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Roster | Schedule | Stats
Overall: 8-18
Big West: 3-11
Home: 5-6
Away: 3-12
Neutral: 0-0
vs. Ranked Opponents: 0-0
Streak: L4

WHAT'S NEXT
UC San Diego will enjoy its final bye date on Thursday night before traveling north to visit rival UC Irvine next Saturday night. Game time is set for 7 p.m. from Bren Events Center, with live broadcasts on Spectrum SportsNet and 97.3 The Fan in San Diego. Live stats will be available on UCSDTritons.com.
  
LAST TIME OUT: TRITONS 68, UC DAVIS 51 Stats
UC San Diego (17-9, 7-7 Big West) defeated UC Davis (15-10, 8-6 Big West) 68-51 at LionTree Arena on Thursday night. UC San Diego capitalized on a strong defensive performance, recording eight blocks and holding UC Davis to just 22 field goals on 62 attempts. The Aggies' 51 points are a season low by a UC San Diego opponent.
 
The Tritons also dominated the paint with 36 points, securing the win in this Big West contest.
 
Freshman Hudson Mayes finished with 18 points and collected 12 rebounds, while also recording two steals. Junior Bol Dengdit scored 20 points, including four 3-pointers, and added two blocks. Junior Aidan Burke contributed with three steals and two blocks and junior Tom Beattie added 10 points and three assists in the win.
 
LAST TIME VS. UC RIVERSIDE: TRITONS 69, UCR 66 (Jan. 10) Stats
UC San Diego narrowly defeated UC Riverside 69-66 at SRC Arena. The Tritons (13-4, 3-2 Big West) overcame a six-point halftime deficit by outscoring the Highlanders 43-34 in the second half, highlighted by a strong performance in the paint with 40 points.
 
Bol Dengdit led the team with 17 points, converting 7 of 14 field goal attempts. Tom Beattie was a force on the boards, collecting 11 total rebounds while adding 11 points and recording one block. Hudson Mayes contributed significantly from the free-throw line, successfully making all seven of his attempts to finish with 9 points. Emanuel Prospere II added 8 points and distributed four assists in the game before fouling out.
 
STINGY ON DEFENSE
UC San Diego allowed a season-low 51 points in a home win over UC Davis (Feb. 12). That was the fourth time this season a Big West opponent has scored 62 or fewer points.
 
BACK ON TRACK
UC San Diego's win over Long Beach (Feb. 5) snapped a three-game losing streak – the Tritons' longest in Big West action since Feb. 2-15, 2023 (four straight). Bol Dengdit had a career-high seven offensive rebounds – six more than the entire Beach roster – in the win. The victory was UC San Diego's first this season when its opponent posted a higher field goal percentage.
 
CALLING HIS NUMBER
Triton freshman Jaden Vance had a career night in the win over Long Beach (Feb. 5). The Phoenix native scored 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting – all three numbers are personal bests – over a career-high 20 minutes played.
 
THE COMFORTS OF HOME
UC San Diego plays five of its seven games in February inside LionTree Arena. The only road tests will take place against the top two teams in the standings: last Saturday at Hawai'i and next Saturday at UC Irvine.
 
WHAT'S CHAIKIN?
UC San Diego adjusted its starting lineup for the first time this season when sophomore Alex Chaikin was inserted into the first five vs. CSUN (Jan. 15). Chaikin responded with a season high 22 points and six three-pointers in the game. Against Big West opponents, Chaikin is second in The Big West, shooting 45.1% from beyond the arc. His 2.6 threes per game ranks third.
 
MAKING HIS MARK
Freshman Hudson Mayes matched set a new career high with 19 points, pulling down a personal best 12 rebounds in a career-high 29 minutes off the bench at UC Davis (Jan. 22) – marking his second career double-double. Mayes leads the team in field goal percentage, connecting on 54.5% of his attempts. In Big West play, Mayes is fourth in the conference from the free throw line, hitting 88.0% of his shots. Mayes made his first career start vs. UCSB (Jan. 29).
 
ON THE REBOUND
UC San Diego handed Hawai'i its first conference loss, 83-73 (Jan. 3). The Tritons outrebounded the Rainbow Warriors, 33-29, despite UH holding a league-best +11.2 rebound margin coming in.
 
A NEW FLOOR
UC San Diego scored a season-low 48 points in a loss to UC Santa Barbara (Jan. 29). The Tritons' 22 first half points vs. the Gauchos is UC San Diego's lowest scoring half this season.
 
DOUBLE TROUBLE
First-year Triton Bol Dengdit posted a double-double in back-to-back games: 10 points, 10 rebounds vs. Stanton (Dec. 28) and 12 points, 12 rebounds at Cal Poly (Jan. 1). He blocked three shots in back-to-back games (Dec. 19 vs. USD, Dec. 28 vs. Stanton).
 
DRAINING 'EM FROM DISTANCE
UC San Diego tied an NCAA Division I single game record when nine Tritons sank three-pointers in a win over Towson at Walt Disney World (Nov. 26). Over the three-day tournament, UC San Diego shot 51.9% from beyond the arc – hitting 40 of 77 attempts.
 
KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY
With a 26-point victory over Tulane in the Jack Jones Classic (Dec. 13), UC San Diego has won all three games it's played three games at Lee's Family Forum in Henderson, Nevada. The Tritons also downed UC Santa Barbara in the 2025 Big West semifinal and UC Irvine in the 2025 Big West Championship. The conference's postseason tournament will be held at that venue again in 2026.
 
LISTEN UP!
UC San Diego and Audacy have partnered to bring Tritons basketball to 97.3 The Fan – home of the San Diego Padres – in a multi-year deal. All remaining Big West road games this season – plus postseason games – will air live on 97.3 The Fan and stream on the Audacy app.
 
MICKEY'S MOST VALUABLE
First year Triton Leo Beath was named Most Valuable Player at the Terry's Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational, leading UC San Diego to three wins in three days at Walt Disney World (Nov. 24-26). Beath averaged 23.7 points per game, shooting 61.9% over three games. He drained 9-of-13 three-point attempts (69.2%) and averaged four rebounds and 1.7 steals per game in the victories over Temple, Bradley, and Towson.
 
RACKING UP THE AWARDS
After being named tournament MVP at the Terry's Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational, Leo Beath piled up the awards. The following week, he was selected Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week by the USBWA, named the Lou Henson Award-winner as mid-major's top performer, voted Big West Player of the Week, and garnered UCU Athlete of the Week honors on campus. The Big West honor was Beath's second of the season (also Nov. 17). Beath was named to the Lou Henson Award watch list on Dec. 18.
 
A YEAR TO REMEMBER
Including the postseason, the Tritons were 29-5 in 2025.
 
TRITONS IN THE PROS
Three Tritons from last year's Big West Championship team are playing professionally this year. Tyler McGhie is playing for Gipuzkoa Basket in Spain, Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones is competing with Valmiera Glass in Latvia, and Hayden Gray is playing in the NBA G League for the Maine Celtics (Boston).
 
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.