WHAT'S NEXT
UC San Diego is back in LionTree Arena Monday to host Texas Southern on Military Appreciation Night. Tickets can be purchased through the Triton Box Office. Game time is set for 7 p.m., with live coverage on ESPN+ and 97.3 The Fan.
 
LAST TIME OUT: TRITONS 81, FRESNO STATE 65 Stats
UC San Diego used another strong second half to take down Fresno State, 81-65, in front of a Homecoming crowd of 3,669 at LionTree Arena Saturday night. Senior Leo Beath scored 24 and Treysen Eaglestaff added 14 points and eight rebounds for the Tritons, who shot 65% overall and 55% from beyond the three-point arc in the second half.
 
Trailing by four points at halftime for the second consecutive game, UC San Diego (2-0) outscored the Bulldogs 49-29, after halftime.
 
LAST TIME VS. UTAH STATE: TRITONS 80, AGGIES 74 (Dec. 17, 2024) Stats
Tyler McGhie scored 26 points on six three-pointers and Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones was 10-for-12 from the free throw line and finished with 20 as the Tritons won their eighth in a row, 75-73, over Utah State in front of 7,354 at Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. The Aggies (10-1) entered the night as one of five remaining unbeaten teams in NCAA Division I.
 
UC San Diego (10-2) erased a seven-point halftime deficit in the comeback win. The Tritons outrebounded the Aggies, 21-18, in the second half. The back-and-forth thriller featured six ties and eight lead changes.
 
LEADING THE PAC
With an 81-65 victory over Fresno State (Nov.  7), the Tritons improved to 3-2 against Pac-12 opponents in UC San Diego's Division I era.
 
ELEVATION GAIN
UC San Diego's game at Utah State will be played at 4,778 feet above sea level, one of only two Tritons games this season with an elevation higher than 1,000 feet (the other is at Utah Valley, 4600', in February). Perched above the Pacific Ocean, the UC San Diego campus in La Jolla sits approximately 300 feet above sea level.
 
SECOND HALF STRENGTH
Through two games, the Tritons are outscoring their opposition by 49 points in the second half. UC San Diego trailed both games by four points at halftime.
 
IMPRESSIVE DEBUTS
First-year Triton guards Rahmir Barno and Kayde Dotson had strong debuts in an opening night win over Whittier (Nov. 2). Barno scored 19 points with six rebounds, four assists, two steals and no turnovers. Dotson added a game-high 21 points (19 in the second half), sinking four three-pointers and pulling down four rebounds. Dotson's seven made field goals matched a career high.
 
CONTROLLING THE GLASS
UC San Diego out-rebounded the Poets, 49-37, in the opening night victory (Nov. 2).
 
FIRST-TIME STARTERS
In the Tritons' season debut vs. Whittier (Nov. 2), Rahmir Barno, Dimitrije Vukicevic and Treysen Eaglestaff all made their first starts for UC San Diego.
 
OPENING STRONG
With the win over the Poets (Nov. 2), UC San Diego improved to 5-2 all-time in season openers as a Division I program.
 
TREYSEN TAKES CHARGE
Playing in his first game as a Triton, fifth year guard Treysen Eaglestaff stuffed the stat sheet for UC San Diego. Eaglestaff scored a game-high 29 points, sinking five three-pointers in an exhibition against USC (Oct. 17). Eaglestaff added seven rebounds, two assists, two blocks and a steal over 29 minutes.
 
MILESTONE WATCH
Several Tritons are approaching personal career milestones:
 

Rahmir Barno	779 points
	346 assists
Leo Beath	987 points
	471 rebounds
Tom Beattie	725 points
	328 rebounds
Alex Chaikin	791 points
Treysen Eaglestaff	1,733 points
	422 rebounds

 
2025-26 REWIND
In his first season at the helm, head coach Clint Allard '08 led the Tritons to a 23-11 record. The 23 victories are the second-most by the Tritons in the program's Division I era.
 
FINAL BIG WEST POLL
UC San Diego was selected to finish second in The Big West preseason men's basketball coaches' poll. In addition, Triton senior Leo Beath was named to the preseason coaches' team. The preseason poll and preseason team are voted on by the league's 12 head coaches.
 
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
UC San Diego has excelled inside LionTree Arena, posting a 39-9 record in La Jolla over the past three-plus seasons.
 
BLUE (AND GOLD) RIBBON
A pair of UC San Diego men's basketball scholar-athletes have been highlighted in this year's Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook. Senior Leo Beath has been named to the Preseason All-Big West Team and first year Triton Rahmir Barno (Florida Gulf Coast) was selected as the conference's Newcomer of the Year by the annual publication.
 
Leo Beath is in his second season in La Jolla following a breakout campaign in 2025-26. Beath was named Honorable Mention All-Big West by the league's head coaches and was crowned Tournament MVP of the Adventure Bracket at the Terry's Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational after averaging 23.6 points in three UC San Diego victories, leading the Tritons to the championship title. Last season, Beath was UC San Diego's leading scorer at 12.2 points per game. Other accolades from a season ago include being selected by the USBWA as Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week and Lou Henson National Player of the Week in December.

A Philadelphia native, Rahmir Barno joined UC San Diego after spending three seasons at Florida Gulf Coast University. He registered the second most assists and assists per game in the ASUN conference as a junior, ranking 38th nationally. Barno notched three point-assist double-doubles, averaging 11.5 points and 31.5 minutes per game.
 
BIG FINALE ON THE WEST COAST
UC San Diego is in its final season competing in The Big West. The men's basketball program – and most Triton teams – will transition to the West Coast Conference in July.
 
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 39 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.