UCSD VITALS
Overall: 12-6
CCAA: 10-4
CCAA Standing: T-3rd of 12
Home: 6-3
Away: 5-3
Neutral: 1-0
Streak: won 2

THE SCHEDULE
Game 19
at Chico State (14-5, 11-3 CCAA)
Friday, Feb. 6 • 7:30 p.m.
Acker Gym • Chico, Calif.
Live Stats • Live Video • Tickets

Game 20
at Cal State Stanislaus (13-6, 10-4 CCAA)
Saturday, Feb. 7 • 7:30 p.m.
Fitzpatrick Arena • Turlock, Calif.
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PROBABLE TRITON STARTERS
G - #2 Grant Jackson (Fr., 6-1/175): 4.0 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 1.8 APG, 17.8 MPG
G - #1 Aleks Lipovic (So., 6-4/190): 8.7 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 2.3 3FG/G, 27.3 MPG
G - #13 Adam Klie (So., 6-4/200): 11.2 PPG, 4.8 RPG, .622 FG%, 1.1 SPG, 26.8 MPG
F - #23 Hunter Walker (Jr., 6-4/200): 12.6 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 2.2 APG, 28.9 MPG
F - #14 Drew Dyer (Jr., 6-6/215): 12.3 PPG, 4.2 RPG, .433 3FG%, .864 FT%, 29.6 MPG

WEEKLY REWIND
UCSD was victorious in both of its home games last week, defeating Cal State East Bay, 65-54, on Spirit Night and drilling Cal State Monterey Bay, 84-61, a day later.

Against CSUEB, Adam Klie recorded his first career double-double with 12 points and a career-high 11 rebounds. Hunter Walker finished with 17 points and Drew Dyer had 10. After shooting just 33% in the first half, the Tritons regrouped and hit at a 50% clip in the second stanza.

UCSD led from wire-to-wire against CSUMB. Four Tritons finished in double-figures, including Klie (17), Jeff Van Dyke (15), Dyer (10) and Aleks Lipovic (10). The home team netted a blistering 63% of its shots in the first half and made 12 three-pointers on the night.

IN THE CCAA
Standings
1. Cal Poly Pomona: 11-3, 15-4
1. Chico State: 11-3, 14-5
3. Cal State Stanislaus: 10-4, 13-6
3. UC San Diego: 10-4, 12-6
5. Humboldt State: 8-6, 14-6
5. Cal State San Bernardino: 8-6, 8-9
7. Sonoma State: 6-8, 9-9
7. Cal State L.A.: 6-8, 8-10
7. San Francisco State: 6-8, 8-10
10. Cal State Monterey Bay: 5-9, 9-11
11. Cal State East Bay: 2-12, 4-16
12. Cal State Dominguez Hills: 1-13, 5-15
Team Stats
Individual Stats

TOP TRITONS IN THE LEAGUE
Drew Dyer: .864 FT% (1st), 2.2 3FG/G (4th), .433 3FG% (6th)
Hunter Walker: 3.1 FT/G (8th), 12.6 PPG (9th)
Adam Klie: .622 FG% (3rd)
Jeff Van Dyke: 2.2 3FG/G (4th), .433 3FG% (6th)

CCAA TOURNAMENT TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE
Tickets for the upcoming 2015 California Collegiate Athletic Association Men's and Women's Basketball Championship Tournament are now available for purchase. The tourney takes place March 5-7 at Stockton Arena in Stockton, Calif., relocating from its previous site of Citizen's Business Bank Arena in Ontario, Calif. Complete ticket information can be found here.

ALASKAN PIPELINE
When the ball leaves Adam Klie's hand, 62% of the time it makes a beeline to the basket. The path is even more direct in CCAA games for the Anchorage, Alaska, native, who's draining a league-best 65% of his shots.

SEEING STARS
This week, Adam Klie was named a San Diego Hall of Champions Star of the Month for January. He helped UCSD post an 8-2 record and a six-game win streak. The sophomore guard led the team in field goal percentage, hitting 43 of his 65 shots, a blistering 66%. He also led the Tritons in rebounding (5.9/game) and free throws (3.7/game) and was second in scoring (12.6 points/game) and steals (0.8/game). Klie totaled 10 or more points in seven of 10 games played, including a season-high 20 against San Francisco State on Jan. 10. He recorded his first career double-double with 12 points and a career-best 11 rebounds versus Cal State East Bay on Jan. 30.

MEET THE TREYTONS
Through 18 games, UCSD has knocked down 156 three-pointers, which ranks second among all CCAA teams. In league games only, the Tritons lead the conference with 116 treys. The team's 8.7 threes/game average is tied for 43rd nationally. The Tritons are shooting 38.5% from deep, second in the league and 60th 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 85 to opponents.

UCSDefense
The Tritons are holding opponents to 61.4 points/game, the seventh-best scoring defense in the country. That number ranks third in the CCAA.

HOLDING ON
To the ball that is. UCSD is turning the rock over just 10.0 times a game, the lowest average of all CCAA teams. Nationally, the Tritons rank 70th in turnover margin (2.0) and 88th in assist/turnover ratio (1.1).

A MEMORABLE STREAK
UCSD's recent six-game win streak equaled its longest since becoming an NCAA Division II team for the 2000-01 season. In 2007-08, the team won six straight twice.

POLL POSITION
In the most recent NABC national poll (Feb. 3), Lincoln Memorial tops the rankings and is followed by Florida Southern and Barry. From the CCAA, Cal Poly Pomona and Chico State are 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.

THE STORY ON DREW
Drew Dyer, who leads the CCAA in free throw percentage (.878), was recently featured on BennettRank.com. You can read the story, written by Brian Lester, here.

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 2/20 vs. Cal State Dominguez Hills (7:30 p.m.) and 2/21 vs. Cal State L.A. (7:30 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 WILDCATS
Chico State enters Friday's game at 14-5 overall and 11-3 in the CCAA, tied with Cal Poly Pomona for first place. The Wildcats have won their last seven games, which includes victories over Cal State L.A. (64-59) and Cal State Dominguez Hills (67-57) last week at home. Robert Duncan is the reigning CCAA Player of the Week after averaging 17.5 points and 4.5 rebounds over those two contests. Duncan leads the team in scoring (12.4), while Jordan Semple is Chico's top rebounder (8.7). In conference games, the Wildcats rank second in rebounding (34.8) and blocks (3.0). CSUC is allowing opponents just 60.3 points/game, the fourth-best scoring defense in the country.

SERIES HISTORY
Chico State is up, 18-13, in the all-time series against UCSD. On Jan. 3 in La Jolla, Drew Dyer scored 29 points to lead UCSD to a 69-53 win over the Wildcats. Hunter Walker finished with 14 points and four assists, while Aleks Lipovic had eight points and Adam Klie grabbed seven boards. The Wildcats got 16 points from Tanner Giddings and 10 rebounds out of Jordan Semple. Chico turned the ball over 19 times.

ABOUT THE WARRIORS
Entering the week, Cal State Stanislaus is 13-6 on the year and 10-4 in the CCAA, tied with UC San Diego for third place. The Warriors split their home games last week, defeating Cal State Dominguez Hills (53-48) and falling to Cal State L.A. (64-58). Chris Read lead the team in scoring (12.2) and Rob Walters is the top rebounder (7.7).

SERIES HISTORY
Cal State Stanislaus has dominated the all-time series, 21-7, and has won eight of the last nine match-ups. On Jan. 2 at RIMAC Arena, UCSD scored just 14 points in the first half and ended up losing by a score of 53-48. Hunter Walker had a game-high 21 points for the Tritons, while Wes Bartole recorded a double-double for CSUS, finishing with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

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UP NEXT
UCSD remains on the road to take on San Francisco State (Feb. 13) and Sonoma State (Feb. 14). The Tritons defeated both teams at RIMAC Arena earlier in the season.

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