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Dec. 3

Cal State Monterey Bay 75

UC San Diego 72

Center Christian Hatch led the Tritons in double figures with a game-high 24 points, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Monterey Bay as the home team led the entire game. The Tritons put up just 23 points in the first half and were unable to recover, despite holding a 51-22 edge on the boards. Hatch and senior Casey Ryan each had a double-double for the game.

Dec. 4

San Francisco State 78

UC San Diego 60

UCSD scored 21 points in the first half and the Gators never trailed en route to their third straight conference win. Casey Ryan led all Triton scorers with 15 points while adding 10 rebounds.

Dec. 14

UC San Diego 69

Cal State East Bay 55

Casey Ryan recorded his fourth straight double-double with 14 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Tritons to their first conference win. Christian Hatch had a team-high 16 points on 7-8 shooting, and the Tritons held a 30-13 edge in bench scoring on the game.

Dec. 19

UC San Diego 57

Humboldt State 67

Humboldt’s Bryan Morris had a game-high 22 points as the Lumberjacks defended a slim lead in the final six minutes to hang on for the win. Christian Hatch had a team-high 16 points and Justin Brue had 13 points, eight rebounds and five blocks for the Tritons.

Dec. 30

UC San Diego 73, Sonoma State 64

Casey Ryan scored a career-high 28 points and added nine rebounds and five assists to lead to the Tritons to the win. Chrisitan Hatch and James McCann scored 19 and 16 points, respectively, for the Tritons.

WOMEN’S

Dec. 3

Cal State Monterey Bay 92, UC San Diego 91,  2OT

Triton center Lauren Freidenberg recorded a career-high 27 points, but Monterey Bay pulled out the double overtime win with five players scoring in double figures.

Chelsea Carlisle had a chance to win the game after she was fouled with two seconds left in regulation and her team down 71-70, but the star guard could only make one of two free throws to force overtime.

Dec. 4

San Francisco State 52, UC San Diego 66

Emily Osga led four Tritons in double figures with 14 points as UCSD picked up its first conference win. UCSD hasn’t lost to the Gators since 2003.

Dec. 14

UC San Diego 61, Cal State East Bay 37

Chelsea Carlisle and Lauren Freidenberg had 12 points apiece, the Tritons got 23 points from their bench and UCSD routed East Bay thanks to an exceptional second half. The Tritons went on an 11-0 run with 3:55 left in the first half and never led by less than eight points for the rest of the game.

Dec. 19

UC San Diego 88, Humboldt State 92, 2OT

UCSD lost in double overtime for the second time this season as the Lumberjacks continue to haunt the Tritons. UCSD led by as many as 13 points, but faltered down the stretch and the Tritons lost for the third consecutive time to the team that ended their postseason run last season. Chelsea Carlisle led all scorers with 29 points.

Dec. 30

UC San Diego 77, Sonoma State 55

Chelsea Carlisle once again led the way for the Tritons with a huge performance, tallying 31 points, five boards and seven assists. The Seawolves closed a 15-point Triton lead to 54-50 with 7:28 remaining, but the Tritons closed out their last game of 2010 on a dominating 23-5 run.

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