHIBITION REWIND
UC Riverside made 68% of its shots in the second half en route to a 75-52 win over UCSD at SRC Arena this past Saturday. Trailing by just five points, 29-24, at halftime, the Tritons were out-scored 46-28 in the second frame. For UCSD, 13 of its 14 rostered players saw time on the floor. Treavon Francis led the Tritons with 10 points, while Adam Klie chipped in with nine. Klie also grabbed a team-best five rebounds.

UCSD was narrowly defeated, 68-67, at NCAA Division I opponent Loyola Marymount in exhibition play on Nov. 6. The Tritons held a 14-point lead in the first half before the Lions roared back, leading by as many as nine points in the second stanza. LMU held a 51% to 39% advantage in shooting and led 39-25 in rebounding. For UCSD, Drew Dyer recorded the lone double-double of the night, finishing with 20 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. He was 5-for-7 from behind the three-point line. Klie contributed 13 points and Aleks Lipovic added 12. The Lions got a game-best 23 points from David Humphries.

LISTEN UP
For the fourth straight year, UCSD men's basketball games will be broadcast by ESPN Radio 1700. A total of eight regular season games will be aired on the radio and online. Jordan Carruth will handle play-by-play duties and various former Tritons will join him as color commentators. Six of the games will be broadcast live - 11/22 at Cal Poly Pomona (7 p.m.), 1/2 vs. Cal State Stanislaus (7:30 p.m.), 1/9 vs. Sonoma State (7:30 p.m.), 1/30 vs. Cal State East Bay (7:30 p.m.), 2/20 vs. Cal State Dominguez Hills (7:30 p.m.) and 2/21 vs. Cal State L.A. (7:30 p.m.). The other two games will be aired on a delay - 12/21 vs. Cal Poly Pomona and 1/23 vs. Cal State San Bernardino (times to be announced).

COACH WITH COACH
Second-year UCSD head coach Eric Olen will have a weekly segment on the Mighty 1090's "Coach" Kentera Show. Beginning on Nov. 26, Olen will join host John Kentera live every Wednesday at approximately 8 p.m. Fans can hear the show on the radio as well as online.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND ...
Including two exhibition games, UCSD plays its first nine contests of the season on the road. The Tritons don't make their RIMAC Arena debut until Dec. 21 when they host Cal Poly Pomona. 

WHAT DO THE COACHES THINK?
UC San Diego was picked to finish ninth in the 2014-15 CCAA standings according to a preseason poll of the league's coaches, released on Nov. 12. Cal Poly Pomona topped the list and was followed by Cal State San Bernardino, Cal State Stanislaus, Chico State, Humboldt State, Cal State L.A., San Francisco State, Cal State Monterey Bay, UCSD, Sonoma State, Cal State East Bay and Cal State Dominguez Hills. CSUSB is the reigning CCAA champion, while the Tritons placed seventh last season.

WHO'S BACK, WHO'S NOT SNAPSHOT
UCSD does not have a single senior on its 14-player 2014-15 roster. The Tritons return four starters from last season's team that fell one game short of a second successive CCAA Tournament berth. They finished 15-11 overall and an even 11-11 in league play.

Drew Dyer is back after averaging 12.4 points and 5.6 rebounds a game a year ago. Fellow junior Hunter Walker more than doubled his minutes played from his rookie season and was a stat-sheet stuffer, now as UCSD's leading returner in assists (tied-38), steals (26) and blocks (15) while having averaged 9.2 points and 4.7 rebounds a game. Adam Klie (10.1 ppg, 3.7 rpg) was the 2013-14 CCAA Freshman of the Year, while sophomore Aleks Lipovic averaged 9.9 ppg and held a .434 three-point field goal percentage.

Junior Zach McMillan (5.1 rpg) is expected to be in the starting lineup this season. Junior Treavon Francis (3.9 ppg) returns as well.

The Tritons lost their leading scorer and rebounder to graduation in James McCann and MacKenzie McCullough, respectively. McCann (15.6 ppg), a two-time All-CCAA selection as UCSD's point guard, left the program as the top assists man for the Division II era (469). He now plays professionally in England for the Leeds Force while pursuing a graduate degree. McCullough contributed 10.6 points and 6.0 boards per game before suffering a season-ending injury at SF State on Jan. 18. The other departed four-year Triton is guard Matt Bailey.

EIGHT NEWCOMERS DON THE BLUE AND GOLD
Among eight newcomers to the UCSD program this year are six true freshmen: George Buaku, Jordan Flannery, Kenny Fraser, Grant Jackson, Chase Ogden and Brett Oosdyke. Jeff Van Dyke is a sophomore transfer from Division I Pepperdine, and Tony Morman is a junior arrival from Ventura College. Van Dyke and Ogden hail from nearby Carlsbad in San Diego's North County.

HEAD COACH ERIC OLEN
Eric Olen is in his second season in charge of the UCSD men's basketball team. He led the Tritons to a 15-11 overall record and an 11-11 mark in the CCAA in 2013-14. Olen had previously served nine seasons as a Triton assistant before being named the program's 12th head coach on Oct. 1, 2013. Olen joined the Tritons as a second assistant for the 2004-05 season and was promoted to first assistant the next season. He was on the bench during the 2007-08 campaign when UCSD won its first CCAA tournament title and earned its first berth in the NCAA Division II Championship. As a player at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala., Olen helped the Badgers to three straight appearances in the NAIA National Tournament, including trips to the NAIA Elite Eight in 2000 and 2001.

FAMILIAR FACE BACK ON TRITON BENCH
Former UCSD standout and assistant coach Clint Allard is back in La Jolla this season. Allard was the Tritons' point guard from 2004-08 and remains No. 4 on the all-time assists chart with 414, and No. 2 for the Division II era behind only the just-graduated James McCann. He was previously on the UCSD coaching staff for four seasons from 2008-12. Having spent 2012-13 and 2013-14 at CCAA foe Cal Poly Pomona, Allard returned to his alma mater in late April as the program's associate head coach.

ABOUT THE URBAN KNIGHTS
Academy of Art enters Wednesday's game at 1-1 overall. The Urban Knights opened the season with a 70-67 upset of No. 22 Seattle Pacific on Nov. 14. The next day, ART U dropped a close, 70-68, decision to Central Washington. Both games were part of the Sodexo Tip-Off Classic in Seattle, Wash. Alexis Moore is averaging 18.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game, both team-highs. Yanick Kulich averaged 12.0 points per game at the tournament in Washington. Last season, the Urban Knights finished with a 6-21 overall record and went 4-16 in the PacWest.

SERIES HISTORY
UC San Diego is perfect against Academy of Art, winning all four match-ups. The last meeting came on Nov. 30, 2013 in La Jolla, with UCSD earning a 77-59 victory.

ABOUT THE BRONCOS
Cal Poly Pomona, ranked 19th nationally, enters the week at 2-0 with victories against Westmont (85-62) and Azusa Pacific (81-78 OT), both at home. Terrence Drisdom, the reigning CCAA Player of the Week, is averaging 22.5 points and 7.5 rebounds a game, both team-bests. Daniel Rodriguez is averaging 16.5 points over two games. Picked to win the CCAA this season, the Broncos finished at 22-7 overall and 19-3 in conference action last year.

SERIES HISTORY
Cal Poly Pomona leads the all-time series, 25-8, and has won the last 12 meetings between the two squads. UCSD's last victory came on March 8, 2008, in the CCAA Tournament championship game (64-56).

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UP NEXT
UCSD travels to Denver, Colo., to take on Colorado School of Mines and Fort Lewis on Nov. 28 and Nov. 29, respectively. Mines is located in nearby Golden, while Fort Lewis is in Durango, Colo.

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