ABOUT THE BEACH
Roster | Schedule | Stats
Overall: 8-15
Big West: 4-7
Home: 7-5
Away: 1-10
Neutral: 0-0
vs. Ranked Opponents: 0-0
Streak: L4

WHAT'S NEXT
UC San Diego heads west to take on Hawai'i Saturday night on O'ahu. The game tips at 9 pm PT and will be broadcast on ESPN+ and 97.3 The Fan in San Diego, with a link to live stats on UCSDTritons.com.
  
LAST TIME OUT: CSUN 81, TRITONS 64 Stats
UC San Diego freshman Hudson Mayes scored 11 points, pulled down eight rebounds and had five assists, but it wasn't enough as host CSUN bested the Tritons, 81-64, Saturday inside Premier America Credit Union Arena. Leo Beath added 10 points and seven rebounds, Alex Chaikin chipped in ten and Bol Dengdit scored nine and grabbed six rebounds. The loss was the third straight for UC San Diego (15-8 overall, 5-6 Big West).
 
Four Matadors scored in double figures in the win. Josiah Davis scored 10 points, grabbed nine rebounds and had ten assists for CSUN (13-10, 6-5). Mahmoud Fofana led all scorers with 22.
 
LAST TIME VS. LONG BEACH STATE: TRITONS 80, BEACH 74 (Dec. 6) Stats
UC San Diego junior Aidan Burke scored a career-high 18 points as the Tritons began Big West play with an 80-74 win at Long Beach State Saturday night inside the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid. The Tritons shot 52% overall and 45% from distance on the way to the victory.
 
Bol Dengdit and Leo Beath each scored 14 in the win, with Alex Chaikin adding 11. UC San Diego improved to 8-1 overall (1-0 Big West) while the Beach wraps up Big West Bold Week with a 2-8 record (0-2 in conference).
 
THE COMFORTS OF HOME
UC San Diego will play 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: Saturday at Hawai'i and Feb. 21 at UC Irvine.
 
CHAIKIN IT UP
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 46.5% from beyond the arc. His 3.0 threes per game ranks third.
 
MAYES MAKES 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 55.9% of his attempts. In Big West play, Mayes is tops in the conference from the free throw line, hitting 89.5% of his shots (34-38). 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.
 
LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK
The Tritons dropped three consecutive Big West games for the first time since Feb. 2-15, 2023, when UC San Diego lost four straight conference games.
 
PACKING 'EM IN
UC San Diego played in front of a sellout crowd vs. UC Irvine on Jan. 24. The Tritons are second in The Big West in home attendance during conference play, averaging 2,953 per home game.
 
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.
 
A PROSPERE-OUS NIGHT
First year Triton Emanuel Prospere II paced UC San Diego in a 26-point victory over Tulane in the Jack Jones Classic (Dec. 13). He scored 20 points on 8-of-14 shooting in the win. Prospere's 20 points, eight rebounds, and four steals were all a season high. 
 
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.