UC Irvine Anteaters vs Kent State Golden Flashes

SUN BOWL INVITATIONAL

8-2

Final

	1	2	T
Kent State KENT	29	39	68
UC Irvine UCI	40	34	74

UC Irvine AnteatersUC IrvineUCI

7-5

Welp, Greene carry UC Irvine over Kent St. 74-68

Dec 16, 2019, 10:18 pm

EL PASO, Texas -- Collin Welp had 18 points as UC Irvine got past Kent State 74-68 in the Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational on Monday.

Brad Greene added a career-high 16 points for the Anteaters, while Evan Leonard chipped in 15.

Eyassu Worku had six assists for UC Irvine (7-5).

Danny Pippen had 15 points for the Golden Flashes (8-2), who saw their three-game win streak end. Troy Simons added 13 points and CJ Williamson had 12 points and eight rebounds.

UC Irvine plays Illinois-Chicago on the road on Friday. Kent State matches up against Hampton at home on Saturday.

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Game Information

El Paso, TX

Referee:Shawn Lehigh

Referee:Ronnie Hernandez

Referee:John Paul Guerrero

NCAA Division I

Mid-American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Miami (OH)	18-0	-	32-2
Akron	17-1	1	29-6
Kent State	14-4	4	24-10
Toledo	11-7	7	19-15
Bowling Green	9-9	9	18-14
Ohio	9-9	9	15-17
Buffalo	7-11	11	17-15
Massachusetts	7-11	11	17-16
Ball State	7-11	11	12-19
Central Michigan	6-12	12	10-21
Western Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Eastern Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Northern Illinois	4-14	10	9-21

NCAA Division I

Big West Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
UC Irvine	15-5	-	23-12
Hawai'i	14-6	1	24-9
UC San Diego	12-8	3	23-11
Cal State Northridge	12-8	3	20-14
Cal State Fullerton	12-8	3	18-16
UC Davis	11-9	4	19-14
UC Santa Barbara	11-9	4	18-14
Cal Poly	10-10	5	14-19
Long Beach State	6-14	9	10-22
UC Riverside	5-15	10	10-22
Cal State Bakersfield	2-18	13	8-24

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