UC Irvine Anteaters
Big West (25-9, 13-3)
Big Wins: 1/2 New Mexico State (54-52), 1/14 at Long Beach State (58-54), 1/16 at UCSB (61-52)
Bad Losses: 11/29 vs Evansville (56-75), 1/30 UCSB (60-76), 2/20 Hawaii (71-75)
Coach: Russell Turner
Probable Starters:
Luke Nelson, Junior, Guard, 13.8 ppg, 4.0 apg
Alex Young, Senior, Guard, 9.9 ppg, 4.5 apg, 4.0 rpg
Dominique Dunning, Senior, Guard, 3.1 ppg, 2.7 rpg
Mike Best, Senior, Forward, 9.4 ppg, 5.0 rpg
Mamadou Ndiaye, Junior, Center, 12.4 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 2.5 bpg
Key Roleplayers:
Jaron Martin, Junior, Guard, 8.3 ppg, 1.5 apg
Ioannis Dimakopoulos, Junior, Forward/Center, 5.2 ppg, 2.7 rpg
Aaron Wright, Senior, Guard, 3.7 ppg, 1.9 apg
Jonathan Galloway, Freshman, Forward, 2.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 70.7 (241st in nation, 7th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 65.6 (37, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 46.3 (62, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 38.7 (10, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.1 (264, 7)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 36.4 (90, 3)
Free-Throw Percentage: 67.9 (244, 7)
Rebound Margin: 1.9 (128, 2)
Assists Per Game: 15.3 (62, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.5 (151, 3)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2015 NCAA Second Round loss to Louisville
2014 NIT First Round loss to SMU
2013 CIT First Round win over High Point
2013 CIT Second Round loss to Oral Roberts
*all team stats through 3/6
