Basketball

March 8, 2019

Heidegger’s Dagger Downs CSUN

By Max Kelton

Star guard Max Heidegger kept the Gauchos' second place hopes alive with a game-winning three Thursday night against the CSUN Matadors.

March 7, 2019

UCSB Aims To Upset Davis in Regular Season Finale

By Brandon Victor

A good performance on Saturday would do wonders for the Gauchos’ confidence heading into the conference tournament.

March 7, 2019

Men’s Basketball Looks To Gain Steam Before Big West Tourney

By Richard Benites

The Gauchos can still make a push for second place in the Big West as they get set to travel to Northridge and Cal Poly in their final two games of the season.

March 4, 2019

Gauchos Take Down Highlanders for Second Consecutive Win

By Kunal Mehta

The Gauchos seem to be picking up steam at just the right time as they picked up they're second consecutive win over the UC Riverside Highlanders.

March 3, 2019

Niners Stun Santa Barbara on Senior Night

By Max Kelton

Long Beach senior Deishaun Booker, in the midst of a career year, was superb to spoil Gaucho Senior Night with 26 points while shooting 9-14 on field goals and 6-6 from the stripe to lead LBSU to its third straight win.

March 1, 2019

UCSB Knocks Off Mustangs in Biggest Game of Season

By Brandon Victor

The Gauchos victory propels them above Cal Poly in the standings with only two games to go

February 28, 2019

Battle of the Beach: Gauchos Host Long Beach for Senior Night

By Max Kelton

The Gauchos have a chance to move up the Big West leader-board this Thursday as they get set to take on the Long Beach State 49ers.

February 25, 2019

Climbing Up the Ladder: Gauchos Rout Hawai‘i, Fullerton in Home Stand

By Max Kelton

UCSB capped off a successful week of conference play with a dominant 82-67 defeat of second-place Cal State Fullerton on Saturday night.

February 24, 2019

UCSB Offense Stalls in Road Loss to Long Beach

By Brandon Victor

With a 62-53 loss to Long Beach State on Saturday night, the Gauchos drop back into the race for last place in the conference.

February 22, 2019

Gauchos Struggle From Field, Fall to CSUF

By Kunal Mehta

With the loss, the Gauchos drop to 3-9 in conference play.

February 21, 2019

UCSB Looks to Keep Momentum Against Fullerton, LBSU

By Brandon Victor

Against the two teams directly above them in the standings, Santa Barbara can make up serious ground this week in conference play.

February 21, 2019

Gauchos Back in Town, Host Hawai’i and Cal State Fullerton in Conference Doubleheader

By Richard Benites

UCSB will have a unique opportunity to turn the tide back in its favor and finish out conference play strong.

February 18, 2019

Gauchos Tripped Up at Irvine, Drop Third Straight

By Max Kelton

Although they fought hard in the second half, the UCSB men's basketball team couldn't come back from a big deficit early Saturday night against UCI as they lost 83-70.

February 15, 2019

Rainbow Wahine Blow Out UCSB 72-49

By Kunal Mehta

The Gauchos couldn't build off their wild win over CSUN earlier this week as they dropped a tough loss to the University of Hawai'i.

February 15, 2019

Red-Hot Riverside Dusts Gauchos on the Road

By Max Kelton

In a rare mishap, the men's basketball team dropped it's second straight game in a row 71-54 to a streaking Highlander squad.

February 14, 2019

Mavs Stock Up on European Talent

By Leonard Paulasa

A maverick is someone who is independent and a nonconformist — some might even say rebellious. In pop culture, mavericks are often associated with the cowboys of the wild southwest. An NBA team from Dallas coined this ...