Norfolk State Spartans vs UC Irvine Anteaters

SUN BOWL INVITATIONAL

10-4

Final

	1	2	T
UC Irvine UCI	39	41	80
Norfolk St NORF	23	39	62

Norfolk State SpartansNorfolk StNORF

5-8

UC Irvine beats Norfolk State to win Haskins title

Dec 23, 2016, 12:24 pm

Mamadou Ndiaye tied a career high with 21 points and Luke Nelson added 17 to lead UC Irvine to an 80-62 win over Norfolk State in the championship game of the Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday night.

The Anteaters won their third straight and improved to 10-4 for their best start since 2002-03 while giving sixth-year coach Russell Turner his 100th win at the school.

Nelson was named tournament MVP after scoring 16 points in Monday's 63-53 win over Sam Houston State.

Charles Oliver led the Spartans (5-8) with 18 points after scoring a career-best 22 in an 85-76 victory over host UTEP on Monday.

Game Information

El Paso, TX

Referee:Rob Kruger

Referee:Brad Ferrie

Referee:Jeff Wooten

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

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Howard	11-3	-	24-11
Morgan State	10-4	1	14-16
Norfolk State	8-6	3	15-17
North Carolina Central	8-6	3	14-18
South Carolina State	7-7	4	10-22
Maryland Eastern Shore	5-9	6	9-23
Coppin State	5-9	6	7-24
Delaware State	2-12	9	8-23

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