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Gabe Hadley Game-Winner
82
UC Riverside UCR 10-6,5-3 Big West
83
Winner UC San Diego UCSD 5-8,0-0 Big West
UC Riverside UCR
10-6,5-3 Big West
82
Final
83
UC San Diego UCSD
5-8,0-0 Big West
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 F
UC Riverside UCR 35 36 11 82
UC San Diego UCSD 30 41 12 83

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Hadley's Heroics Lift Tritons to OT Victory Over UC Riverside

The Aussie senior hits a three to send game to OT, then drains game-winner as time winds down

LA JOLLA, Calif. – Down by a bucket, UC San Diego senior Gabe Hadley knocked down a game-winning three with 8.3 seconds left in overtime to lift the Tritons to an 83-82 victory over visiting UC Riverside Saturday evening at RIMAC Arena.
 
The Tritons are now 5-8 overall (2-6 vs. Big West schedule) while UC Riverside falls to 10-6.
 
The game got started off on the right foot for UC San Diego. Senior Hugh Baxter won the jump ball and hit a three-pointer on the game's first possession to put the home team in front. The game was tied at 10 when the Tritons used an 8-0 run to go up 18-10 with 10:30 left in the first period.
 
The Highlanders responded with a 12-2 spurt to go up 26-23 with 3:59 left in the half. UCR led 35-30 at the half.
 
The Tritons connected on 6-of-13 three-point tries in the first, including two apiece from Baxter, junior Toni Rocak, and grad transfer Jake Killingsworth.
 
In the second half, UC Riverside built a 54-42 advantage with 11:33 left. The Tritons battled back and began to whittle the deficit.
 
Trailing by three with time winding down, Hadley knocked down a three under pressure to tie the score at 71 and send the game into overtime.
 
In OT, the Highlanders took an 82-80 lead with 12 seconds remaining, setting the stage for Hadley's heroics.
 
Hadley finished with 25 to lead all scorers, connecting on 6-of-11 from beyond the arc. Baxter and Rocak added 16 points each, and Killingsworth scored 11.
 
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TRITON TIDBITS
  • Saturday was UC San Diego's first overtime game of the season and the Highlanders' second.
  • Hadley finished with a career-high five assists.
  • Rocak fouled out with 6:11 to play in the second half. Saturday was only the second time this season a Triton has fouled out of a game.
UP NEXT
UC San Diego heads north to take on UC Irvine in a pair of games beginning Feb. 26 . Tip-off is set for 4 p.m. PT both Friday and Saturday, and the games will air live on ESPN3.
 
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program has begun a new era as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 37 have garnered prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDTritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.
 
 
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