Cal Poly Mustangs @ UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
UC Santa Barbara beats Cal Poly 69-50
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Gabe Vincent and John Green scored 14 points apiece as UC Santa Barbara won its eighth straight, beating Cal Poly 69-50 on Saturday night in the regular season finale for both teams.
Green also led with 10 rebounds. Michael Bryson and Mitch Brewe had nine points apiece for the Gauchos (17-12, 11-5 Big West) who head to the conference tournament on March 10.
UCSB led 29-26 at the break and Vincent hit a 3-pointer to stretch the Gauchos lead to 40-27 with 15:55 to play in the second half. Cal Poly closed it to 53-48 on a 3-pointer by Taylor Sutlive with 5:23 remaining, but the Mustangs (10-19, 4-12) fell back after that as UCSB finished the game on a 16-2 run and cruised to the win.
David Nwaba scored 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds for Cal Poly.
Game Information
Santa Barbara, CA
Referee:Andy Cohn
Referee:Mark Fulton
Referee:Brady Chelette
2025-26 Standings
| Big West ConferenceBig West Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| UC Irvine | 15-5 | - | 23-12 |
| Hawai'i | 14-6 | 1 | 24-9 |
| UC San Diego | 12-8 | 3 | 23-11 |
| Cal State Northridge | 12-8 | 3 | 20-14 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 12-8 | 3 | 18-16 |
| UC Davis | 11-9 | 4 | 19-14 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 11-9 | 4 | 18-14 |
| Cal Poly | 10-10 | 5 | 14-19 |
| Long Beach State | 6-14 | 9 | 10-22 |
| UC Riverside | 5-15 | 10 | 10-22 |
| Cal State Bakersfield | 2-18 | 13 | 8-24 |
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