LA JOLLA, Calif. – UC San Diego drained a season-best 22 three-point field goals as the Tritons rolled to a 101-64 victory over visiting Bethesda on Sunday afternoon inside RIMAC Arena. The 22 made threes also established a new Big West Conference single game record.
The Tritons improve to 4-5 with the victory.
The Tritons connected on four of their first ten tries from beyond the arc, building a 20-12 lead with 11:28 left in the first half. Senior
Martin Tombe came in and scored eight in six minutes off the bench.
UC San Diego built a 50-23 lead at halftime, with 12 of its 17 first-half field goals consisting of the three-point variety. The Tritons registered 14 first-half assists on those 17 field goals, led by four from senior
Mikey Howell.
Senior
Gabe Hadley scored 12 in the first half to lead the way, with grad transfer
Jake Killingsworth adding 11. 15 of UC San Diego's points came from the bench.
As the second half began, the Tritons remained hot from long range, at one point connecting on 10-of 11 threes from late in the first half through much of the second.
Four Tritons finished in double figures, led by 23 from Hadley, who connected on 7-of-8 three-point tries. Tombe and redshirt freshman
Bryce Pope scored 14 apiece and Killingsworth added 11. Tombe's 14 and four three-pointers are both career highs.
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TRITON TIDBITS
- Sunday's effort marked the most points the Tritons have scored in a game since they scored a program-record 118 in a win over Cal State Monterey Bay on Feb. 28, 2019.
- UC San Diego set a season-high with 22 three-pointers. The program record is 24, which was also set in that win over Cal State Monterey Bay in 2019.
- The Tritons out-rebounded the Flames, 46-32, marking the first time this season UC San Diego held an edge on the glass.
- Led by Tombe and junior Trace Ramsey's personal-best eight, UC San Diego's bench scored a season-high 44 points.
- Junior Toni Rocak pulled down a career-high eight rebounds.
- The game is marked as an exhibition for the Flames, who are 0-2.
UP NEXT
UC San Diego returns to Big West Conference action on Feb. 12 for the first of two at CSU Bakersfield. Tip-off both Friday and Saturday is scheduled for 7 p.m., and both games will be broadcast 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.
