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LOS ANGELES – UC San Diego wraps up its seven game, 34-day road trip on Tuesday when the Tritons visit LMU to kick off WCC Week – where they will face a pair of future conference opponents. Last time out, UC San Diego had two 20-point scorers on the way to a 26-point victory over Tulane in the Jack Jones Classic. At 9-1, the Tritons are off to their best start as a Division I program. LMU is 7-3 and will be playing its first game since a Dec. 2 home loss to Saint Louis.
Tuesday will be just the second-ever regular season meeting between the Tritons and Lions, with UC San Diego earning a five-point victory in 1983 when the Tritons competed in NCAA Division III. Tuesday’s Tip-off is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. from Gersten Pavilion. The game will air on ESPN+ with a link to live stats on UCSDTritons.com.
DETAILS
Game 11: UC San Diego (9-1) at LMU (7-3)
Tuesday, Dec. 16
Gersten Pavilion (4,156) | Los Angeles
ESPN+ | Live Stats
Series Record: UC San Diego leads, 1-0
Last Meeting: Tritons 87, LMU 82 (Jan. 7, 1983)
ABOUT THE TRITONS
Roster | Schedule | Stats
Overall: 9-1
Big West: 1-0
Home: 3-0
Away: 2-1
Neutral: 4-0
vs. Ranked Opponents: 0-0
Streak: W2
TRITONS, STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Stat
UCSD
Opp.
Points
84.4
71.6
Field Goal Pct.
.504
.422
3-Point FG Pct.
.402
.329
Free Throw Pct.
.686
.676
Rebounds
36.7
34.8
Assists
16.3
12.1
Turnovers
10.1
11.7
Steals
7.6
5.2
Blocks
2.1
2.7
ABOUT THE LIONS
Roster | Schedule | Stats
Overall: 7-3
West Coast: 0-0
Home: 4-2
Away: 2-0
Neutral: 1-1
vs. Ranked Opponents: 0-0
Streak: L2
WHAT’S NEXT
After 34 days away from home, UC San Diego finally returns to La Jolla as the Tritons conclude WCC Week by hosting USD Friday at LionTree Arena. The teams will be concluding their four-game series, with the Tritons having won two of the three prior meetings. Tickets can be purchased through the Triton Box Office, and Friday’s game can be seen on ESPN+ and heard on KSDT radio, with a link to live stats found on UCSDTritons.com.
LAST TIME OUT: TRITONS 93, TULANE 67 Stats
UC San Diego junior Leo Beath scored 21 points and grad student Emanuel Prospere II added a season high 20 as the Tritons rolled to a 93-67 win over Tulane in the Jack Jones Classic Saturday night inside Lee’s Family Forum.
Beath added eight rebounds and six assists in the win, with Prospere chipping in eight boards as well. Aidan Burke scored nine with a personal best 10 rebounds in the win, and Tom Beattie scored 12 and added six rebounds.
The Tritons pulled down a season best 50 rebounds as they improved to 3-0 all time at Lee’s Family Forum, home of The Big West Championship.
A PROSPERE-OUS NIGHT
First year Triton Emanuel Prospere II paced UC San Diego in a 26-point victory over Tulane in the Jack Jones Classic Saturday night. He scored 20 points on 8-of-14 shooting in the win. Prospere’s 20 points, eight rebounds, and four steals were all a season high.
KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY
With a 26-point victory over Tulane in the Jack Jones Classic (Dec. 13), UC San Diego has won all three games it’s played three games at Lee’s Family Forum in Henderson, Nevada. The Tritons also downed UC Santa Barbara in the 2025 Big West semifinal and UC Irvine in the 2025 Big West Championship. The conference’s postseason tournament will be held at that venue again in 2026.
ROAD WARRIORS
The Tritons rank second nationally in wins away from home (road + neutral) with six. Last season, UC San Diego was 17-3 in games outside of LionTree Arena: 12-2 on the road and 5-1 at neutral sites, good for second best nationally.
TAKING THE LONG ROAD
UC San Diego wraps up a 34-day stretch between home games – the longest such stretch for the Tritons in their Division I or II era (2000-present). This year’s squad will have traveled 6,042 miles between their Nov. 15 home game vs. Idaho and Dec. 19 home game vs. USD. The last time UC San Diego was away from La Jolla for more than 30 days was a 31-day stint in 2007-08.
MICKEY’S MOST VALUABLE
First year Triton Leo Beath was named Most Valuable Player at the Terry’s Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational, leading UC San Diego to three wins in three days at Walt Disney World (Nov. 24-26). Beath averaged 23.7 points per game, shooting 61.9% over three games. He drained 9-of-13 three-point attempts (69.2%) and averaged four rebounds and 1.7 steals per game in the victories over Temple, Bradley, and Towson.
RACKING UP THE AWARDS
After being named tournament MVP at the Terry’s Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational, Leo Beath piled up the awards. The following week, he was selected Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week by the USBWA, named the Lou Henson Award-winner as mid-major’s top performer, voted Big West Player of the Week, and garnered UCU Athlete of the Week honors on campus. The Big West honor was Beath’s second of the season (also Nov. 17).
DRAINING ‘EM FROM DISTANCE
UC San Diego tied an NCAA Division I single game record when nine Tritons sank three-pointers in a win over Towson at Walt Disney World (Nov. 26). Over the three-day tournament, UC San Diego shot 51.9% from beyond the arc – hitting 40 of 77 attempts. The Tritons lead The Big West and rank eighth nationally in three-point field goal percentage (40.2%).
A YEAR TO REMEMBER
Including the postseason, the Tritons are 27-4 in 2025.
EAST COAST TRITONS
The Tritons have won their last eight regular season games played in the Eastern Time Zone after winning the Terry’s Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational in November. Last season in Daytona Beach, UC San Diego beat La Salle, James Madison and Toledo to win the Boardwalk Battle. The Tritons also won at George Washington and Eastern Michigan in 2022.
TRIPLE DIGITS
UC San Diego scored 105 points in its season-opening win over La Verne (Nov. 3). The Tritons reached the century mark three times last season.
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
UC San Diego has turned LionTree Arena into a true home court advantage, boasting a 30-4 record in La Jolla over the past two-plus seasons.
FIRST OF MANY
When the Tritons beat La Verne in the season opener (Nov. 3), that marked the first victory in the head coaching career of Clint Allard ’08.
2024-25 REWIND
UC San Diego is coming off an historic season in which the Tritons won 30 games, a Big West regular season and tournament title, and took 14th-ranked Michigan to the wire in the NCAA Tournament – all in the program’s first season with Division I postseason eligibility. In fact, UC San Diego became the first program in NCAA history to send its men’s and women’s teams to March Madness in its first season eligible to do so.
NEW-LOOK TRITONS
Head coach Clint Allard added ten newcomers to the Tritons’ roster for the 2025-26 season: eight transfers and two first-year scholar-athletes. Leo Beath (Lynn), Tom Beattie (Hawai’i), Alex Chaikin (Lafayette), Bol Dengdit (Portland), Tyson Dunn (Buffalo), Trap Johnson (Montana State), Emanuel Prospere II (Missouri-St. Louis), and Dimitrije Vukicevic (Washington State) transferred to UC San Diego. Hudson Mayes (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Jaden Vance (Phoenix, Ariz.) joined the roster as freshmen.
TRITONS IN THE PROS
Three Tritons from last year’s Big West Championship team are playing professionally this year. Tyler McGhie is playing for Gipuzkoa Basket in Spain, Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones is competing with Valmiera Glass in Latvia, and Hayden Gray is playing in the NBA G League for the Maine Celtics (Boston).
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program has begun a new era as a member of The Big West in NCAA Division I. The 24-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have garnered prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world’s preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in NCAA Division I or II. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.
