THE SCHEDULE
Game Five
at Cal State Monterey Bay (3-2, 0-0 CCAA)
Friday, Dec. 5 • 7:30 p.m.
The Kelp Bed • Seaside, Calif.
Live Stats • Live Video

Game Six
at Cal State East Bay (2-2, 0-0 CCAA)
Saturday, Dec. 6 • 7:30 p.m.
Pioneer Gym • Hayward, Calif.
Live Stats • Live Video • Tickets

PROBABLE TRITON STARTERS
G - #1 Aleks Lipovic (So., 6-4/190): 8.0 PPG, 1.8 RPG, 28.3 MPG
G - #13 Adam Klie (So., 6-4/200): 7.8 PPG, 4.0 RPG, .500 FG%, 2.5 APG, 25.0 MPG
G - #23 Hunter Walker (Jr., 6-4/200): 11.3 PPG, 4.0 RPG, .500 FG%, 3.0 APG, 25.8 MPG
F - #14 Drew Dyer (Jr., 6-6/215): 14.0 PPG, 4.3 RPG, .514 FG%, .619 3FG%, 32.5 MPG
F - #33 Zach McMillan (Jr., 6-7/215): 4.3 PPG, 4.3 RPG, .429 FG%, 15.5 MPG

WEEKLY REWIND
UCSD traveled to Colorado to play in a pair of games at Colorado School of Mines' Lockridge Arena in Golden.

Against CSM, the Tritons hit just 29 percent of their shots and lost by a score of 54-43. UCSD trailed by just two points with 2:38 left in the game but the Orediggers closed out the night with a 9-0 run. Individually, Hunter Walker led the Tritons with 14 points. Zach McMillan had eight points and Drew Dyer pulled down a team-high six rebounds. It was the first-ever meeting between the two teams and the first loss of the season for UCSD.

The next night, five Tritons scored in double figures as UCSD earned an 83-71 win over Fort Lewis. Dyer led all players with 22 points. He was 8-for-10 overall from the field and made five of his seven three-point attempts. Also finishing with 10 or more points for UCSD were Adam Klie (14), Jeff Van Dyke (12), Jordan Flannery (11) and Walker (10). UCSD's bench accounted for 29 points.

IN THE CCAA
Standings
Team Stats
Individual Stats

MEET THE TREYTONS
Through four games, UCSD has knocked down 46 three-pointers, including a season-high 16 against Fort Lewis on Nov. 29. The Tritons are shooting 45 percent from behind the arc, which ranks 20th of all teams nationwide.

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.

BRONCO BUSTING
On Nov. 22, UCSD busted a 12-game losing slide against No. 19 Cal Poly Pomona with a 69-66 win on the road. The Tritons' previous victory against the Broncos came on March 8, 2008, in the CCAA Championship Tournament title game (64-56). The last time UCSD topped a nationally-ranked opponent was Feb. 18, 2011, when the Tritons dispatched No. 13 Cal State Dominguez Hills, 61-59, in Carson.

POLL POSITION
UCSD is once again receiving votes in this week's NABC national poll, released on Dec. 2. West Liberty is No. 1 and is followed by Southern Connecticut State and Bellarmine. Also from the CCAA, Chico State and Cal Poly Pomona are receiving votes.  

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. 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.

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 OTTERS
Cal State Monterey Bay is 3-2 overall and opens its CCAA season against UCSD Friday. Evan Zeller is averaging 18.2 ppg, the second-best average among all league players. He also ranks No. 5 in the CCAA in three-point field goal percentage at 42.9.

SERIES HISTORY
The all-time series between UCSD and Cal State Monterey Bay is tight, with the Tritons holding an 11-10 edge. UC San Diego has won five of the last six meetings. The most recent match-up went in favor of the Otters, who earned a 70-57 victory in Seaside on Feb. 14, 2014.

ABOUT THE PIONEERS
Cal State East Bay is currently 2-3 on the season and kicks off its league slate Friday against Cal Poly Pomona. The Pioneers played Wednesday, falling by a score of 80-51 at Division I opponent Pacific. Two players are averaging double-figures in points, Ryan Okwudibonye (11.2) and Jack Pasquini (10.0). Pasquini is also the team's top rebounder, pulling down 8.8 per game.

SERIES HISTORY
UCSD is 8-5 all-time against CSUEB. This past season, the Tritons won both meetings, 80-70 in La Jolla and 83-67 in Hayward.

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UP NEXT
UCSD plays its fourth and final non-conference game of the regular season at California Baptist on Dec. 12 (7 p.m.).

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