January 18, 2018
Highlanders 79-Rainbow Wahine 57
UCR’s women’s basketball team (6-14, 4-4) rode their momentum from their Jan. 13 win against Cal State Fullerton as they took on Hawai’i (8-11, 1-5) in the SRC Arena. The Rainbow Wahine jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the first quarter, but the Highlanders flipped the script with a 14-2 run to take...
The narrative of UCR men’s basketball playing better at home than on the road, has not held up as of late. After going 4-2 on their floor during non-conference play, UC Riverside (5-14, 0-5) has lost five consecutive conference games, three of which, including last Wednesday’s 66-57 loss to CSU Northridge (4-14, 1-3), have been on their home floor.
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After last year's disappointing All-Star festivities, the NBA decided to spice things up for the main attraction. Instead of the game being the East versus the West, the leading vote-getter from each respective conference is elected team captain and gets to choose from the selected pool of All-Stars to make up their teams. This year, Stephen Curry and LeBron...
Both of the Highlanders track and field teams started their indoor season at the Lumberjack Team Challenge in Northern Arizona on Friday, Jan. 19.
The men’s side was able to take first place in the Lumberjack Challenge due to some impressive performances from a lot of their team. The Highlanders saw four first-place finishes from their squad, including senior Peter...
January 11, 2018
Aggies 74-Highlanders 63
The UC Riverside women’s basketball team (5-13, 2-2) lost on the road to UC Davis (13-3, 3-0), 74-63 on Thursday, Jan. 11. The loss marked the Highlanders’ sixth in their last seven games.
Riverside came out of the locker room firing on all cylinders, starting the game on a 12-2 run. The key to that stretch...
The UC Riverside men’s basketball team has lost five straight games, falling to 5-13 on the season and 0-4 in Big West play, after going winless on the week.
On Thursday, Jan. 11, the Highlanders dropped a 75-65 decision to UC Davis (11-6, 2-1). Freshman Dikymbe Martin led the team with 19 points on 6-of-13 shooting. This marks the fifth...
LaVar Ball is at it again with his newest venture, the Junior Basketball Association (JBA), which poses as a substitute for NCAA basketball.
Representatives of Big Baller Brand claim that players will make anywhere between $3,000 and $10,000 per month. According to Ball, they plan to have somewhere between eight and 10 teams represented across the nation. Seems like a...
The UCR men’s basketball team (5-11, 0-2) fell to Cal State Fullerton (8-5, 2-0) in its conference opener on Wednesday, Jan. 3. The game went down to the wire, but ultimately went Fullerton's way when they converted a three-point play to take the 68-65 lead with 7.1 seconds remaining.
The game was Interim Head Coach Jordan Bell’s first game in...
UCR’s women’s basketball team (4-12, 1-1) opened up the new year and Big West Conference play by splitting a pair of home games. The loss came against the Cal Poly Mustangs (7-7, 1-1) on Thursday, Jan. 4 in an overtime thriller that saw the Mustangs come out on top 87-82.
The Highlanders had four different players reach double-digit scoring on...
It’s been a while since we’ve seen Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere play in consecutive Premier League games. Since his return from a loan to Bournemouth last season, the English midfielder has been playing like the Jack Wilshere of 2010, a season where he appeared in 35 matches for the Gunners. But it all went down from there, as he would...