Basketball

A Day in the Life of Kirsten Tilleman

February 6, 2013 by

On the UCSB roster, Kirsten Tilleman is listed as a senior, but she is definitely no ordinary student athlete. For one, Tilleman isn’t an undergrad; she’s a second-year graduate student at the Bre...
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UCSB Wins 40th Straight Against CSUF

February 4, 2013 by

Usually when Head Coach Carlene Mitchell makes her patented five-man line change, she’s looking for an increase in intensity, which is exactly what she got. After blowing a 10-point lead and watchin...
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Gaucho Comeback Falls Short in Irvine

February 4, 2013 by

Santa Barbara fell behind early in the first half against UC Irvine, and despite a furious second-half comeback, the Gauchos dropped a 62-60 decision off a game-winning three-pointer from Irvine. Soph...
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Keeping the Streak Alive

February 1, 2013 by

After a devastating 45-42 loss to ninth-place Riverside last night in a game that went down to the buzzer, the UCSB women’s basketball team will have to rebound quickly to take on Fullerton Saturday...
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UCSB Looks to Break Three-Game Losing Skid

February 1, 2013 by

Times are tough for the UCSB men’s basketball team, but it is still fighting hard without its best player in sophomore center Alan “Big Al” Williams. Santa Barbara, losers of three-straight by a...
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UCSB Hungry for Third Straight Win

January 31, 2013 by

Tonight against UC Riverside, the UCSB women’s basketball team will have the opportunity to do something they have yet to do all season: win three consecutive games. The Gauchos enter tonight’s ga...
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Nesbit’s Heroics Lift Gauchos in Hawaii

January 28, 2013 by

The last time the UCSB women’s basketball team played Hawaii was in 1997 and it wasn’t a close game as the Gauchos lost 91-66. However, Saturday night in the Rainbow Wahine’s first matchup again...
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UCSB Falls in Televised Game to Hawaii

January 28, 2013 by

Injuries have begun to take their toll on the UCSB men’s basketball team as the Gauchos dropped their second consecutive game in a 78-73 loss to Hawaii Saturday at the Thunderdome. Without its star ...
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Cal State Long Beach 49ers

January 25, 2013 by

Following an unexpected run to last season’s conference championship game, the Long Beach State women’s basketball team has carried over that momentum into an impressive start to this season’s B...
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UCSB Drops Tough Contest Against Matadors

January 25, 2013 by

The UCSB men’s basketball team looked as if it was going to win its third straight game — and then things took a turn for the worse. Santa Barbara committed 15 second-half turnovers on the way to ...
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UCSB Student Takes Over as Official Play-by-Play Announcer

January 23, 2013 by

For the first time in 19 years, a student has taken over the job of the official radio play-by-play announcer for the UCSB women’s basketball team, according to Assistant Athletics Director Bill Mah...
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UCSB Downs Cal Poly in 2OT Thriller

January 22, 2013 by

Rarely do rivalry games live up to their billing, let alone surpass them. Saturday’s matchup at the Thunderdome between the UCSB men’s basketball team and Cal Poly did exactly just that, as fans w...
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Gauchos Fall to Rival Mustangs in SLO

January 22, 2013 by

In a Blue-Green rivalry game that pitted two teams with polar opposite styles against each other, Cal Poly’s offense proved to be too much to handle for the UCSB women’s basketball team as the Gau...
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UCSB Travels to Cal Poly for Heated Rivalry

January 18, 2013 by

Beginning a three-game road trip this Saturday, the UCSB women’s basketball team could think of no better way to start that road trip than a win over rival Cal Poly. Santa Barbara enters the Blue-Gr...
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UCSB Snaps Two-Game Losing Streak Against UC Davis

January 14, 2013 by

One team was going to break its losing streak. With a dominating 58-43 performance over UC Davis, the UCSB women’s basketball team snapped a two-game skid and won its first game at home in its last ...
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