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UC Irvine moves on with 76-67 win over UC Riverside

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Jaron Martin and Luke Nelson each scored 19 points, Jonathan Galloway grabbed 13 rebounds and No. 1-seeded UC Irvine beat UC Riverside 76-67 on Thursday night in the Big West Conference Tournament quarterfinals.

UC Irvine (20-13) will play the Hawaii-Long Beach State winner in the semifinals on Friday.

Tommy Rutherford's jumper with 11:56 remaining put the Anteaters on top 53-43. Chance Murray's 3-pointer started a 9-2 Highlanders' run, and UC Riverside closed to within three with 8:52 left. UC Irvine scored the next six points when Ioannis Dimakopoulos sandwiched a pair of jumpers between a Galloway layup and the Anteaters weren't threatened again.

Leaders
Points:	S. Johnson	12.0
Rebounds:	S. Johnson	5.7
Assists:	D. Martin	2.6
FG%:	No qualifiers
FT%:	S. Johnson	75.9%
3P%:	No qualifiers
Steals:	D. Martin	1.4
Blocks:	M. Dijkstra	0.6

AP Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Villanova	32-4
2	Gonzaga	37-2
3	Kansas	31-5
4	Arizona	32-5
5	North Carolina	33-7
6	Kentucky	32-6
7	Duke	28-9
8	UCLA	31-5
9	Oregon	33-6
10	Louisville	25-9
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Coaches Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	North Carolina	33-7
2	Gonzaga	37-2
3	Oregon	33-6
4	Kansas	31-5
5	Kentucky	32-6
6	South Carolina	26-11
7	Arizona	32-5
8	Villanova	32-4
9	UCLA	31-5
10	Florida	27-9
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Big West Standings
	Conference	Overall
	W-L	W-L
UC Irvine	12-4	21-15
UC Davis	11-5	23-13
Cal State Fullerton	10-6	17-15
Long Beach State	9-7	15-19
Hawaii	8-8	14-16
CSUN	7-9	11-19
Cal Poly	6-10	11-20
UC Riverside	5-11	7-21
UC Santa Barbara	4-12	6-22
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