I've always thought that rebounding was only a little about height. "Want to" and getting position are worth a lot more. These Aggies are a really good example of that. They almost have a sixth sense of where the ball is going and swarm to it. This is the second straight game without Neufeld where they outrebounded a taller, more athletic front line.

If Hawaii can get back their form earlier this season, they can beat UCI and make the Big West a close race. Ags would be third and in good position for a higher seed in the tournament. But what's best is that they seem to be playing their best ball now.

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Aggie "bench" has 35 of their points. Too bad the passing has been so sloppy. Defense could also be better, but you have to like the way the lads hustle and pound the boards. No way they should be out-rebounding CSUN, but they are. That, plus Mooney and Gonzalez are keeping them in this game.

I rely on ESPN for game stats. Ags hitting 62.5% from 3.

BlueGoldAg, BigWestTV is currently listing the wrong opponent, UCI for today. I hope that's just a major typo.

I can't say I've seen enough of the games to state that this was their best game, but the first 30 minutes was outstanding. As it is, the boxscore makes it look like they won it at the foul line hitting 21 of 24 while the Gauchos were a miserable 7 for 16. But the Aggies outhustled and out-rebounded UCSB who at times did not seem to have their heart in it. I wrote early that the Ags were not the 8th best team in the Big West and right now, they're in the thick of the race. If they can beat CSUN Saturday they will be in second place as Hawaii has faded badly.

Uh-oh, getting tight. Glad the Ags are a good free throw shooting team.

Ags are playing extremely well at the outset!

Anyone know what happened to Neufeld?

BigWest TV has a game time of 6:30 but ESPN says 7:00. Do you know which one is right?

Seems like the Aggies gave up a lot of points in the paint as well. What were the stats on the Titans PIP?

Fuller, having a great game, had a spectacular reverse kay-up with about 4 minutes to go.

Printup and Gonzalez combined for 6 of 7 from 3.

DrMike, It seems to me that Ezra Manjon is a slasher, but when he gets inside, he rarely passes the ball out. I noticed the same tendency with TJ Shorts. Having never been a point guard myself, I can only imagine that one of the more difficult assists to make is that pass to the perimeter. Still, it would be great if he could do it. The turnover risk is high, though, so maybe Coach Les discourages it?

I didn't get to see the whole game. What happened to Mooney?

At lest the Aggies hung in there and did better than they did in the Pavilion.

Ags cut the lead to 13 with less than 9 minutes to go.

I missed this one. Too much going on today. Based on the box score, it looks like after the UCI debacle, Coach Les put Mooney and Neufeld on the bench to start the game. I guess they both did pretty poorly on Thursday. Nice to see Printup starting. How did he look?

The big man who did the most damage was Collin Welp (whose father, Christian, I saw play at the U. of Washington and went to the NBA), bu the starting big men, did not score inside so much as they hit the boards. I wonder why Welp doesn't start. He lead UCI in rebounds and was second in scoring.