It was another contest where each change of possession in the last five minutes was crucial and the Highlanders proved to be one point better Saturday night and nabbed a 53-52 victory. UC Riverside tallied nary a point in those last 300 seconds but still triumphed.
At the 5:05 mark, Riverside's Kyle Austin scored on a soft jumphook in the lane, advancing his team to a 53-46 lead and the points total the Highlanders would have for the game.
With 2:28 remaining, Justin Graham rebounded a Robert Owens miss and scored on a layup from the right side to make it a three-point deficit, 53-50.
UCR's Jesse LoBue was then called for an offensive foul and the ball went to San Jose State. C.J. Webster missed on a jumphook in the paint and Riverside rebounded.
Owens fouled Larry Cunningham but the Highlander backcourter misfired on the front end of a one-and-one and SJSU rebounded with 1:29 showing.
Tim Pierce subsequently missed on a trey attempt from on top but then made a steal and the Spartans retained possession. However, San Jose State committed a turnover when Graham and Pierce miscommunicated on a pass and the ball sailed out of bounds.
But SJSU wasn't done yet.
Riverside was unable to inbound the ball within five seconds and turned the ball over.
Pierce missed again with a jumper but Webster rebounded and was fouled on his put back. He made both his free throws with 16.2 seconds left to bring the teams to the eventual final score.
Kyle Austin was fouled by the Spartans and he went to the foul line but also missed his one-and-one. 14.8 seconds was the time on the clock.
San Jose State brought the ball down and Adrian Oliver attempted a turnaround 18-footer that was off the mark, the horn sounded and Riverside came away happy.
At the half, it was 31-26 in favor of the Highlanders.
SJSU had 13 turnovers to 15 for UCR but Riverside scored 17 points off those miscues to nine points for the Spartans off Highlander errors. Rebounding was equal at 30 apiece. UCR scored 18 points in the paint to 16 for SJSU.
San Jose State
Pierce 1-6 0-0 3
Webster 6-10 3-5 15
Oliver 2-10 0-0 5
Graham 4-7 0-0 8
Owens 3-9 2-2 11
Wright 0-1 0-0 0
Thomas 3-4 0-0 6
Oakes 0-2 4-4 4
Williams 0-2 0-0 0
Peterson 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 19-51 9-11 52
UC Riverside
Austin 5-11 5-6 15
Dowdy 0-3 0-0 0
Soto 2-3 0-0 4
Borum 6-12 1-1 15
Cunningham 1-2 2-3 4
Diggs 1-5 0-0 3
LoBue 3-7 1-2 10
Chavarria 0-0 0-0 0
Meo 0-0 0-0 0
Veteto 1-2 0-0 2
Totals 19-45 9-12 53
Three-point field goals – UC Riverside 6-15 (Austin 0-1, Dowdy 0-2, Borum 2-3, Cunningham 0-1, Diggs 1-3, LoBue 3-5), San Jose State 5-19 (Pierce 1-5, Oliver 1-4, Owens 3-9, Williams 0-1)
Rebounds – UC Riverside 30 (Soto 8), San Jose State 30 (Graham 7)
Assists – UC Riverside 9 (Cunningham 4), San Jose State 13 (Graham 7)
Total fouls – UC Riverside 16, San Jose State 13
Attendance – 2,089
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