Highlander Hot Take: Nikola Vucevic should be considered for the All-NBA third team
Nikola Vucevic of the Orlando Magic is having the best season of his career at the age of 28.
Vucevic is averaging career-highs in multiple categories including points, rebounds and assists per game with averages...
Former Highlander big man Menno Dijkstra signs with Spanish basketball club, Basquet Girona
Former Highlander Menno Dijkstra will continue the next chapter of his basketball career in Girona, Spain. Dijkstra signed a professional contract with the basketball club, Basquet Girona, which NBA Champion Marc Gasol of the...
Volleyball struggles continue after dropping a pair of matches
The Highlanders (6-19, 2-12) were looking to build off of their previous win at home against UC Irvine (5-20, 2-11) this past week when they hosted the University of Hawaii (22-3,12-2) in a weekend...
Softball dominates home opener with a shut-out win over San Diego State
Victor Lei /HIGHLANDER
UC Riverside women’s softball earned their first shut-out win of the season in a 5-0 victory over San Diego State University (4-3) on Wednesday, Feb. 12...
Biggest what-if scenarios and unanswerable questions left by the NBA’s suspended campaign
By: Jordan Hom, Jonathan Fernandez, SSW
As the NBA season was cut short and suspended indefinitely due to COVID-19, many of the main season storylines were unable to see...
A rerun of Brenda Martinez’s spectacular track and field career
Brenda Martinez was one of UCR’s most prominent and outstanding athletes in its track and field history. Martinez graduated from UCR with a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 2010; though she is no longer...
UCR women’s basketball team lose to UC Santa Barbara
On Feb. 26, the UCR women’s basketball team started their last series of the Big West 2020-21 season. The series took place in Santa Barbara, the home of the UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) Gauchos....
UC Riverside’s men’s basketball team gears up for another quarter
Kevin Contreras, Sports Editor
Flynn Cameron, junior point guard
“I feel great being back. Our team goal is to finish what we started last year. We continue to grow together each day … I expect...
UC Riverside women’s soccer loses to Hawaii 1-2
Hansel Chu, Sports Editor
The UC Riverside women’s soccer team lost to Hawaii 1-2 Thursday night at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium in Hawaii. Going into this game, the Highlanders suffered two consecutive losses in which...
UC Riverside loses heartbreaker to Montana State 68-69
Following their 74-68 victory against the University of Wisconsin Green Bay, the Highlanders were looking to keep the good times going on the road against Montana State. This would be no easy task as...