I know. This team is playing really good basketball right now and they deserve a whole lot more fan support.

It really is remarkable how much better this team is playing since the conference began. I really didn't see that coming based on what I saw in the pre-conference games.

Our defense has been smothering in the first half of these games. Les mentioned that the team has really bought into playing extremely hard and smart on defense, so much so, that he said he has to give the players a blow every 5-8 minutes because it's so physically demanding to play consistently with so much effort. Milling hitting his stride on offense has made a big difference too. I hope we can keep it going!

47-32 Aggies at the half. Solid half of basketball on both ends of the floor by the Ags. Milling has 20.

Lockett was previously a graduate assistant at Oregon, helping guide one of the nation's most prolific offenses. He worked with both the wide receivers and running backs in his one season in Eugene.

From 2021 to 2022, Lockett was the defensive backs quality control coach at the University of Washington, where he assisted in recruiting and developing some of the nation's best prospects. He held a similar role at his alma mater San Diego State from 2020 to 2021 as a graduate assistant.

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2024/1/10/football-colin-lockett-named-wide-receivers-coach.aspx

SDSU 7 Montana 0 with 8:08 to go in the first quarter.

Big West standings after 1/06 games:

1/06 games:

Irvine 74 Aggies 71 in OT
Long Beach 83 Riverside 75
CSUN 76 Hawaii 66
San Diego 75 Fullerton 58
Santa Barbara 61 Cal Poly 52

The Aggies played their best game of the year and upset Irvine 60-57 today despite having 24 TO's.

The Anteaters are a tough match up for the Aggies due to their superior size and talent in the paint and they made us alter and miss quite a few layups and put backs. They are also a very good defensive team and the Ags had to work hard to get good looks. We get another chance at them in 2 weeks in Davis.

The valiant comeback effort by the Aggies falls short 74-71 in OT. Irvine hit 29-33 FT's to our 12-17. That was the big difference in the game.

Irvine ties it up at 62 and we're going to OT.

Aggies storm back and trail by only 2 now...53-51 with 3:54 to go!

He's a true homer...

Irvine is pulling away. Ags are ice cold and can not stop Irvine in the paint.
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I'm tired of him complaining about the Aggies "flopping" especially since the Ags are the one getting the short end of the stick by the officials on fouls.

Irvine jumps out to a 41-34 lead just 3 minutes into the second half. Ags can't stop them in the paint and are also cold as ice shooting.

32-31 Aggies at the half.

Irvine has made a living at the FT line...16-18 compliments of the officials and some silly Aggie fouls as well. TY didn't start but is playing and looks to be fine. Neither team is shooting the ball well as the defenses are dominating the game. Pepper has only 8 points on 2 of 7 shooting. Foul problems for the Aggie bigs.

17-16 Aggies with 7:50 to go in the first half. Defenses are dominating by both teams. Ags are having trouble defending Irvine's 7'1 center though.

Ags are off to an awful start. After forcing 3 straight Irvine TO's..the Ags can't make a basket...

Big West standings after the 1/04 games:

1/04 games:

Aggies 83 Riverside 63
San Diego 79 Santa Barbara 72
Hawaii 78 Bakersfield 67
Long Beach 89 Cal Poly 82
Irvine 75 Fullerton 67