RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - Chris Patton scored a career-high 21 points for the second straight game and Chris Harriel added 17 points and four blocked shots to lead UC Riverside to a 68-58 victory against UC Irvine on Saturday night.
Josh Fox had 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Highlanders (5-13, 2-4 Big West).
Daman Starring scored 22 points for the Anteaters (10-10, 4-3), whose three-game winning streak ended.
Alex Young's 3-pointer got UC Irvine within 56-51 with 3:55 remaining, but UC Riverside responded from the free-throw line. The Highlanders made 9 of 12 shots from the stripe in a span of 2:27, with Fox's two shots making the score 65-52 with 1:10 remaining. During that stretch, the Anteaters missed three shots and turned the ball over four times.
UC Riverside has won six of the last seven meetings between the schools.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| California Irvine (10-10) | 18 | 40 | 58 |
| California Riverside (5-13) « | 29 | 39 | 68 |
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| California Irvine Anteaters | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Davis II, F | 24 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| A. Folker, C | 25 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| D. Starring, G | 33 | 6-16 | 7-9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 22 |
| M. Wilder, G | 33 | 2-9 | 0-1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| A. Young, G | 27 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. McNealy | 23 | 2-5 | 4-5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| D. Flowers | 15 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| T. Souza | 11 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| C. Clifford | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| A. Wright | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-60 | 13-20 | 38 | 10 | 23 | 58 | |
| 31.7% | 65% | ||||||
| California Riverside Highlanders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Harriel, F | 36 | 6-15 | 1-1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| C. Patton, F | 30 | 7-12 | 7-7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
| J. Fox, F | 29 | 2-9 | 6-9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| R. Smith, G | 33 | 1-6 | 5-8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| S. Jones, G | 29 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Johns | 15 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| A. Quick | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| L. Devenny | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| T. Owens | 7 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| T. Johnson | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-53 | 20-29 | 43 | 13 | 18 | 68 | |
| 39.6% | 69% | ||||||
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