UC IRVINE BASKETBALL vs. Idaho State Nov. 19, 2017 // Bren Events Center // 2 p.m. 2017-18 Schedule/Results Overall record: 2-1 Big West Record: 0-0 Home: 2-0 // Away: 0-1 // Neutral: 0-0
NOVEMBER 10 Fri. 14 Tues. 17 Fri. 19 Sun. 24 Fri. 25 Sat. 26 Sun. 30 Thurs.
Utah State at UNLV Portland Idaho State ^vs. Illinois ^at New Mexico ^vs. Wichita State Pepperdine
DECEMBER 5 Tues. 8 Fri. 16 Sat. 19 Tues. 22 Fri. 31 Sun.
at Southern Utah at San Diego State Portland State Chapman at Seattle U at Bakersfield
11 a.m. 12 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 1 p.m.
JANUARY 4 Thurs. 11 Thurs. 13 Sat. 18 Thurs. 20 Sat. 25 Thurs. 27 Sat.
*UC Davis *at Hawai‘i *UC Santa Barbara *at Cal Poly *Hawai‘i *at UC Riverside *CSUN
7 p.m. 9 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m.
FEBRUARY 1 Thurs. 3 Sat. 10 Sat. 15 Thurs. 17 Sat. 21 Wed. 24 Sat.
* at Cal State Fullerton * at Long Beach State * UC Riverside * Cal Poly * at UC Santa Barbara * Long Beach State * at UC Davis
MARCH 1 Thurs. 3 Sat. 6 Tues. 7 Wed. 9 Fri. 10 Sat.
* at CSUN * Cal State Fullerton # Big West First Round # Big West Quarterfinals % Big West Semifinals % Big West Championship
W, 87-84 L, 73-54 W, 63-52 2 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 11 a.m. 7 p.m.
7 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. TBA
7 p.m. 2 p.m. TBA TBA TBA TBA
* Big West Conference game ^ UNM Thanksgiving Tournament (Albuquerque, N.M.) # Big West Tournament (Fullerton, Calif.) % Big West Tournament (Anaheim, Calif.) Home games in bold played at Bren Events Center All times listed are Pacific
Idaho State Bengals (3-0, 0-0 Big Sky) No. Name
Pos.
Ht.
Yr.
Hometown (Previous School)
1 2 3 4 5 10 11 12 13 14 15 22 23 34
G G/F G G G F F G F G F F G F
5-11 6-0 5-10 5-7 5-7 6-2 6-2 5-8 6-2 5-10 6-2 6-0 5-6 6-3
Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Fr.
Barcelona, Spain (Draft Gramanet) Bainbridge Island, Wash. (Bainbridge HS) Avondale, Ariz. (Westview HS) Longview, Wash. (Lower Columbia Junior College) Split, Croatia (Western Wyoming Junior College) Madrid, Spain (Northeastern Junior College) Monmouth, Ore. (Central HS) Auckland, New Zealand (Northeastern Junior College) Kennewick, Wash. (Southridge HS) Altura, Spain (Valencia BC) Alcala de Henares, Spain (Rivas Promete Junior) Gilroy, Calif. (Monte Vista Christian School) Riga, Latvia (Riga Stradinš University) Rigby, Idaho (Rigby HS)
Nuria Barrientos Grace Kenyon Saylair Grandon Madison Hinrichs Dora Goles Nicole Murugarren Sai Tapasa Brooke Blair Ellie Smith Estefania Ors Irene Vicente Delaney Moore Amanda Betlere Kaitlyn Bell
Head Coach: Seton Sobolewski (Northern Arizona, 2001), 10th year Associate Head Coaches: Michael Trujillo, 4th year Ryan Johnson, 4th year Assistant Coach: Bryanna Mueller, 2nd year
UC Irvine Anteaters (2-1, 0-0 Big West) No. Name 0 3 5 10 11 13 14 15 20 21 24 33 34 35
Sydney Hua Lauren Saiki Brooke Bayman Andee Ritter Tahlia Garza Morgan Green Yazzy Sa’Dullah Alexus Seaton Dani Guglielmo Haleigh Talbert Autumn Baumgartner Sabrina Engelstad Jordan Sanders Deijah Blanks
Head Coach: Assistant Coaches:
Director of Operations:
Pos.
Ht.
Yr.
Exp.
G G G G F G G G G G G F F G
5-3 5-2 5-5 6-0 6-2 5-7 5-7 5-10 5-9 5-4 5-7 6-4 5-11 5-9
Sr. So. So. Jr. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Jr.
1L RS 1L 2L HS RS RS HS HS HS RS 1L HS RS
Hometown (Previous School) El Monte, Calif. (LA Valley College/Rosemead HS) Monterey Park, Calif. (West Virginia/Mark Keppel HS) Los Angeles, Calif. (Junipero Serra HS) Medford, Ore. (South Medford HS) Morgan Hill, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty HS) San Jose, Calif. (Michigan State/Pacific Collegiate HS) Burbank, Calif. (West Virginia/Burbank HS) Fort Worth, Texas (Arlington Heights HS) Los Gatos, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty HS) Euless, Texas (Euless Trinity HS) Coburg, Ore. (Georgetown/Sheldon HS) Antioch, Calif. (Saint Mary’s/Heritage HS) Springfield, Mo. (Kickapoo HS) San Diego, Calif. (Utah Valley/Mount Miguel HS)
Tamara Inoue (Long Beach State, 2002), 2nd year Cecilia Russell-Nava (New Mexico State, 2007), 2nd year Justin Wilson (Chico State, 2003), 1st year Jualeah Woods (USC, 1994), 1st year Amanda Delgado (Oregon, 2015), 2nd year
2017-18 UC IRVINE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2017-18 BIG WEST STANDINGS UC Davis UC Irvine Hawai‘i Cal Poly Cal State Fullerton UC Santa Barbara UC Riverside Long Beach State CSUN
BWC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Pct. .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
Overall 3-0 2-1 2-1 1-1 1-2 1-2 0-3 0-3 0-4
Pct. 1.000 .667 .667 .500 .333 .333 .000 .000 .000
Streak W3 W1 W2 W1 L2 L2 L3 L3 L4
THIS WEEK IN THE BIG WEST Monday, Nov. 13 at Pacific 81, Cal State Fullerton 65 USC 64, at UC Riverside 46 Tuesday, Nov. 14 at UNLV 73, UC Irvine 54 1 at San Diego State 58, CSUN 55 at Santa Clara 68, UC Santa Barbara 63
GAME #4 Idaho State (3-0, 0-0 Big Sky) at UC Irvine (2-1, 0-0 BWC)
Thursday, Nov. 16 at Cal Poly 75, Grand Canyon 69
Sunday, Nov. 19 • 2 p.m. (PST) Bren Events Center (5,000) Irvine, Calif.
Friday, Nov. 17 1 at New Orleans 76, CSUN 73 Loyola Marymount 84, at Long Beach State 69 at UC Davis 79, Portland State 67 at UC Irvine 63, Portland 52 at Stanford 53, UC Riverside 43 Seattle 77, at UC Santa Barbara 71 2 at Hawai‘i 84, Northern Arizona 68
TIP-INS • The Anteaters are off to their first 2-0 start at home since 2013-14. • Freshman Dani Guglielmo made five 3-pointers en route to a game-high 15 points against Portland on Friday. • UC Irvine defeated Utah State, 87-84, on a buzzer-beating half-court shot from Deijah Blanks in the season opener. • The ‘Eaters have a new look this year with 10 newcomers (five true freshmen and five redshirts). • UCI brings back only four letterwinners, but that group includes two of the team’s top three scorers from 2016-17. • Among the returnees are All-Big West selections Andee Ritter (HM) and Brooke Bayman (Freshman Team).
1 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m.
All times Pacific 1 Preseason WNIT 2 Bank of Hawai‘i Classic (Honolulu, Hawaii)
UC Davis (6) CSUN (2) UC Santa Barbara Hawai‘i UC Riverside Cal Poly (1) Long Beach State UC Irvine Cal State Fullerton
A GLANCE AT IDAHO STATE: Idaho State (3-0) picked up its third-straight win on Thursday, Nov. 16, dismantling NAIA member The College of Idaho, 89-32. One week earlier, the Bengals opened the season with a pair of road victories, topping Seattle U and No. 25 Washington. Senior Brooke Blair has paced ISU with 20.0 points per game, while sophomore Sai Tapasa is averaging 10.0 points and a team-best 9.0 rebounds. SERIES RECORD VS. ISU: UC Irvine trails in its all-time series with Idaho State, 5-1, as the Bengals have won five in a row. The ‘Eaters made their way to Pocatello last year and came up short in a 65-54 loss. Their only victory in the series came in a neutral-site game in Santa Clara on Jan. 3, 1986.
2017-18 BIG WEST PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Series Information Record: ISU leads, 5-1 UCI Current Streak: L5 Last: ISU 65, UCI 54 at ISU (11/19/16)
The UC Irvine women’s basketball team looks to improve to 3-0 at home when it takes on an undefeated Idaho State squad Sunday afternoon at the Bren Events Center.
Saturday, Nov. 18 at San Diego State 59, Cal State Fullerton 58 1 Milwaukee 58, CSUN 50 Sunday, Nov. 19 Cal Poly at Saint Mary’s UC Riverside at Fresno State Idaho State at UC Irvine 2 San Diego at Hawai‘i
Idaho State Quick Facts Location: Pocatello, Idaho Conference: Big Sky Nickname: Bengals Head Coach: Seton Sobolewski Record at ISU: 153-131, 10th year
77 69 63 49 46 44 25 24 9
TEAM EFFORT: Over the first three games, 10 of UCI’s 13 active players have averaged at least 10 minutes, while only Tahlia Garza has logged more than 30 (30.3 mpg). Five Anteaters have also registered at least 7.0 points per outing. In the season-opening win over Utah State, UC Irvine had four in double digits for the first time since a 74-71 overtime triumph at Cal Poly on Feb. 18, 2017. BIG WEST PREDICTIONS: UCI was picked to finish eighth in the Big West Preseason Coaches’ Poll. The ‘Eaters collected 24 points to place ahead of Cal State Fullerton (9). UC Davis was selected to repeat as the league’s regularseason champion as it received six first-place votes and 77 total points. CSUN, which earned two first-place nods, was second with 69 points, and was followed by UC Santa Barbara (63), Hawai‘i (49), UC Riverside (46), Cal Poly (44) and defending Big West Tournament champion Long Beach State (25). UP NEXT: UC Irvine heads to Albuquerque, N.M., for the UNM Thanksgiving Tournament, Nov. 24-26, before returning home to close out the first month of the season against Pepperdine on Thursday, Nov. 30.