Derek Mead

February 20, 2007

SB Stuck in Second After Mustang Win

By Derek Mead

Despite a milestone night for junior center Jenna Green, the UCSB women's basketball team dropped Saturday's game against Cal Poly 71-68.

February 16, 2007

Santa Barbara Kicks Off Final Homestand of 2007

By Derek Mead

With bragging rights for the 101 on the line, the UCSB women's basketball team will look to use its recent momentum to knock down Central Coast rival Cal Poly tomorrow afternoon.

February 12, 2007

Santa Barbara Leads Wire to Wire for Victory

By Derek Mead

By completing its road sweep with a win over Long Beach State Saturday night, the UCSB women's basketball team has solidified a second place standing in the Big West.

February 8, 2007

Third Place Santa Barbara Looks to Continue Rebound

By Derek Mead

With Sunday's win against UC Davis behind them, the UCSB women's basketball team is now focusing on heading down the road to another Big West Championship.

February 5, 2007

Santa Barbara Wrangles Aggies

By Derek Mead

The UCSB women's basketball team continued charging with a 90-64 dismantling of UC Davis this Saturday, in a record-setting afternoon.

February 2, 2007

Santa Barbara Falls to #8 National Powerhouse

By Derek Mead

Apparently those rankings count for something, because #8 Stanford - which is now enjoying a 17-game winning streak - certainly played like a top-10 team in last night's 84-59 blowout over the UCSB women's basketball tea...

February 1, 2007

#8 Stanford Will Test Surging SB Shooting

By Derek Mead

After winning seven of their last eight, the UCSB women's basketball team will be looking for its momentum to help it defeat #8 Stanford tonight.

January 29, 2007

Zone Defense Cannot Slow SB

By Derek Mead

After losing to Cal State Northridge 66-64 earlier this week, the UCSB women's basketball team faced practically the exact same game plan in Saturday's 89-55 dismantling of Pacific. The Tigers (7-14 overall, 1-6 in the B...

January 26, 2007

UCSB Fails to Keep Historic Streak

By Derek Mead

In a fast-paced game, the UCSB women's basketball team narrowly missed extending its winning streak to seven with a 66-64 loss to Cal State Northridge. Santa Barbara (10-9 overall, 4-2 in the Big West) was merely seconds...

January 25, 2007

Nexus Player of the Week: Jessica Wilson

By Derek Mead

Thanks in a large part to junior guard Jessica Wilson's success filling in at the point position, the UCSB women's basketball team is riding a six-game win streak that has sent the team into second place in the Big West....

January 25, 2007

SB Tests Streak on Home Turf

By Derek Mead

With a win streak against Cal State Northridge that's old enough to celebrate properly, the UCSB women's basketball team will look to bull rush the Matadors (8-10 overall, 4-1 in the Big West) tonight.

January 24, 2007

Every Horse Needs a Little Liquid Courage

By Derek Mead

Ah, doping scandals. I think every sportswriter on the face of the planet loves that phrase. While stories about such classically filthy sports as cycling or track and field are nothing to shake a journalistic stick - or...

January 16, 2007

Gauchos Grab Fifth Straight

By Derek Mead

With its last loss coming way back in 2006, the UCSB women's basketball team extended its win streak to five with Saturday's defeat of UC Davis.

January 10, 2007

Women’s Basketball #8 UC Irvine

By Derek Mead

After a 2005-06 nonconference season that left them 2-10, the Irvine women's basketball team has dug the same hole during this year's preseason with its 3-11 record - only this time, it's used a different shovel.

January 9, 2007

Men’s Basketball #6 Cal State Northridge

By Derek Mead

Last season, the Cal State Northridge men's basketball team took a 7-7 record into Big West play, but finished the year with a 4-10 run that left the team seventh in the conference.

January 8, 2007