Against Hawai’i Saturday in a game that was never quite close, UC San Diego got out to a blazing start as they went up 26-7 before the 10 minute mark in the first half in its 83-44 Big West win.
UC San Diego nailed nine first-half three pointers which helped build the comfortable lead and allowed them to coast for most of the second half, although the Tritons’ margin of victory was even greater than its first half lead.
The big win helped propel UC San Diego to No. 2 in the Mid-Major Top 25 rankings, which were updated Monday. The Tritons’ received one first place vote, and they only trail Saint Mary’s.
A big matchup will be on the docket Thursday, as the first and third place teams in the Big West face off when the Tritons (first place) travel to CSU Northridge (third place) to play the Matadors. UC San Diego will look to win its 10th game in a row, a feat already achieved once this season when the team won 12 consecutive games from Nov. 2024 until the second week of Jan. 2025
The two teams faced off once already this season, and it was yet another blowout win (79-54 on Jan. 25) for UC San Diego. Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones led the team in scoring with 32 points that night, as he seemingly has almost all season long.
Tait-Jones is averaging a team-high 19.8 points per contest, and the Tritons will need him to play well again Thursday to keep the separation between them and the rest of the Big West.
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