LA JOLLA, Calif. – Fourth-ranked UC San Diego continued to roll, knocking off visiting Humboldt State, 85-63, on Thursday night at RIMAC Arena. The victory was the Tritons' 12th in a row, matching a program record set last season. Junior guard
Gabe Hadley scored a career high 25 points off the bench in the win.
UC San Diego is 20-1 overall (14-1 California Collegiate Athletic Association), while the Lumberjacks fell to 7-13 overall and 3-12 in CCAA play.
Humboldt State hit some tough shots early, and the Tritons missed some looks that they have typically made this season. The Lumberjacks led 16-15 at 13:05, following a stretch of nearly four and a half minutes without a stoppage in play.
With 7:08 on the clock, junior guard
Mikey Howell found senior forward
Scott Everman who buried his third triple of the night. That put UC San Diego in front, 24-23. Late in the half, Hadley went on a 12-4 run on his own as the Tritons took a 42-38 lead. Howell added a reverse layup as time expired, and UC San Diego led 44-38 at halftime.
Hadley was the game's leading scorer, dropping 18 points in the first half on 7-10 shooting (4-7 3FG). Everman added nine, and junior forward
Marek Sullivan scored six and matched his career high with five assists. The Tritons shot 51% in the first half overall and 8-of-17 from beyond the arc.
Up four early in the second, UC San Diego went on an 11-1 run to take a 57-43 lead with 15:05 left. The Tritons never looked back from there.
Three UC San Diego players finished in double figures, led by Hadley's 25-point effort. Sophomore guard
Tyrell Roberts contributed 17 and Everman scored 11 with four assists. Senior forward
Christian Oshita scored nine and grabbed nine rebounds in the win.
UC San Diego sank 15 three-pointers on the night, including five from Hadley and three from Roberts. The Tritons were credited with 21 assists on 32 field goals, and they out-rebounded the Lumberjacks, 41-33.
UC San Diego is back in action inside RIMAC Arena on Saturday night when the Tritons host Stanislaus State. Tip-off is at 8:02 p.m. and the game will be broadcast live on ESPN3.
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With 30 national team championships, nearly 150 individual titles and the top student-athlete graduation rate among Division II institutions in the United States, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program annually ranks as one of the most successful in the country. The Tritons sponsor 23 intercollegiate sport programs that compete on the NCAA Division I and II levels and, in summer 2020, will transition into full Division I status as a member of the Big West Conference. UC San Diego student-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent. A total of 82 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 37 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. In competition, more than 1,300 UC San Diego student-athletes have earned All-America honors.
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