Aggie men lead from start to finish to stop UC Riverside, 74-66, in Big West basketball showdown
UC Davis takes important home win as difficult road trip awaits
Nils Cooper led the way with 19 points as the UC Davis men took an impressive 74-66 wire-to-wire Big West basketball win from UC Riverside before a crowd of 1,502 Saturday afternoon at the University Credit Union Center.
The win, UCD’s third in four games, moves the Aggies to 5-4 in league play and 12-8 overall with 11 Big West games remaining, seven of them on the road.
Riverside, coached by former Aggie point guard Gus Argenal, is now 2-7 and 7-14.
The Aggies used long-range bombs by Marcus Wilson, Isaiah Chappell and Brayden Fagbemi to storm to a 17-3 lead and it appeared a rout was in order.
A trey by Connor Sevilla gave UCD its biggest lead of the afternoon at 34-17, but Riverside eventually found its footing and cut the deficit to 36-25 at the half.