Men's Basketball:

Nov. 8, 2008

Box Score

IRVINE, Calif. --- Junior wing Chad DeCasas scored a game-high 18 points in leading UC Irvine past Cal Poly Pomona, 69-42, in an exhibition game at the Bren Events Center Saturday night.

DeCasas hit 7 of 9 field goals, including 4 of 5 threes, and added four rebounds, two assists and two steals.

Sophomore guard Patrick Rembert added nine points as 11 of the 12 UCI players who saw action scored.

Junior center Zack Atkinson and freshman forward Eric Wise led the `Eaters with seven rebounds each, and Wise added eight points. Rembert and junior guard Michael Hunter led with four assists each.

Tobias Jahn led Cal Poly Pomona with 12 points and Larry Gordon added 11.

UCI shot 54.5 percent from the field in the first half to the Broncos' 20 percent (4 of 20) as the Anteaters built a 36-22 lead at intermission.

A layup by Atkinson with 9:45 remaining gave UCI its largest lead of the night at 56-26.

The `Eaters shot 51.1 percent from the field for the game to Cal Poly Pomona's 29.3 percent. UCI hit 9 of 22 three-pointers (40.9 percent) for the game while the Broncos hit just 1 of 9. UCI capitalized on a big second half in rebounding and pulled down 33 boards to the Broncos' 24 for the game.

"We played hard and our players were patient," UCI head coach Pat Douglass said. "We were able to see a lot of players participate. I thought Chad (DeCasas) played with a great deal of confidence.

"We have pretty good depth and overall size, and we can take some things away from this game. It was great to see a good student-body turnout for the game," Douglass added, as the attendance of 1,148 was comprised mainly of UCI students.

UCI opens the regular season Saturday (Nov. 15) facing USC at the Galen Center in Los Angeles at 12:30 p.m.

back to Anteaters Men's Basketball home