The UCR men’s basketball team took a tough loss in a close 62-67 overtime game to USC, who is ranked 16th in the nation, on Tuesday, Jan.12. The Highlanders were on the verge of winning their first game against the Trojans in the school’s history. However, they were not able to score against USC’s elite defense in the clutch,...
This weekend on Friday, Jan. 15, UCR played their first game against California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly SLO). After a very rocky first half, the Highlanders demonstrated an intense vigor that led them to their 35-point advantage victory.
The Mustangs held on to the lead for the majority of the first half, going on a...
On Saturday, Jan. 16, coming back from the momentum of their victory the night before, the Highlanders went against California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly SLO) for their second match. The Highlanders started the game on the right foot, despite the Mustangs’ attempt to erase their defeat from the night before, taking UCR to a 7-7...
After serving as the chief of staff & senior associate athletics director of external relations for the past three years, Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox announced on Tuesday, Jan. 12 that Wes Mallette is moving into the Interim Director of Intercollegiate Athletics role after it was vacated by Tamica Smith Jones. In an interview with The Highlander, Mallette said, “I...
On Jan. 8, the UCR Highlanders women’s basketball team played their first game against the UC Irvine (UCI) Anteaters in the Big West Conference. UCR has endured multiple game cancellations as a result of COVID-19 related reasons. UCR’s series against the University of Hawaii was cancelled after a COVID-19 test came back positive on the Rainbow Wahine.
In a...
On Jan. 9, UCR faced the University of Hawaii after losing 83-88 on Jan.8. After a very intense second game, the University of Hawaii had brought UCR to a tie game in the final seconds of the game. The scoreboard showed 68 points for both the home and away teams with five seconds left on the clock and UCR...
On Saturday, Jan. 9, the UCR women’s basketball team faced off against UC Irvine (UCI) for the second time in the same weekend. Unfortunately, despite their valiant efforts in the final minutes of the game, they lost 62-60. Despite coming in strongly each quarter, the Irvine Anteaters kept finding the back of the net in the form of free...
The UCR men’s basketball team took their second loss of the season in a high-scoring 88-83 game at home against the University of Hawaii on Jan. 8. The Highlanders committed 15 turnovers, which proved to be costly in this close game.
Both teams started the game slow, as the Highlanders committed three turnovers in the first four minutes, and both...
On Tuesday, Dec.1, Head Coach Mike Magpayo was greeted by a loud and rowdy locker room. The athletes on his team doused him in water to celebrate the history he had just made. Coach Magpayo is the first Filipino and Asian head coach to win a Division I game, and with this win, he has made his first career...
Coach Mike Magpayo is the head coach for the UCR men's basketball team. Hailing from Hacienda Heights, he was named the head coach on July 1 of this year and has already been making history as the first Asian American head coach to win a Division I game. Basketball is nothing new to Magpayo, but the road to becoming...