ABOUT THE ANTEATERS
Roster | Schedule | Stats
Overall: 18-9
Big West: 11-4
Home: 9-3
Away: 6-5
Neutral: 3-1
vs. Ranked Opponents: 0-0
Streak: W2

WHAT'S NEXT
UC San Diego is back in La Jolla for its final two home games next week. Up first: the Tritons host Cal State Bakersfield Thursday at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased through the Triton Box Office. The game will air live on ESPN+ and KSDT radio, with a link to live stats on UCSDTritons.com.
  
LAST TIME OUT: TRITONS 72, UC RIVERSIDE 66 Stats
UC San Diego secured a 72-66 Big West victory over UC Riverside (8-19, 3-12 Big West) at LionTree Arena Saturday night. The Tritons (18-9 overall, 8-7 Big West) maintained a strong presence in the paint, scoring 40 points, and capitalized on fast breaks with 16 points. UC San Diego's defense also forced 11 turnovers and recorded eight steals, helping them hold off the Highlanders in a closely contested matchup.
 
Freshman Hudson Mayes scored a career-high 24 points and added seven rebounds while also delivering four assists. Junior Bol Dengdit contributed 16 points and collected eight rebounds. Freshman Dimitrije Vukicevic made five field goals and recorded two steals. Junior Tom Beattie tallied seven points and matched Dengdit with eight rebounds.
 
UC San Diego has won three of its last four overall and three straight home games.
 
LAST TIME VS. UC IRVINE: ANTEATERS 61, TRITONS 59 (Jan. 24) Stats
UC San Diego junior Leo Beath posted a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds – both game highs, but visiting UC Irvine secured a 61-59 victory over the Tritons in front of a sellout crowd of 4,000 at LionTree Arena. Freshman Hudson Mayes scored 12 points for UC San Diego (15-6 overall, 5-4 Big West), with junior Tom Beattie chipping in eight points and seven rebounds.
 
UC Irvine had four in double figures as the Anteaters remained atop the Big West standings at 7-2 (14-7 overall). The back-and-forth game featured five ties and eight lead changes.
 
MAYES MAKES BIG MOVES
UC San Diego freshman guard Hudson Mayes was named Big West Player of the Week, it was announced Monday by the conference office. The honor is a first for Mayes, and the third such recognition for a Triton this season.
 
Mayes averaged 21 points, 9.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game in a pair of Big West wins last week. He scored 18 points and pulled down 12 rebounds in a win over UC Davis – his team-leading fourth double-double of the season – then followed that up with a career-high 24-point effort in a victory over UC Riverside. Mayes shot 61.9% (13-21) from the field and hit 15 of his 16 free throw attempts last week. For the season, he's third in The Big West from the free throw line in conference play, hitting 89.8% of his attempts. 

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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: Feb. 7 at Hawai'i and 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 44.2% from beyond the arc. His 2.5 threes per game ranks third.
 
MEECH'S NEW MARK
Freshman Dimitrije Vukicevic established a new career-high with 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting over 12 minutes in the Tritons' home win over UC Riverside (Feb. 14). He was one of three Tritons to score in double figures in that victory.
 
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.
 
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.