UC Irvine vs. UCSD men’s basketball tickets still available for Saturday, February 8

Saturday’s Big West slate includes the UC Irvine Anteaters (20-3, 10-1 Big West) versus the UCSD Tritons (18-4, 8-2 Big West) at 10:00 PM ET on ESPNU.

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UC Irvine vs. UCSD game information

• Date: Saturday, February 8, 2025
• Time: 10:00 PM ET
• How to watch on TV: ESPNU
• Location: Irvine, California
• Venue: Bren Events Center
• Tickets: Buy tickets here

UC Irvine leaders

• So far this season, Bent Leuchten puts up 15.7 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game. At the other end, he puts up 0.5 steals and 1.2 blocked shots.
• Offensively, Devin Tillis puts up 13.4 points, 8.0 rebounds and 1.9 assists per contest, shooting 54.6% from the field and 40.0% from downtown with 1.2 made 3-pointers per game.
• Justin Hohn posts 12.2 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game, shooting 38.7% from the floor and 38.9% from downtown with 1.9 made 3-pointers per game.
• On a per-game basis, Myles Che is posting 12.4 points.
• Jurian Dixon is putting up 7.2 points, 1.4 assists and 2.9 rebounds per game this season.

UCSD leaders

• On the hardwood, Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones is putting up 19.5 points per game.
• Tyler McGhie is piling up 17.3 points, 1.6 assists and 4.2 rebounds per game.
• Hayden Gray is averaging 10.9 points, 2.9 assists and 2.9 rebounds per contest this season.
• From an offensive standpoint, Nordin Kapic averages 10.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists per contest. Defensively, he puts up 1.0 steal and 0.4 blocked shots.
• So far this season, Chris Howell is posting 5.8 points and 2.2 steals per game.

UC Irvine vs. UCSD stats breakdown

• This year the Anteaters are shooting 44.9% from the field, 3.9% higher than the Tritons give up.
• UC Irvine is 11-5 against the spread and 16-1 overall when shooting higher than 41.0% from the field.
• The Tritons make 46.0% of their shots from the field, just 7.7% more than the Anteaters’ defensive field-goal percentage.
• UCSD is 13-3 against the spread and 16-2 straight up when shooting above 38.3% from the field.
• The Anteaters pull down 36.4 boards per game, 5.6 more than the Tritons.
• The Anteaters are 24th in rebounding in the country, and the Tritons are 273rd.
• The Anteaters score 13.7 more points than the Tritons concede (62.5).
• The Tritons’ 79.8 points per game are 14.7 more than the Anteaters allow.