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Lane enters record books as UCSB women’s basketball beats CSUN HOW IT HAPPENED

• Sophomore Kennedy Johnson had one of her best games of the season, scoring eight points off the bench, the most by any Gaucho substitute and as many as the entire CSUN bench combined.

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The UCSB men’s basketball team (18-4, 92 Big West) made the day trip to Northridge to take on the CSUN Matadors. After 16 lead changes and a very physical game, it was the Matadors who came out on top as the Gauchos lost 72-67 on the road. “We got really good looks and they didn’t go down,” UCSB Coach Joe Pasternack said. “But when you don’t make shots, you have to be able to defend for two halves. We only defended for one. Basketball is a game of percentages; you have to play two halves. We didn’t do that the last two games.”

HOW IT HAPPENED It was a slow start in the Premier America Credit Union Arena as the Gauchos and the Matadors began this Saturday night battle. Between these two teams, they exchanged the lead six times halfway through the first. After back-to-back three’s from Josh Pierre-Louis, the Gauchos were able to keep themselves

ahead for a short period of time before the Matadors put up a last second three for the 3837 lead at the half. Pierre-Louis’s 100 percent shooting from beyond the arc helped him get to 11 points as the Gauchos went to the locker room. Andre Kelly was close behind his teammate with nine points while grabbing six boards. The second half started as the first half ended, with CSUN coming back on the court with the same momentum. They grew their one-point lead to seven before Miles Norris made a huge push. He scored seven points in just four minutes to close the gap and bring his team back into this game. Once that happened, the Gauchos went on their own run until the Matadors used their arena to their advantage. Not only did they close the gap, but CSUN took the lead again and didn’t let it go as the Gauchos dropped this road game 72-67 to the Matadors.

LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS • Norris had the best game for the Gauchos tonight, finishing with a team-high 17 points

The Gauchos will play at the Thunderdome again on Thursday, Feb. 9 as they host Long Beach State. The Beach is currently in first place in The Big West after taking down previous conference leaders UC Irvine. As part of Black History Month, UCSB will be celebrating Black history at Thursday night’s game. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m., and the game will be live on ESPN+.

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and nine rebounds. Of those rebounds, five were offensive. Along with that, Norris added on a block. • Kelly registered his sixth double-double of the season as he ended his time in Northridge with 10 points and 11 rebounds before fouling out of the game. • Also helping on offense was Ajay Mitchell and Calvin Wishart, who were tied for the most assists on the team with three each. Koat Keat Tong contributed nine rebounds in this game, with seven of those being offensive boards.

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After a frustrating stretch of GSAC games Westmont Men’s Basketball (13-10, 6-8 GSAC) took out their frustrations on the bottom of the rim on Saturday afternoon. Against the Hope International Royals (16-8, 9-6 GSAC), the Warriors came out victorious by a score of 105-75. “Everybody brought in tonight,” said Westmont head coach Landon Boucher. “I’m really proud of the team for bouncing back the way they did. To have a game like this where we put up a record number of threes with a ton of assists was phenomenal. “That’s what Westmont Basketball has been built on, finding teammates.” Whereas in recent games Westmont’s threepoint shooting had let them down in big moments, the Warriors’ efforts from downtown on Saturday ensured there would be no such issue. In the first half alone Westmont converted eight of 14 shots from three-point range, with Cade Roth leading the club with a trio. Westmont in total converted 18 of 34 from the field during the opening period, where the Royals shot just 12 of 32 without converting a single 3pointer. By halftime, the Warriors hot shooting had put the club up 51-29. At halftime of the game the Murchison Gym crowd remained in their seats for a special celebration honoring the 1971-72 Men’s Basketball team, which is remembered historically for being the last team in the tenure of Coach Tom Byron. Saturday night marked the 51-year anniversary of the night that Westmont hosted NCAA Div. I #13 Hawaii on the day after Byron’s passing. Led by Fred DeVaughn’s 34-point effort, the Warriors banded together amidst a mourning community to upset Hawaii 90-89 in one of the most famous games in Westmont College history. DeVaughn was in attendance for the ceremony, along with several of his Warrior teammates. Joining the leading scorer was Charles Anderson, Don Bregante, Andrew Hill, Charlie Meh, lRich Prehn, and Tim Walton. Coaches from the team in attendance were Ron Mulder and Dave Bregante, as well as Byron’s children, Tom Byron Jr. and

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UP NEXT The Gauchos will be on the road yet again, this time taking on Long Beach State at Walter Pyramid on Thursday, Feb. 9. Tipoff will be at 8 p.m. on ESPNU. Kristen Keller is the associate athletic director for communications and digital strategy at UCSB. email: sports@newspress.com

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Before the game, the Gauchos celebrated Alexis Tucker and Ila Lane, who each scored the 1000th points of their career in their last home game, January 26 against Hawaii. Right after the game tipped off, it was the visiting Matadors who were celebrating scores, racing out to a six-point lead by the first media timeout. But then the Ila Lane show rolled into the Thunderdome. The center scored 14 of her 16 points in the first half alone, helping the Gauchos take a 33-29 lead into the break. In the second half, Tucker took over the scoring duties, with help from Alyssa Marin and Anya Choice. Tucker scored 11 of her 16 points in the second half, with

• UCSB shot 52.1% from the field Saturday afternoon, their most efficient performance in conference action this season. • Alexis Tucker and Ila Lane scored their 16 points the exact same way: six two-point field goals, plus four free throws.

Thanks to Alexis Tucker and Ila Lane, UCSB women’s basketball (15-6, 8-3 Big West) held a 10-point lead with four minutes left in their Saturday afternoon game against CSUN (4-18, 3-9 Big West). The Gauchos then had to hold on for dear life, as that lead turned from 10 into one in the game’s final seconds. UCSB forced a timely turnover and hit enough free throws in the final seven seconds to hold on to a 64-61 win and complete a regular-season sweep of the Matadors. Tucker and Lane both finished with 16 points, with Lane coming one rebound shy of her ninth double-double on the season. However, the center still etched her name into the UCSB record books. Lane’s nine rebounds Saturday give her 813 career

Marin celebrating her birthday by adding six in the third quarter. It was in that third quarter that Lane hauled in her fourth rebound of the game, putting her ahead of Kayte Christensen and into tenth on the Gauchos’ alltime list. The next Gauchos ahead of Lane are Becky Brown (814) and Legend of the Dome, Kristen Mann (820). In the fourth quarter, Tucker kept on scoring, with Choice adding four points in the frame to balloon the UCSB lead to 10. After that lead vanished, it was Tucker who iced the game, hitting three of four free throws in the final seven seconds.

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boards, the tenth most in Gaucho women’s basketball history. She is two away from ninth all-time.

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“Everybody brought in tonight. I’m really proud of the team for bouncing back the way they did.” Landon Boucher, Westmont head coach

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Annie Byron Harris. Also in attendance was team manager Don Volle, who is well known for writing a moving recollection of the events. “It was great to have the ’72 team here tonight,” offered Boucher. “I hope we made them proud with how we handled ourselves and how we competed after such a frustrating stretch.” Back on the court in the second half the Warriors did not slow down. After making eight 3-pointers in the first half, Westmont followed it up with another 11 in the second. With 19 threes, Westmont converted the second-most triples in single-game program history. Putting the Warriors over the century mark with 1:35 remaining was Cly Griffith Jr. with Westmont’s 18th 3-pointer of the night. Ninety-five seconds later, the Warriors finished off a feel-good 105-77 victory. The Warriors ended the evening with seven scorers in double-figures, with both Drew Ramirez and Zeke Viuhkola leading the way with 18 points each. “There was a sober feeling after the San Diego Christian loss,” acknowledged Boucher. “With that, the way we carried ourselves in practice and in shoot-around, I knew today was going to be different. I’m really proud of the guys for coming out and just putting that loss behind us. “Collectively, this was probably our best game all year.” The Warriors return to the court next Thursday in southern California, when they go head-to-head with the Vanguard Lions.

The UCSB men’s tennis team continued their white-hot start to the season on Saturday, taking down the University of New Orleans Privateers, 5-2, to win their sixth straight dual match. The Gauchos will play this weekend’s hosts, UTSA, Sunday morning to round out the road trip. The action on all three doubles courts was close, but all favored New Orleans, putting the Gauchos behind on the scoreboard for only the second time all season. But a 10 lead would not be enough for the Privateers, and UCSB roared back in singles play. Phillip Jordan and Pablo Masjuan won their matches on courts one and two in straight sets, and their teammates gutted out three more wins across the next three courts to clinch victory. Gianluca Brunkow bounced back after losing a second-set tiebreaker to win on court three, as did Luka Mrsic on court five. Kai Brady nearly made it a clean six wins from six in singles, but lost the decisive third set on court six, 7-6, after a 22-point tiebreaker. UCSB will round out this trip to Texas on Sunday, as the Gauchos take on the hosting UTSA Roadrunners. First serve is set for 9 a.m. Pacific from the UTSA Tennis Center in San Antonio.

Jacob Norling is the sports information assistant at Westmont College.

Eric Boose writes about sports for UCSB.

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