UC San Diego 69, at UC Riverside 66

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Interstat) — In a game defined by grinding defense and critical free throws, the UC San Diego Tritons escaped the UCR Rec Center with a narrow 69-66 victory over the UC Riverside Highlanders in a Big West Conference men’s basketball matchup on Saturday night. The contest, played before an intimate crowd of 388, saw the Tritons overcome a sluggish first half and a standout 27-point performance from Riverside’s Andrew Henderson to improve to 13-4 overall. The Highlanders, led by Henderson’s scoring burst, fell to 6-11. The first half belonged largely to the home team. UC Riverside, leveraging a… Read more...