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WHAT'S NEXT
UC San Diego welcomes Houston Christian to LionTree Arena Saturday night as part of Homecoming Weekend. Prior to the game, the Tritons will unveil their 2025 Big West Championship banner and all fans in attendance will get a replica banner to take home. Action gets underway at 7 p.m. on Nov. 8, and tickets can be purchased through the Triton Box Office.
 
LAST TIME VS. LA VERNE
Six Tritons scored in double figures – and five established new career scoring highs – as UC San Diego rolled to a 109-33 victory over visiting La Verne inside LionTree Arena. The victory was the fourth straight for the Tritons (6-2), whose 76-point margin of victory was its largest since moving to NCAA Division I.
 
UC San Diego newcomer Justin Rochelin hit 6-of-10 field goal tries, sophomore Aidan Burke (12 points) knocked down four-of-five three-point attempts, and freshman Ryder Elisaldez scored 10 and dished out four assists in the win. Cade Pendleton scored 10 and grabbed four rebounds for the Tritons, and Tyler McGhie (13) and Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones (10 points, six rebounds) netted double digit points in the win. Redshirt freshman Jasen Brooks had a standout afternoon, scoring seven points, grabbing seven rebounds, and doling out six assists with no turnovers.
 
2024-25 REWIND
UC San Diego is coming off an historic season in which the Tritons won 30 games, a Big West regular season and tournament title, and took 14th-ranked Michigan to the wire in the NCAA Tournament – all in the program's first season with Division I postseason eligibility. In fact, UC San Diego became the first program in NCAA history to send its men's and women's teams to March Madness in its first season eligible to do so.
 
AWARD-WINNERS
After posting an 18-2 conference record on the way to its first regular season men's basketball title last season, UC San Diego earned five of The Big West's seven major awards. Senior guard/forward Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones was The Big West Player of the Year, Triton head coach Eric Olen was Coach of the Year for the second straight season, senior point guard Hayden Gray captured Best Defensive player, junior Chris Howell was named the Best Hustle Player, and junior Justin Rochelin garnered the conference's Best Sixth Player award.
 
In addition, Tait-Jones and senior Tyler McGhie were named All-Big West First Team and Gray garnered All-Big West Second Team accolades. For the second season in a row, the Tritons are the only Big West program to win multiple major awards.
 
ROAD WARRIORS
The Tritons were second nationally in wins away from home (road + neutral) last season. UC San Diego was 17-3 in games outside of LionTree Arena: 12-2 on the road and 5-1 at neutral sites.
 
MARGIN OF VICTORY
UC San Diego led NCAA Division I with a turnover margin of +7.2. The Tritons won the turnover battle in 33 of their 35 games.
 
MARGIN OF VICTORY II
The Tritons were tops in The Big West with a scoring margin of 18.1. Nationally, UC San Diego's margin of victory sat second behind Duke.
 
STINGY ON D
UC San Diego led The Big West in scoring defense, allowing just 61.6 points per game. Nationally, that mark was sixth best.
 
NEW-LOOK TRITONS
UC San Diego men's basketball head coach Clint Allard has announced the addition of ten newcomers who have join the Tritons' roster for the 2025-26 season: eight transfers and two first-year scholar-athletes. Leo Beath (Lynn), Tom Beattie (Hawai'i), Alex Chaikin (Lafayette), Bol Dengdit (Portland), Tyson Dunn (Buffalo), Trap Johnson (Montana State), Emanuel Prospere II (Missouri-St. Louis), and Dimitrije Vukicevic (Washington State) transferred to UC San Diego. Hudson Mayes (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Jaden Vance (Phoenix, Ariz.) joined the roster as freshmen.
 
CHALLENGING SLATE AWAITS
The Tritons will face a challenging slate away from home in 2025, taking part in the Terry's Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational just prior to Thanksgiving at Walt Disney World (Nov. 24-26). UC San Diego will also compete in the Jack Jones Classic in Henderson, Nev., squaring off with Tulane on Dec. 13. UC San Diego's non-conference road games include matchups with Fresno State (Nov. 12) and Nevada (Dec. 2) from the Mountain West, and LMU from the West Coast Conference (Dec. 16). The Tritons will play five regular season non-conference games on campus in LionTree Arena, including Nov. 8 against Houston Christian to highlight UC San Diego's Homecoming Weekend and Dec. 19 against crosstown foe – and future conference opponent – USD.
 
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
UC San Diego has turned LionTree Arena into a true home court advantage, boasting a 27-4 record in La Jolla over the past two seasons.
 
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 in NCAA Division I. The 24-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 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 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 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in NCAA Division I or II. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.