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UC Riverside Highlanders (10-23)

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UC Irvine beats UC Riverside 63-44 in Big West tourney

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Collin Welp came off the bench to score 15 points and lead UC Irvine to a 63-44 win over UC Riverside in the quarterfinals of the Big West Conference Tournament on Thursday night.

Evan Leonard and Max Hazzard added 13 points for UC Irvine (28-5).

Jordan Gilliam had 11 points for the Highlanders (10-23). Menno Dijkstra added 10 points and 10 rebounds. Callum McRae had three assists.

Leaders
Points:	D. Martin	14.8
Rebounds:	C. McRae	4.8
Assists:	D. Martin	2.6
FG%:	D. Martin	47.3%
FT%:	No qualifiers
3P%:	D. Martin	44.2%
Steals:	D. Martin	0.8
Blocks:	M. Dijkstra	0.5

AP Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Duke	32-6
2	Virginia	35-3
3	North Carolina	29-7
4	Gonzaga	33-4
5	Michigan State	32-7
6	Tennessee	31-6
7	Kentucky	30-7
8	Michigan	30-7
9	Texas Tech	31-7
10	Florida State	29-8
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Coaches Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Virginia	35-3
2	Texas Tech	31-7
3	Michigan State	32-7
4	Duke	32-6
5	Auburn	30-10
6	Gonzaga	33-4
7	Kentucky	30-7
8	Purdue	26-10
9	North Carolina	29-7
10	Tennessee	31-6
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Big West Standings
	Conference	Overall
	W-L	W-L
UC Irvine	15-1	31-6
UC Santa Barbara	10-6	22-10
Cal State Fullerton	10-6	16-18
Hawaii	9-7	18-13
Long Beach State	8-8	15-19
CSUN	7-9	13-21
UC Davis	7-9	11-20
UC Riverside	4-12	10-23
Cal Poly	2-14	6-23
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Offense (Rank)
Points:	65.2 (336)
Rebounds:	8.7 (276)
Assists:	12.9 (219)
FG%:	44.3% (181)
FT%:	68.4% (260)
3P%:	37.6% (39)

Defense (Rank)
Points:	69.1 (115)
Rebounds:	23.2 (318)
Assists:	13.5 (228)
FG%:	46.7% (334)
FT%:	69.6% (122)
3P%:	35.8% (281)