Basketball

March 12, 2011

Gauchos Beat Northridge, Face LBSU in Big West Championship

By Ravi Bhatia

ANAHEIM, CA – The UCSB men’s basketball team plowed through another tournament game on Friday night, crushing Cal State Northridge 83-63 in the semifinals of the Big West Tournament at the Honda Center and advancing ...

March 10, 2011

Gauchos Beat Pacific, Advance to Semis Against Cal State Northridge

By Ravi Bhatia

ANAHEIM, Calif. — UCSB avenged its two regular-season losses to Pacific on Thursday afternoon, hitting 11 of its 18 three-point attempts and shooting just under 71 percent in the second half to beat the Tigers 79-67 in...

March 9, 2011

Lowly Tigers Shock UCSB in First Round of Big West Women’s Tourney

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The UCSB women’s basketball team’s hopes of a postseason berth were shattered on Tuesday night after being upset at home 49-45 by Pacific in the first round of the Big West tournament. UCSB, the second seed in the to...

March 3, 2011

‘Chos Host Rivals in Finale

By Ravi Bhatia

The UCSB men’s basketball team was outscored by 32 total points in the second half in its last two games. It has lost three games in a row. The team is in fifth place in the Big West with a 7-8 conference record — a ...

March 3, 2011

UCSB Hits the Road for Blue-Green Game

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

With a regular season conference title on the line, the Blue-Green rivalry game just became a lot more interesting. The UCSB women’s basketball team will travel to rival Cal Poly on Saturday, in perhaps the team’s bi...

February 28, 2011

Sports Briefs: Men’s Volleyball, Men’s Basketball

By David Russo

The #3 Gaucho men’s volleyball team took out #15 Pacific on Friday by a score of 3-1, before losing in five games to defending national champion Stanford the next day.

February 27, 2011

Gauchos Handle Northridge at Home

By Sports Editor

The UCSB women’s basketball team defeated visiting Northridge 71-52 as it honored the squad’s seniors by continuing its six-game winning streak. Senior forwards Mekia Valentine and Margaret Johnson were both recogniz...

February 25, 2011

Gauchos Overcome Illness to Thwart ’49ers

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

After trailing for most of the game, the UCSB women’s basketball team was able to overcome Long Beach State’s defensive pressure on the way to a 74-70 home victory last night.

February 23, 2011

Gauchos Host Long Beach Tonight

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

A regular season conference title is within reach for UCSB women’s basketball, but first the Gauchos need to take care of business at home against Long Beach tonight.

February 21, 2011

Valentine Leads UCSB to Victory Over Seattle

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The Gauchos withstood a tenacious rally from the Redhawks, defeating visiting Seattle University 67-57 in a nonconference match up and improving their record to 16-10 on the season. The game also marked this year’s Pin...

February 18, 2011

Gauchos Escape Fullerton With Victory

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Against a Fullerton team determined to get revenge for a 37-point loss earlier this season, UCSB women’s basketball narrowly escaped Titan Gym on Thursday night with its 73-70 victory.

February 17, 2011

Gauchos Hit the Road Against CSUF

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

“I’m hoping for the same level of energy and intensity that we had last time against them,” Head Coach Lindsay Gottlieb said. “We kick-started everything that went right for us on that day with our defense. We ar...

February 17, 2011

Team Ousts Titans in Big West Rematch

By Brent Pella

Junior forward James Nunnally grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds and senior point guard Justin Joyner added a collegiate-best 12 assists in the UCSB men’s basketball team’s 86-71 win over Cal State Fullerton last nigh...

February 16, 2011

’Chos Look to Start New Streak at Home

By Ravi Bhatia

In preparation for tonight’s home game against Cal State Fullerton, the members of the UCSB men’s basketball team spent time in practice yesterday rolling around on the floor, occasionally groaning, straddling white ...

February 14, 2011

UCSB Exacts Revenge on Highlanders at Home

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

After a 33-point loss to Riverside back in January, it is safe to say the UCSB women’s basketball team has improved greatly. On Saturday, the Gauchos hosted the same Riverside team, handily winning 59-37 and shutting t...

February 10, 2011

Anteaters Falter at the Thunderdome

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The UCSB women’s basketball team beat UC Irvine 70-56 on Thursday night at the Thunderdome, where the Gauchos improved their record to 13-10 (7-4 Big West).