BASKETBALL 2019-20 Game Notes/Weekly Release No. 3 Sunday, November 10, 2019 Contact: Bill Mahoney [email protected] • (805) 893-3428 @UCSBgauchos | @UCSBbasketball • 2019-20 Gaucho Record Gauchos Top Jackson State in Opener, Travel to UCLA Sunday Overall: 1-0 • Big West: 0-0 Home: 1-0 • Road: 0-0 • Neutral: 2-0 N Pasternack earns his 100th career win as UCSB cruises. • 2019-20 Schedule/Results n Upcoming Games Date Opponent Time/Result Game No. 2 November Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. UC Santa Barbara Gauchos at UCLA Bruins Nov. 6 Jackson State W. 93-62 at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion - Westwood, Calif. Live Stats: Nov. 10 at UCLA 4:00 pm UCLABruins.com TV: Pac-12 Network Nov. 16 Rice University 2:00 pm Online Audio: UCSBgauchos.com Nov. 20 at Oregon State 7:00 pm Game No. 3 Nov. 23 Menlo College 1:00 pm Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. Nov. 27 Portland State 7:00 pm UC Santa Barbara Gauchos vs. Rice University Owls at UCSB’s Thunderdome - Santa Barbara, Calif. Nov. 29 Grambling 7:00 pm Live Stats: UCSBgauchos.com December Video: BigWest.tv Online Audio: UCSBgauchos.com Dec. 3 at Cal State Bakersfield 7:00 pm n Dec. 7 at UT-Arlington 12:00 pm After a Home Win in Opener, Gauchos Travel for Two of the Next Three UC Santa Barbara opened its 2019-20 season on Wednesday with an 83-62 win over visiting Jackson State. Dec. 14 at Southern Utah 1:00 pm The Gauchos will now play two of their next three games on the road, both at Pac-12 opponents. On Sun- Dec. 16 at Idaho State 6:00 pm day, they travel to Westwood for a 4:00 p.m. game against UCLA. After that, they will host Rice University in a 2:00 p.m. game on Saturday, Nov. 16 before traveling north to face Oregon State in Corvallis, Ore., on Dec. 20 Southern University 7:00 pm Wednesday, Nov. 20. Dec. 22 Merrimack College 2:00 pm n The Gaucho Record Dec. 29 at Louisiana 3:00 pm UCSB is 1-0 after its win over Jackson State on Wednesday night. The Gauchos finished the 2018-19 season January with an overall record of 22-10 and a Big West Conference mark of 10-6. Santa Barbara finished second in the league standings and was the No. 2 seed at the Big West Tournament where they advanced to the Jan. 2 Westmont College 7:00 pm second round before being defeated by Cal State Fullerton. Jan. 8 at Cal Poly* 7:00 pm n UCSB Begins the Season Ranked No. 21 in Mid-Major Poll Jan. 11 Long Beach State* 7:00 pm The Gauchos are ranked No. 21 in the first Collegeinsider.com Mid-Major poll of the 2019-20 season. Jan. 18 at Hawai’i* 10:00 pm UCSB totaled 173 points in the poll. To the surprise of noobody, Gonzaga received all 31 first-place votes and begins the season at No. 1. Another West Coast Conference member, Saint Mary’s, is ranked No. 2. UC Jan. 22 Cal State Northridge* 7:00 pm Irvine begins the year at No. 14. Jan. 25 UC Riverside* 7:00 pm n Gauchos Picked to Finish 2nd in the Big West Jan. 30 at Cal State Northridge* 7:00 pm UCSB has been picked to finish second in the 2019-20 Big West Conference regular season standings, in the February annual poll of the league’s media. The Gauchos finished with a total of 256 points and 15 first-place votes, second to defending champion UC Irvine, which also received 15 first-place votes but totaled 258 points. Feb. 1 at Long Beach State* 4:00 pm Cal State Northridge was picked third with 202 points, while Hawai’i and Cal State Fullerton rounded out Feb. 6 Hawai’i* 7:00 pm the top-five with 155 and 152 points respectively. The only other first-place vote went to UC Davis, which was picked to finish eighth. Feb. 8 UC Irvine* 7:00 pm n Feb. 13 at UC Davis* 7:00 pm Heidegger, Sow Named Preseason All-Big West Senior guard Max Heidegger and sophomore forward Amadou Sow were each named to the six-man Feb. 20 at Cal State Fullerton* 7:00 pm Preseason All-Big West Team. Heidegger, a First Team All-Big West selection in 2018 when he averaged 19.1 Feb. 22 UC Davis* 7:00 pm points per game and set a UCSB record with 95 three-point baskets, was limited to 21 games last season. He finished the year averaging 11.9 points and 3.0 rebounds per game while making 29 three-point baskets. Feb. 27 at UC Riverside* 8:00 pm The 6-foot-9 Sow had one of the finest freshman seasons in school history and was named Second Team Feb. 29 at UC Irvine* 7:00 pm All-Big West in 2019. He averaged 12.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game and set school freshman records for points (391), field goals (150), field goal percentage (56.4%) and free throw attempts (127). Sow’s total March of 210 rebounds were the second most by a Gaucho freshman. Mar. 5 Cal State Fullerton* 7:00 pm n Pasternack Wins No. 100 Mar. 7 Cal Poly* 7:00 pm UCSB’s win over Jackson State in the opener game third-year head coach Joe Pasternack his 100th career Big West Tournament at Anaheim, Calif. victory. In two-plus seasons as the Gaucho coach, Pasternack has a record of 46-19, but when you include his four years and 54 wins as the head coach at the University of New Orleans (2007-10), he has now hit Mar. 12-14 TBA TBA the century mark for victories. * – Big West Conference | All times are Pacific Time n Pasternack Posts Most Wins in First Two Seasons in School History In 2017-18, UCSB head coach Joe Pasternack set a school record for a first year coach when he guided the Gauchos to a 23-9 record. The 23 wins were easily the most in a coach’s first season in Santa Barbara. Last season’s 22-10 record gives Pasternack a two-year record of 45-19 with the 45 wins being the most by a coach in their first two seasons at the school and, in fact, the most in consecutive seasons ever. Previously, the most victories by a UCSB coach in his first two campaigns was 29 by Bob Williams in 1998-99 and 1999-2000. The previous best two-year record in school history came in the 1987-88 and 1988-89 seasons when the program went 43-17. UCSBgauchos.com 2019-20 UC Santa Barbara Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Previous School 0 Sékou Touré G 6-5 185 So. Conarky, Guinea / Prolific Prep Academy 1 Roberto Gittens G 6-5 220 Jr. Tacoma, Wash. / College of Southern Idaho 2 Matt Freeman F 6-10 220 Gr. Auckland, New Zealand / Oklahoma 3 JaQuori McLaughlin G 6-4 190 Jr. Tacoma, Wash. / Oregon State 4 Devearl Ramsey G 6-0 185 Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. / Nevada 5 Jay Nagle F 6-8 215 So. Vacaville, Calif. / Will C. Wood HS 11 Brandon Cyrus G 6-5 190 Jr. Oakville, Ont., Canada / DePaul 12 Amadou Sow F 6-9 235 So. Bamako, Mali / Prolific Prep Academy 14 Jakov Kukic F 6-10 230 Fr. Split, Croatia / La Lumiere HS (LaPorte, Ind.) 15 Max Cheylov G 6-3 175 Fr. Toronto, Canada / Calabasas HS (Calif.) 21 Max Heidegger G 6-3 180 Sr. Malibu, Calif. / Oaks Christian HS 35 Robinson Idehen F 6-10 230 Jr. Tudela Navarra, Spain / Trinity Valley CC 40 Andrew Pickles F 6-7 225 Sr. Seattle, Wash. / Mercer Island HS 55 Darren Long G 6-3 165 Fr. Altadena, Calif. / Harvard-Westlake HS Head Coach: Joe Pasternack, 3rd Season Assistant Coach: Larry Lewis, 1st Season Associate Head Coach: John Rillie, 3rd Season Assistant Coach: Ben Tucker, 3rd Season Director of Basketball Operations: Nikola Knezevic Video Coordinator: John Seavey n UCSB’s Possible Starters (This is purely a guess.) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt Yr. Fast Fact 2 Matt Freeman F 6-10 220 Gr. Was scoreless in 14:09 minutes in his first appearance as a Gaucho...Grad transfer from Oklahoma. 3 JaQuori McLaughlin G 6-4 190 Jr. Scored 17 points in win over Jackson State, his highest total since had had 18 vs. USF on 12/29/18. 4 Devearl Ramsey G 6-0 185 Jr. Had 6 assists and 5 rebounds vs. Jackson State, his second game as a Gaucho with at least 5 and 5. 12 Amadou Sow F 6-9 235 So. Made all 7 of his field goal attempts vs. Jackson State and is 157-of-273 in his career, 57.5%. 21 Max Heidegger G 6-3 180 Sr. Hit 7-of-11 FGs vs. JSU, 63.6%, his best mark since he was 10-of-15 vs. CSUF on Jan. 17, 2018. n UCSB’s Possible Reserves (Again, purely a guess.) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt Yr. Fast Fact 1 Roberto Gittens G 6-5 220 Jr. Scored 1 point in his UCSB debut on Wednesday night. 0 Sékou Touré G 6-5 185 So. Made 3-of-4 free throws and had a pair of rebounds. vs. JSU. 5 Jay Nagle F 6-8 205 So.