Basketball

Gauchos Fall to USC on the Road

February 2, 2012 by

If the UCSB women’s basketball team could find a way to score, it would be a very dangerous team. Offensive inconsistency once again killed the Gauchos, who lost to USC 50-39 in a nonconference matc...
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Road Trip Up North

February 2, 2012 by

The following is the first Online Nexus Sports Blog, from Christian Peterson, senior forward on the UCSB men’s basketball team. This past weekend was our longest road trip of the year and, for m...
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Gauchos Hit the Road to Take on Trojans

January 31, 2012 by

The UCSB women’s basketball team takes a break from conference play tonight to take on USC, the strongest team on the schedule for this year. The Gauchos enter the game at 8-11 overall and 3-5 in th...
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Gauchos Overcome by Late Pacific Rally

January 30, 2012 by

The UCSB women’s basketball team dropped another close game Saturday afternoon at home against University of the Pacific by a score of 52-48. With the loss, the Gauchos (8-11 overall, 3-5 Big West) ...
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Gauchos Host Pacific in Big West Tiebreaker

January 27, 2012 by

  UCSB women’s basketball will seek revenge Saturday afternoon against Pacific, which stunned the Gauchos at home last season in the first round of the playoffs to end UCSB’s season. With a 5...
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UCSB Takes on Reigning League Champs UC Davis

January 26, 2012 by

The UCSB women’s basketball team will look to ride the momentum created from its double overtime victory against Northridge Saturday when the team hosts last year’s winner of the Big West tourname...
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Gauchos Begin Weekend Road Trip

January 26, 2012 by

The UCSB men’s basketball team will hit the road for a four-game road trip, beginning with a game at UC Davis on Thursday night followed up by a game at Pacific on Saturday. The Gauchos (9-7 overall...
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Tuesday Ballin’ With Nexus Sports

January 24, 2012 by

With the Boston Celtics off to a sluggish 6-9 start to the season and currently tied for eighth place in the Eastern Conference, rumors have been swirling that General Manager Danny Ainge may decide t...
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Tuesday Ballin’ With Nexus Sports

January 24, 2012 by

The Orlando Magic currently hold an 11-4 record in the NBA this season, good for second in the eastern conference. Most of their success is attributed to the best big man on the planet: Dwight Howard....
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Gauchos Suffer Lopsided Loss Against Long Beach

January 23, 2012 by

National television cameras scanned the Thunderdome crowd on Saturday night as a sold-out crowd of 6,000 fans awaited tip-off between the top two teams in the Big West. But once the game began, UCSB s...
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UCSB Wins 2OT Thriller at CSUN

January 23, 2012 by

It takes big plays to win a double overtime game. For the UCSB women’s basketball team (8-9 overall, 3-3 Big West), which defeated top-ranked Cal State Northridge (10-9 overall, 5-2 in conference) 7...
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UCSB Hosts Long Beach on National Stage

January 20, 2012 by

This is what it’s all about. In a nationally televised game on ESPNU, the UCSB men’s basketball team will host visiting Long Beach State in the Thunderdome Saturday night in what is anticipated to...
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Gauchos Fall to Long Beach, Host Northridge on Saturday

January 20, 2012 by

Offensive shooting woes plagued the UCSB women’s basketball team Thursday night in an ugly 46-34 loss to Long Beach State. The 34 points was the lowest total scored by the Gauchos this season. With ...
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Gauchos Travel to Take on CSULB

January 19, 2012 by

After an easy victory against UC Riverside last weekend, the UCSB women’s basketball team will see tougher competition when it hits the road to face Long Beach State tonight. The Gauchos are current...
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UCSB Faces CSUN in League Home Game

January 19, 2012 by

The UCSB men’s basketball team will welcome visiting Cal State Northridge into the Thunderdome tonight when the Gauchos (8-6 Overall, 3-1 Big West) host the Matadors (5-10, 2-3) in the second of thr...
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