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UC San Diego fans brought energy to Saturday’s game against UC Irvine at LionTree Arena. In the first spot of a line that snaked nearly 100 yards from LionTree Arena along campus sidewalks, UC San Diego student Jakob Kridle beamed.
“I want the students to go crazy,” Kridle said before tip. “The stigma is that we’re socially dead. You know, UC Socially Dead. I’m so hyped. I’m eating this up. This is all I’ve been able to think about for two weeks.”UCSD clanked and clanked from 3-point range against UC Irvine, hitting just 6 of 35, in a matchup of top-seven teams in the Mid-Major Top 25 coaches poll.
“It’s hugely important for a program like ours that’s trying to establish ourselves,” UCSD coach Eric Olen said. “I think that the potential for what we can do here is unlimited and I think this is just a glimpse of it.UC San Diego’s Chris Howell drives to the basket Saturday against UC Irvine at LionTree Arena. When 6-foot-8 Nordin Kapic controlled the ball against 7-1 German skyscraper Bent Leuchten, the crowd roared as if it had been bottled up for all those years.
The student section swelled. There were signs, special shirts and big-head posters. The 4,000 fans ensured the second sellout in history, matching a Dec. 1, 2023 tangle with San Diego State. Then, as Irvine inbounded for what appeared to be the final possession of the halft, Howell stripped away the ball. As he raced to the other basket he was cut off. He kicked it out to Aidan Burke, who drained a 3 with three seconds on the clock.“Chris is a huge part of what we’re doing tonight’s not unique,” Olen said of Howell, who finished 11 points seven rebounds, four assists and four steals.
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