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DAVIS — Check one item off UC Irvine’s to-do list.
Elston Jones had 12 points and 12 rebounds off the bench to help spark UCI to a 64-48 victory over UC Davis on Thursday night, extending the Anteaters’ winning streak to 10 games and clinching the top seed for the eight-team Big West Conference Tournament.
Eyassu Worku had 10 points for UCI (24-5, 12-1 Big West), which also has clinched no worse than a share of the regular-season title with three games left.
Jonathan Galloway added eight points and 10 rebounds for UCI, bringing him within 10 rebounds of tying Dave Baker’s UCI career record (926). Max Hazzard had nine points, Robert Cartwright had eight and Evan Leonard was held to seven on 1-for-5 shooting.
The Anteaters have matched their longest win streak since the 2000-01 season.
“We’ve been working hard all year,” Jones said. “We have great team chemistry and everyone is bought in to what we are doing each week and we are focused on every task. No matter where we are seeded in the tournament we will continue to play hard and focus on advancing through the tournament.”
Matt Neufeld had 10 points for the Aggies (10-17, 6-7), who shot just 30.2 percent (16 for 53) from the field and 61.9 percent (13 for 21) from the free-throw line.
“We had our chances, we had some great looks at the basket,” UC Davis coach Jim Les said. “From layups to (3-pointers), the ball would fall halfway in before coming out. That happens, but we let what happened on one end affect the way we played defensively, and they got some separation.”
The Anteaters completed a season sweep of the Aggies, having defeated UC Davis 71-69 in overtime on Jan. 10 at the Bren Center.
UCI can wrap up the Big West title outright with a win on Saturday at 5 p.m. at UC Riverside (9-20, 3-10) – or a Cal State Fullerton loss. Second-place Fullerton (14-14, 10-4) plays at UC Davis on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Hear from Elston Jones following tonight’s win over UC Davis
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— UCI M Basketball (@UCImbb) March 1, 2019
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