Tag: basketball
Women’s basketball finishes third in Great Alaska Shootout
Nov. 26, 2013
Seawolves 83 – Highlanders 75
The UCR women’s basketball team took a Thanksgiving-week trip to the chilly north for the Great Alaska Shootout...
Basketball is back! UCR rookies have instant impact in victorious weekend
Men’s Basketball
November 1, 2013
Highlanders 83 - Sagehens 73
New kids on the block — no, not the boy band — Steven Thornton, Nick Gruninger and...
NBA season countdown: the top forwards
With only one week left until tipoff, the buzz around the league is building. This week we preview the best small and power forwards...
NBA season countdown: The top five centers
There are exactly two weeks left until the NBA season gets underway. This week we preview the best big men in the league.
#5 Andrew...
Coach Jim Wooldridge named interim athletic director
Chancellor Jane Conoley announced Wednesday afternoon that longtime men’s basketball coach Jim Wooldridge will be taking over for Brian Wickstrom as UCR’s interim athletic...
Bueno’s Buzz: The Dwight Saga
Where will Dwight Howard land next season? Will he erase the memories of a disastrous campaign in Los Angeles and re-sign with the Lakers?...
Supreme Court set to rule on UCR postseason ban
For the first time in 101 years, UC Riverside men’s basketball team was banned from the postseason for poor academic grades. This means that...
Bueno’s Buzz: She Got Game
With Michael Jordan's 50th birthday and Lebron James' historic performances fueling the sports headlines last week, the age-old debate of who is the greatest...
Controversial non-call leads to loss against Gonzaga, 60-53
Tre'Shonti Nottingham scored 20 points and Brittany Crain added 14 points in her UCR debut, but the Highlanders fell to Gonzaga University, 60-53. The...
Men’s basketball begins season with two losses in the Windy City
November 9, 2012
Blue Demons 91 – Highlanders 59
Coming off an encouraging 83-72 exhibition victory against the San Diego Christian Hawks, the UC Riverside men’s...