UCSD VITALS
Overall: 9-5
CCAA: 7-3
CCAA Standing: T-2nd of 12
Home: 3-2
Away: 5-3
Neutral: 1-0
Streak: won 5

THE SCHEDULE
Game 15
vs. Cal State San Bernardino (6-7, 6-4 CCAA)
Friday, Jan. 23 • 7:30 p.m.
RIMAC Arena • La Jolla, Calif.
Live Stats • Live Video • ESPN 1700 (delayed) • Tickets

Game 16
vs. Humboldt State (11-5, 5-5 CCAA)
Saturday, Jan. 24 • 7:30 p.m.
RIMAC Arena • La Jolla, Calif.
Live Stats • Live Video • Tickets

GET YOUR FREE SHADES AND FOOD!
The first 1,500 fans at RIMAC Arena Friday will receive free sunglasses, courtesy of Toyota. Remember, the women's game tips off at 5:30 p.m. There will also be a between-game tailgate Friday with free food from Smart & Final.

BROTHERLY AND SISTERLY LOVE
It's Siblings Weekend here on campus. Any sibling of a UCSD student will enjoy free admission to both of Saturday's games!

PROBABLE TRITON STARTERS
G - #1 Aleks Lipovic (So., 6-4/190): 9.0 PPG, 2.1 RPG, 34 3FGM, 26.9 MPG
G - #13 Adam Klie (So., 6-4/200): 10.6 PPG, 4.2 RPG, .591 FG%, 1.2 SPG, 26.6 MPG
G - #23 Hunter Walker (Jr., 6-4/200): 12.2 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 2.4 APG, 29.0 MPG
F - #14 Drew Dyer (Jr., 6-6/215): 12.8 PPG, 4.3 RPG, .478 3FG%, .872 FT%, 30.4 MPG
F - #33 Zach McMillan (Jr., 6-7/215): 3.8 PPG, 5.4 RPG, .513 FG%, 16.9 MPG

WEEKLY REWIND
UCSD won both of its CCAA games on the road last week, downing Cal State L.A. (67-56) and Cal State Dominguez Hills (70-50).

Against CSULA, Aleks Lipovic hit five of his six three-point attempts to finish with a game-high 15 points. Adam Klie had 13 points and Hunter Walker added 11. The Tritons turned the ball over just seven times in the game.

Lipovic remained hot from deep the next night, drilling another five treys against the Toros. Again, he netted 15 points, while Klie and Jeff Van Dyke followed with 11 each. Zach McMillan led all players with 11 rebounds. UCSD got 25 points from its bench.

THE STORY ON DREW
Drew Dyer was recently featured on BennettRank.com. You can read the story, written by Brian Lester, here.

FIVE ALIVE
UCSD's current five-game win streak is its longest since the 2008-09 season. The Tritons won five consecutive contests twice that season. In 2007-08, the team won six straight twice, its longest streak of victories since moving to NCAA Division II status for the 2000-01 season.

IN THE CCAA
Standings
1. Cal State Stanislaus: 8-2, 11-4
2. Cal Poly Pomona: 7-3, 11-4
2. Chico State: 7-3, 10-5
2. UC San Diego: 7-3, 9-5
5. Cal State San Bernardino: 6-4, 6-7
6. Humboldt State: 5-5, 11-5
6. Sonoma State: 5-5, 8-6
6. Cal State L.A.: 5-5, 7-7
9. Cal State Monterey Bay: 4-6, 8-8
9. San Francisco State: 4-6, 6-8
11. Cal State East Bay: 2-8, 4-12
12. Cal State Dominguez Hills: 0-10, 4-12
Team Stats
Individual Stats

MEET THE TREYTONS
Through 14 games, UCSD has knocked down 123 three-pointers, which ranks second among all CCAA teams behind Humboldt State (131). The team's 8.8 threes/game average is 41st nationally. The Tritons are shooting 38.9% from deep, third in the league and 48th in the country. UCSD netted a season-high 16 threes against Fort Lewis on Nov. 29, the most since hitting 17 against San Francisco state on Feb. 21, 2014. The Tritons are also effective guarding against the three as they lead the CCAA, having given up just 66 treys to opponents.

UCSDefense
The Tritons are holding opponents to 61.1 points/game, the fifth-best scoring defense in the country. That number ranks second in the CCAA behind Cal Poly Pomona (55.8).

HOLDING ON
To the ball that is. UCSD is turning the rock over just 10.9 times a game, the lowest average of all CCAA teams. Nationally, the Tritons rank 67th in turnover margin (2.4) and 81st in assist/turnover ratio (1.14).

TOP TRITONS IN THE LEAGUE
Drew Dyer: .478 3FG% (2nd), 2.4 3FG/game (3rd), .872 FT% (3rd), 12.8 points/game (10th)
Adam Klie: .591 FG% (3rd)
Aleks Lipovic: 2.4 3FG/game (3rd)
Zach McMillan: 5.4 rebounds/game (9th)
Jeff Van Dyke: 1.9 3FG/game (8th)

POLL POSITION
In the most recent NABC national poll (Jan. 20), Indianapolis took over the top spot and is followed by Lincoln Memorial and Florida Southern. No CCAA teams are in the top-25 or receiving votes.

AGAINST THE RANKED
UC San Diego is 1-1 against nationally-ranked teams so far this season. On Nov. 22, the Tritons defeated No. 19 Cal Poly Pomona, 69-66, on the road. On Dec. 12, they fell at No. 17 California Baptist, 76-70. CBU is the highest-ranked squad UCSD has played since Feb. 9, 2013, when it lost, 73-50, to fourth-ranked Cal Poly Pomona at RIMAC Arena.

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. Seven of the games will be broadcast live including 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 1/23 game vs. Cal State San Bernardino will be a delayed broadcast, airing at 10 p.m.

WATCH THIS
Every home game this season will feature a live video stream with audio. In addition, all home games will be covered by live stats.

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 8:30 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 played its first nine contests of the season on the road. To kick off the 2005-06 campaign, the team played 12 straight away from home, which included three exhibitions.

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 COYOTES
Cal State San Bernardino comes into Friday's game at 6-7 overall and 6-4 in the CCAA, alone in fifth place. The Coyotes are second in the league in free throw percentage (.723) and third in scoring (69.8) and steals (3.0). Jacob Thomas leads the team in scoring (21.6) and Taylor Statham is the top rebounder (4.7). CSUSB won both of its games last week at home, defeating Cal State Monterey Bay (69-66) and Cal State East Bay (81-63).

SERIES HISTORY
Cal State San Bernardino leads the all-time series, 32-15, and won both match-ups last season. In fact, the Coyotes have won the previous 12 meetings, with UCSD's last victory coming on Feb. 14, 2009 in La Jolla.

ABOUT THE LUMBERJACKS
Humboldt State entered the week at 11-5 overall and 5-5 in the CCAA, locked in a three-way tie for sixth place. The Lumberjacks lead the conference in scoring (84.6), field goal percentage (.485), three-pointers (131), assists (15.4), steals (9.2) and blocks (4.2). Individually, Calvin Young II leads the league in FG% (.712), Austin Bryan leads in threes/game (2.8) and Malik Morgan is tops in assists/game (5.2). Bryan is the team's top scorer, averaging 14 points/game and Young averages a team-best 4.4 rebounds/game. HSU won both of its home games last week, beating Cal State East Bay (87-80) and Cal State Monterey Bay (75-74).

SERIES HISTORY
Humboldt State leads the all-time series, 13-7. However, UCSD has won the last four meetings.

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UP NEXT
UCSD remains at RIMAC Arena to start the second half of the CCAA season. The Tritons host Cal State East Bay on Jan. 30 for Spirit Night and Cal State Monterey Bay on Jan. 31. Earlier in the year, they lost against the Otters and defeated the Pioneers.

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