UC SAN DIEGO VITALS
National Rank: 6 (NABC)/7 (D2SIDA)
Overall: 18-3
CCAA: 13-2
CCAA Standing: 1st of 13
Home: 8-2
Away: 9-1
Neutral: 1-0
Streak: won 5

THE SCHEDULE
Game 22
vs. No. 9 Chico State (7-11, 4-10 CCAA)
Friday, Feb. 12 • 7:30 p.m.
RIMAC Arena • La Jolla, Calif.
Live Stats • Live Video • Tickets

Game 23
vs. Stanislaus State (7-11, 4-10 CCAA)
Saturday, Feb. 13 • 7:30 p.m.
RIMAC Arena • La Jolla, Calif.
Live Stats • Live Video • Tickets 

UC SAN DIEGO, VIASAT LAUNCH ONLINE STREAMING PARTNERSHIP
UC San Diego Athletics has partnered with local broadband services and technology giant ViaSat to create UCSDtritons.tv, an online streaming platform. The channel will carry all Triton home basketball, volleyball and water polo games, a majority of baseball and softball contests, and a selection of home events featuring virtually all of UCSD's 23 intercollegiate sports. All broadcasts will be live, in high definition, and can be viewed for the first time from smartphones and tablets alongside desktop and laptop computers. Viewing is subscription-based. A comprehensive package with access to all streamed events through the end of the current academic year is available for $29.99. A single-match pay-per-view option can also be purchased for $5.99.

MORE COVERAGE
In addition to all home games once again featuring live online video at our new streaming portal, UCSDtritons.tv, all contests - home and away - will be covered by live stats. A majority of road games also have live video. Fans can access coverage from the Schedule/Results page, or by clicking on the links above. Follow @UCSDtritons for in-game Twitter updates throughout the season.

MIGHTY FINE INTERVIEWS
Mighty 1090 AM talent Jordan Carruth is conducting flavorful interviews with UC San Diego student-athletes and coaches on a weekly basis, and they are definitely worth a listen. The station recently launched a page dedicated to UCSD athletics, where you can find all of the archived interviews. Here are the links to men's basketball interviews:
• Eric Olen (2/10/16)
• Drew Dyer (2/3/16)
• Eric Olen (1/20/16)
• Adam Klie (1/13/16)
• Eric Olen (12/30/15)
• Eric Olen (11/24/15)
• Eric Olen (11/11/15)

PROBABLE TRITON STARTERS
G - #2 Grant Jackson (So., 6-1/175): 5.8 ppg, 3.4 rpg, .783 ft%, 2.2 apg, 24.1 mpg
G - #13 Adam Klie (Jr., 6-4/200): 14.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg, .526 fg%, 3.3 apg, 0.8 spg, 28.7 mpg 
G - #1 Aleks Lipovic (Jr., 6-4/196): 9.8 ppg, 3.4 rpg, .383 3fg%, .839 ft%, 27.0 mpg 
F - #14 Drew Dyer (Sr., 6-6/215): 15.4 ppg, 5.4 rpg, .519 fg%, .512 3fg%, .792 ft%, 31.9 mpg
C - #44 Chris Hansen (Fr., 6-7/265): 9.9 ppg, 5.1 rpg, .597 fg%, 0.7 bpg, 19.3 mpg

ROSTER BREAKDOWN
• Starters Returning (7): George Buaku (G), Drew Dyer (F), Grant Jackson (G), Adam Klie (G), Aleks Lipovic (G), Zach McMillan (F/C), Hunter Walker (G/F)
• Starters Lost (0)
• Other Letterwinners Returning (3): Kenny Fraser (F), Brett Oosdyke (F), Jeff Van Dyke (G)
• Other Letterwinners Lost (3): Jordan Flannery (G/F), Treavon Francis (G/F), Chase Ogden (F)
• Newcomers (5): Anthony Ballestero (G), Koree Cox (G), Chris Hansen (C), Eric Patton (F), Ben Rico (G)

ALL-CONFERENCE RETURNERS
Three of the Tritons' returning starters - senior forward Drew Dyer, junior guard Adam Klie and senior guard/forward Hunter Walker - were named All-California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Second Team performers last season. Walker led UCSD in scoring at 12.3 points/game with Klie just behind at 12.2. Walker totaled a team-high 54 assists and Klie led all Tritons with 28 steals. Dyer averaged 11.4 points and held an .857 free throw percentage.

WEEKLY REWIND
UC San Diego played just once last week, edging Cal State San Bernardino by a score of 71-66 on the road. It was the only time the two teams will meet during the regular season.
UCSD/CSUSB Recap

CLINCHED!
The UC San Diego men have clinched a berth in the upcoming eight-team CCAA Tournament. Chico State and Cal Poly Pomona are also in. The tourney will see first round games hosted by the top four seeds on March 1. The Tritons need just a single victory or a Cal State Monterey Bay loss Thursday night at Cal Poly Pomona to secure one of those coveted seeds. The semifinals and the championship game will be played at Stockton Arena in Stockton, March 4-5.

WINNING!
With 18 victories, UC San Diego has equaled its best Division II (since 2000-01) total for wins (18-12 during the 2007-08 campaign). The program record is 23 (23-4 in 1990-91), when the team was Division III. Currently at 13, the Tritons set a new mark for CCAA wins with 14 (14-8) last season.

DYER FOR THREE
Drew Dyer has made 65 three pointers so far this season, just 10 short of taking over UCSD's Division II single season record. Robby Peters made 74 treys over 27 games during the 2006-07 season. The school's all-time single season mark is 83 by Erik Johnson in 1993-94. Career-wise, Dyer has 212 threes, which ranks second in the team's history behind Peters' 254.

OLEN ROLLIN'
Head coach Eric Olen needs just one win for 50 during his tenure at UCSD. Entering this week's games, Olen is 49-25 (.662) over his two-plus seasons at the helm of the program.

KLIE TABBED ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT AGAIN
For the second consecutive year, Adam Klie has been named an Academic All-District 8 First Team selection by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Klie is one of five NCAA Division II players and the lone student-athlete from the CCAA to be named Academic All-District 8. Academically, Klie holds a 4.00 cumulative GPA as a bioengineering major at Revelle College. Through 21 games this season, the junior guard is averaging 14.0 points while leading UCSD with 5.5 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 0.8 steals per game. Klie is shooting 52.6 percent (113-215) from the field and has shot over 60 percent nine times. He has three double-doubles to his name. Among CCAA players, Klie ranks third in field goal percentage (.513), sixth in assists (3.5), 13th in scoring (13.6) and 14th in rebounding (5.7) in league games. Klie will now be placed on the CoSIDA Academic All-America ballot. Those selections will be revealed on Wednesday, March 2. In addition to earning Academic All-District accolades in 2015, Klie was a CCAA All-Academic awardee in 2014 and 2015. He is also a 2015 All-CCAA Second Team member and the 2014 CCAA Freshman of the Year.

THIS IS A BIG ONE
The winner of Friday night's game will not only be alone in first place in the CCAA, they will also hold the tiebreaker between the two for CCAA Tournament seeding purposes. It is the only regular season meeting between UC San Diego and Chico State this year.

HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?
Friday's game against Chico State could be a low-point affair as it features two of the best scoring defenses in the country. UC San Diego ranks third nationally, giving up just 59.5 points/game to opponents. The Wildcats are right behind in fourth, surrendering 63.8 points a game.

BEHIND THE LINE
Chico State ranks 14th nationally with its 40.9 three point field goal percentage, but UC San Diego leads the country in defending the long ball, holding opponents to a 25.3 percentage.

DYER MAKER
Senior forward Drew Dyer is putting up some crazy shooting numbers. He is 43-81 (.531) on two-pointers and 65-127 (.512) from behind the three-point line. You read that correctly. Dyer has made 65 threes compared to 43 twos and has taken 127 threes compared to 81 twos. His three-point field goal percentage ranks second in the country. Dyer has netted at least one trey in all 21 games and three or more 13 times.

U-C-S-DEFENSE
Through 21 contests, UC San Diego is giving up just 59.5 points/game, the third-ranked scoring defense among all NCAA Division II teams. The Tritons have held opponents to 50 or fewer points five times, including a season-low 35 at Cal Poly Pomona on Jan. 30. Only three times has UCSD given up 70 or more points. Humboldt State scored 82 on Jan. 1 in La Jolla, the highest total by any Triton opponent this season.

NO ERROR IN THIS MARGIN
UCSD is defeating opponents by an average of 12.0 points/game, which ranks 19th nationally. Only six of the team's victories have come by less than 10 points. The Tritons' 40-point (76-36) win at Notre Dame de Namur on Nov. 28 was the team's largest winning margin since defeating UC Merced by 59 (92-33) in December of 2013.

POLL POSITION
In the most recent NABC national poll (2/9), UC San Diego moved up four spots to No. 6, a Division II high for the team. Western Oregon took over the top spot and is followed by Wheeling Jesuit and West Liberty. Chico State is No. 9 and Cal Poly Pomona is No. 14. Prior to this season, the Tritons had never been nationally-ranked as an NCAA Division II team.

POLL POSITION II
The Tritons improved six spots to No. 7 in the Feb. 9 D2SIDA media poll. Western Oregon took over the top spot, Wheeling Jesuit is second and Augustana and Lincoln Memorial are tied for third. Chico State is tied for 14th and Cal Poly Pomona is receiving votes.

AGAINST THE RANKED
UC San Diego is 4-1 against national top-25 teams so far this season.
• UCSD 86, No. 10 Colorado School of Mines 74 (11/22)
• UCSD 76, No. 4 California Baptist 67 (11/24)
• No. 3 Western Oregon 67, No. 14 UCSD 63 (12/14)
• No. 13 UCSD 72, No. 5 Cal Poly Pomona 69 (1/2)
• No. 12 UCSD 41, No. 13 Cal Poly Pomona 35 (1/30)

TAKING DOWN NUMBER FOUR
UC San Diego defeated fourth-ranked California Baptist, 76-67, on Nov. 24 in La Jolla. The last time the Tritons beat a higher nationally-ranked team was back in 2006 when they downed No. 2 Montevallo, 61-60, in Las Vegas.

THAT'S A LOT OF SPIRIT
A total of 3,924 fans turned out for Spirit Night at RIMAC Arena on Jan. 22, setting a UC San Diego record for attendance at a men's basketball game. The previous high was 3,906 on Spirit Night in 2008.

DYER 1k
Senior forward Drew Dyer scored 14 points against Humboldt State on Jan. 1 to put him over 1,000 points for his career. He is the 13th Triton all-time and the fourth in the program's DII history to hit the mark. The last player to do so was James McCann, who totaled 1,339 points between 2010 and 2014.

FOUR ON THE FLOOR
In one of the most unique victories in college basketball history, UC San Diego defeated league rival Cal State San Marcos, 69-65, with just four players on the floor for the final 14 seconds of the game on Dec. 20. When Drew Dyer became the fourth Triton to foul out of the game, UCSD did not have an available substitute due to various injuries and redshirts. The Cougars couldn't capitalize on their power play, missing four free throws down the stretch.

QUICK STATS

CCAA STANDINGS
(through 2/10)
1. UC San Diego, 13-2
2. Chico State, 12-2
3. Cal Poly Pomona, 11-4
4. Cal State San Marcos, 9-5*
5. Humboldt State, 9-6
6. Cal State Monterey Bay, 8-7
7. San Francisco State, 7-9
7. Sonoma State, 7-9
9. Cal State LA, 5-10
10. Stanislaus State, 4-10
11. Cal State Dominguez Hills, 4-11
11. Cal State East Bay, 4-11
11. Cal State San Bernardino, 4-11
* not eligible for CCAA Tournament

UC SAN DIEGO IN THE NCAA STAT RANKINGS
(through 2/10)
Team (all games, in top 50)
1. Three-Point Field Goal Percentage Defense (25.3)
2. Field Goal Percentage Defense (37.2)
3. Scoring Defense (59.5)
19. Scoring Margin (12.0)
32. Defensive Rebounds/Game (28.1)
36. Rebound Margin (5.7)
39. Fewest Turnovers (253)

Individual (all games, in top 100)
2. Drew Dyer, Three Point Field Goal Percentage (51.2)
32. Drew Dyer, Three Point Field Goals/Game (3.1)
48. Drew Dyer, Three Pointers Made (65)
97. Adam Klie, Field Goal Percentage (52.6)

UC SAN DIEGO IN THE CCAA STAT RANKINGS
(through 2/10)
Team (league games, in top 3)
1. Scoring Defense (59.7)
1. Scoring Margin (10.3)
1. Field Goal Percentage Defense (37.4)
1. Three Point Field Goal Percentage Defense (25.4)
1. Defensive Rebounds/Game (28.8)
2. Field Goal Percentage (46.1)
2. Rebounds/Game (37.8)
2. Rebound Margin (5.9)
3. Three Point Field Goal Percentage (38.0)

Individual (league games, in top 5)
1. Drew Dyer, Three Point Field Goal Percentage (51.6)
2. Drew Dyer, Field Goal Percentage (52.4)
2. Drew Dyer, Three Pointers/Game (3.1)
3. Adam Klie, Field Goal Percentage (51.3)
4. Aleks Lipovic, Three Pointers/Game (2.4)

KLIE NAMED CCAA PLAYER OF THE WEEK
UC San Diego junior guard Adam Klie was named the CCAA Player of the Week on Feb. 2. Klie averaged 10.5 points and a team-high seven rebounds per game over two huge CCAA wins on the road. At No. 13 Cal Poly Pomona, Klie recorded his third double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds, both game-highs. He also added two assists and two steals in the 41-35 victory. At Humboldt State, the Anchorage, Alaska, native totaled nine points, four rebounds, two steals and an assist, helping the Tritons to a 73-69 win.

ANOTHER BIG AWARD FOR KLIE
Adam Klie was selected as a Star of the Month for January by the San Diego Hall of Champions. Klie averaged 14.5 points and a team-high 6.5 rebounds to help the 10th-ranked Tritons to an 8-2 record over the month. He also led the team with 3.2 assists and 1.1 steals per game. Klie made exactly 50 percent of his shots, draining 57 of 114 attempts. The junior guard recorded three double-doubles, most recently with 12 points and 10 rebounds in a huge league win at 13th-ranked Cal Poly Pomona on Jan. 30. He tallied 15 points, a career-high 12 rebounds and a career-best seven assists in a 72-69 home defeat of CPP earlier in the month when the Broncos were ranked fifth nationally. Klie hit double-digit point totals in nine of 10 games.

DYER A DECEMBER STAR
The San Diego Hall of Champions named Drew Dyer a Star of the Month for December. He averaged team-high 16.6 points over five games, helping the Tritons to a 4-1 record and a No. 11 national ranking. The senior forward shot .510 (26-51) overall, .500 (14-28) from behind the three-point line and a team-best .850 (17-20) from the charity stripe. Dyer also pulled down 5.0 rebounds per game. He totaled 19 points against third-ranked Western Oregon and again versus CCAA rival Cal State San Marcos.

DYER NAMED CCAA PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Drew Dyer was named the CCAA Player of the Week on Nov. 24. He shot 55 percent (12-22) from the field and drained eight of 13 three-pointers to lead UC San Diego to a pair of victories the week prior. In an 86-74 win against No. 10 Colorado School of Mines, Dyer finished with 19 points and nine rebounds, both game-highs. He was 4-for-6 from behind the arc. He then had 16 points and netted four treys as the Tritons defeated Winona State, 77-60. For the week, Dyer led UCSD in points (35), points/game (17.5), field goal percentage and three-pointers made and was tied for the team lead in rebounds (10) and rebounds/game (5.0).

TRITONS SIGN 6-7 FORWARD SCOTT EVERMAN
The UC San Diego men's basketball team received a commitment from six-foot-seven forward Scott Everman to play for the Tritons next season during the NCAA's early signing period. Currently a senior at San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara, Everman was named First Team All-Channel League and First Team All-City as a junior. He averaged 15 points and seven rebounds, leading the Royals to a 21-10 record. Everman earned MVP honors at the 2014 Jim Bashore Holiday Cage Classic.

WHAT DO THE COACHES THINK?
2015-16 CCAA Preseason Coaches Poll
1. Chico State, 137 points (8 first-place votes)
2. Cal Poly Pomona, 124 (1)
3. UC San Diego, 121 (2)
4. Cal State San Bernardino, 116 (2)
5. Cal State San Marcos, 81
6. SF State, 80
7. Humboldt State, 74
8. Cal State L.A., 73
9. Cal State Monterey Bay, 63
10. Stanislaus State, 48
11. Cal State East Bay, 44
12. Sonoma State, 34
13. Cal State Dominguez Hills, 19

2014-15 AT A GLANCE
UC San Diego went 16-11 overall and 14-8 in the CCAA, placing fifth and earning a berth in the conference tournament. The 14 league victories were the most since the Tritons joined the CCAA for the 2000-01 season. In addition, the team's 16 wins were the most since its 2008-09 campaign. A six-game win streak in January equaled UCSD's longest since becoming an NCAA Division II team for the 2000-01 season. UC San Diego held opponents to 61.5 points/game, the sixth-best scoring defense in the country. The Tritons kept a tight grip on the basketball, turning it over just 291 times, the fourth-fewest giveaways in the country. At 10.8 turnovers/game, UCSD ranked 14th nationally.

HEAD COACH ERIC OLEN
Eric Olen is in his third season in charge of the UC San Diego men's basketball team. He holds a 31-22 (.585) overall record and a 25-19 (.568) CCAA mark through his first two campaigns. Olen had previously served nine seasons as a Triton assistant before being named the program's 12th head coach on Oct. 1, 2013. He joined the Tritons as a second assistant for the 2004-05 season and was promoted to first assistant the next year. Olen 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.

ABOUT CHICO STATE
The ninth-ranked Wildcats enter Friday's contest at 18-3 overall and 12-2 in the CCAA, in second place just behind UCSD. Riding a conference-best six-game win streak, CSUC hasn't lost since Jan. 9 at Cal Poly Pomona. In CCAA games, Chico leads the league in field goal percentage (46.8), three point field goal percentage (39.0), rebounds/game (38.6), rebounding defense (29.3) and assists/game (14.9). Nationally, the Wildcats rank fourth in scoring defense (63.8), 10th in fewest fouls (336), 14th in three point field goal percentage, 18th in rebound margin (7.2) and 23rd in field goal percentage defense. Five players are averaging better than 10 points, led by Robert Duncan's 15.6 points/game. He also leads the team in rebounding (6.5) and is tied for first in the CCAA in steals (1.7).

THE SERIES
Chico State leads the all-time series against UC San Diego, 19-13. The two teams have split the last six meetings. Prior to that, the Wildcats had won seven straight against the Tritons.

ABOUT STANISLAUS STATE
The Warriors, who play at Cal State San Bernardino Friday night, are 5-14 overall and 4-10 in the CCAA, in 10th place but still alive for a league tournament spot. Stanislaus State has lost its last nine games and has not earned a victory since Jan. 1 against Cal State LA. The Warriors are last in the CCAA in field goal percentage (38.0) and scoring margin (-8.6). They are putting up just 60.8 points/game in conference contests, the second-lowest in the CCAA. Stanislaus leads all league teams in offensive rebounds/game (10.9). Christian Bayne is the team's scoring leader at 13.9 points/game and Alek Carlson is netting 11.4 points/game. Bayne is handing out 3.5 assists/game and Kyle Gouveia is pulling down 6.7 rebounds/game.

THE SERIES
Stanislaus State leads the all-time series against UC San Diego, 23-7. The Warriors have won 10 of the last 11 meetings, which includes a 61-46 victory in the first round of last season's CCAA Tournament. UC San Diego's last win came on Feb. 8, 2014, in Turlock (67-65).

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UP NEXT
UC San Diego plays its final away game of the regular season next week, traveling up the 5 Freeway to face fellow San Diego County school Cal State San Marcos on Feb. 18 (7:30 p.m.). The Tritons defeated the Cougars, 69-65, at RIMAC Arena on Dec. 20.

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