UC Irvine vs UC San Diego — College Basketball, Jan 24, 2026

UC Irvine beat UC San Diego 61–59 at UC San Diego on Jan 24, 2026.

FinalSat, Jan 24Conference game

UC Irvine Anteaters

21-11 · 9-5 on the road

61

UC San Diego Tritons

21-11 · 12-5 at home

59

RecapPropsStatsHead to head

Line score◷History

Team	1st	2nd	Final
UCI	28	33	61
UCSD	28	31	59

Top performersiEach team's three leading scorers in this game, with rebounds and assists. The full box score is below.◷History

UC Irvine Anteaters

• Jurian DixonG

  12 pts · 3 reb · 1 ast
  6-17 FG

  0-4 3PT
• Andre HenryG

  12 pts · 2 reb
  4-8 FG

  2-4 3PT
• Kyle EvansF

  10 pts · 7 reb · 2 ast · 3 blk
  5-7 FG

UC San Diego Tritons

• Leo BeathF

  16 pts · 10 reb · 1 ast · Double-double
  6-14 FG

  2-5 3PT
• Hudson MayesG

  12 pts · 3 reb
  4-8 FG

  2-3 3PT
• Emanuel Prospere IIG

  8 pts · 6 reb · 5 ast · 3 stl
  3-11 FG

  1-5 3PT

Box score◷History

every player+

UCI	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jurian Dixon	32	12	3	1	0	0	0	6-17	0-4	0-0	—
Derin Saran	32	6	8	2	0	0	0	3-12	0-3	0-0	—
Kyle Evans	31	10	7	2	0	3	0	5-7	0-0	0-1	—
Tama Isaac	28	8	2	3	0	0	3	3-7	2-4	0-0	—
Akiva McBirney-Griffin	13	1	5	1	1	1	1	0-1	0-1	1-2	—
Andre Henry	22	12	2	0	1	0	0	4-8	2-4	2-2	—
Harrison Carrington	22	10	5	1	2	0	2	3-7	0-0	4-6	—
Jovan Jester Jr.	10	2	1	2	1	0	3	1-3	0-0	0-2	—
Nes Emeneke	9	0	5	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	—
Ben Egbo	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	—
Totals		61	39	12	5	4	9	25-62	4-16	7-13

UCSD	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tom Beattie	33	8	7	1	2	1	1	3-7	2-4	0-0	—
Leo Beath	32	16	10	1	0	0	0	6-14	2-5	2-2	—
Alex Chaikin	31	3	1	1	0	1	4	1-4	1-2	0-0	—
Emanuel Prospere II	28	8	6	5	3	0	1	3-11	1-5	1-4	—
Bol Dengdit	21	5	4	3	0	1	1	2-10	1-6	0-0	—
Aidan Burke	22	2	2	1	2	0	0	1-5	0-4	0-0	—
Hudson Mayes	16	12	3	0	0	0	1	4-8	2-3	2-2	—
Dimitrije Vukicevic	7	5	3	1	0	0	0	2-3	0-0	1-1	—
Trap Johnson	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	—
Cade Pendleton	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	—
Totals		59	39	14	7	3	8	22-65	9-32	6-9

Starters first, then by minutes. +/- is the team's point margin while he was on the floor.

Team statsiTeam stats: green marks the better side; a longer bar is a bigger number, not always a better one.◷History

UCIUCSD

40.3%

Field goals?Made-attempted: away 25-62, home 22-65.

33.8%

25.0%

Three-pointers?Made-attempted: away 4-16, home 9-32.

28.1%

53.8%

Free throws?Made-attempted: away 7-13, home 6-9.

66.7%

44

Rebounds

40

8

Offensive rebounds

8

12

Assists

14

10

Turnovers?Fewer is better.

9

5

Steals

7

4

Blocks

3

32

Points in the paint

26

10

Fast-break points

17

8

Fouls?Fewer is better.

11

This game's box score totals; green marks the better side (fewer turnovers and fouls are better).

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Going into the game · matchup numbers, form, rest+

Offense vs defense: the four factorsiEach offense's league rank against the defense it faces in shooting, turnovers, rebounding and free throws; longer = better.◷History

ranks betterranks worseStronger72+ places apartleague middleLonger bar = better rank of 361 (#1 = best)

UCI offensevsUCSD defense

UCI offense ranks better in 0 of 4 matchups · UCSD defense in 4 (4 by a clear margin)

Shooting · effective FG%?Field-goal percentage with threes counted at 1.5; the defense's number is what it allows.

49.7%

#253

48.4%

Stronger#48

Turnovers · per 100 plays?Turnovers the offense commits (fewer is better) and the turnovers the defense forces.

15.6%

#260

14.8%

Stronger#157

Offensive rebounding %?Share of its own misses the offense rebounds; the defense's number is what it allows.

31.1%

#157

27.0%

Stronger#40

Free throw rate?Free throws made per field-goal attempt; the defense's number is what it allows.

24.9%

#203

21.0%

Stronger#47

UCSD offensevsUCI defense

UCSD offense ranks better in 0 of 4 matchups · UCI defense in 4 (4 by a clear margin)

Shooting · effective FG%?Field-goal percentage with threes counted at 1.5; the defense's number is what it allows.

52.6%

#119

45.4%

Stronger#6

Turnovers · per 100 plays?Turnovers the offense commits (fewer is better) and the turnovers the defense forces.

14.7%

#193

15.8%

Stronger#95

Offensive rebounding %?Share of its own misses the offense rebounds; the defense's number is what it allows.

26.1%

#315

31.5%

Stronger#229

Free throw rate?Free throws made per field-goal attempt; the defense's number is what it allows.

21.6%

#302

19.0%

Stronger#18

Season box-score numbers; ranks of 361 teams. A defense ranks well for allowing less and forcing more turnovers.

Key numbers and mismatchesiHeadline ratings, then the biggest mismatches between one team's offense and the other's defense.◷History

UCIUCSD

+7.2 76thNet rating?Points scored minus points allowed per 100 possessions87th +5.8

104.9 272ndOffensive rating?Points scored per 100 possessions209th 107.7

97.8 9thDefensive rating?Points allowed per 100 possessions (rank 1 = allows least)34th 102.0

70.8 48thPace?Possessions per game (rank 1 = fastest)122nd 69.1

Expected pace: about 70 possessions a team (the two teams' average). Rank among 361 teams, 1st = best.

Where one side has the better of it

No pairing is lopsided: each unit meets one ranked within a few spots of it.

ContextiEach team's last ten days going into this game (filled = home, outline = road; travel distance is not tracked)◷History

last 10 days

TFSSMTWTFGame

UCI

UCD

UCR

UCSD

1 day rest4th straight road game

TFSSMTWTFGame

UCSD

CSUN

CSUB

UCD

UCI

1 day rest

homeroadday offthis gameFrom the schedule; travel distance is not tracked.

UCI · last 10

21-11 · 1 day rest

• Jan 22 @ UCRW 80–66
• Jan 17 @ UCDL 72–75
• Jan 10 @ HAWL 66–67
• Jan 8 vs LBSUW 74–64
• Jan 3 @ CSUFW 86–64
• Jan 1 @ CSUBW 81–77
• Dec 22 @ NORFW 89–70
• Dec 21 @ NDSUW 74–73
• Dec 19 vs BELL 58–84
• Dec 6 vs CSUNW 85–71

7-3 in these

UCSD · last 10

21-11 · 1 day rest

• Jan 22 @ UCDW 80–74
• Jan 17 @ CSUBW 83–62
• Jan 15 vs CSUNL 79–84
• Jan 10 @ UCRW 69–66
• Jan 8 vs CSUFL 71–88
• Jan 3 vs HAWW 83–73
• Jan 1 @ CPL 65–67
• Dec 19 vs USDL 80–82
• Dec 16 @ LMUW 67–57
• Dec 13 vs TULNW 93–67

6-4 in these

From box scores. Ratings are per 100 possessions (possessions estimated from box scores). Prop lines from DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM and Caesars; hit rates are past games against a number, not a forecast or a pick. For information only, not betting advice. 21+ only. Gambling problem? Call or text 1-800-GAMBLER.