UC Irvine Anteaters @ UC Santa Barbara Gauchos

18-6, 11-1 Big West

Final

	1	2	T
UC Irvine UCI	33	43	76
Santa Barbara UCSB	24	37	61

UC Santa Barbara GauchosSanta BarbaraUCSB

13-9, 6-6 Big West

Crockrell guides UC Irvine past UC Santa Barbara 76-61

Updated: Feb 9, 2025, 01:53 pm

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- — Pierre Crockrell II scored 14 points to lead UC Irvine to a 76-61 victory over UC Santa Barbara on Thursday night.

Crockrell also had seven assists for the Anteaters (18-6, 11-1 Big West Conference). Devin Tillis scored 13, while Derin Saran added 11 points.

The Gauchos (13-9, 6-6) were led by Ajay Mitchell with 17 points. Cole Anderson added 16 points and Josh Pierre-Louis finished with 12 points and three steals.

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Game Information

Santa Barbara, CA

Referee:Randy McCall

Referee:Matthew Rukasin

Referee:Jeff Wooden

NCAA Division I

Big West Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
UC Irvine	15-5	-	23-12
Hawai'i	14-6	1	24-9
UC San Diego	12-8	3	23-11
Cal State Northridge	12-8	3	20-14
Cal State Fullerton	12-8	3	18-16
UC Davis	11-9	4	19-14
UC Santa Barbara	11-9	4	18-14
Cal Poly	10-10	5	14-19
Long Beach State	6-14	9	10-22
UC Riverside	5-15	10	10-22
Cal State Bakersfield	2-18	13	8-24

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