2018–19 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team

2018–19 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball
2018–19 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	10–23 (4–12 Big West)
Head coach	David Patrick (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Justin Bell; Mike Magpayo; Mike Czepil;
Home arena	SRC Arena; (Capacity: 2,750)
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Big West men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UC Irvine †	15	–	1	.938	31	–	6	.838
UC Santa Barbara	10	–	6	.625	22	–	10	.688
Cal State Fullerton	10	–	6	.625	16	–	18	.471
Hawai'i	9	–	7	.563	18	–	13	.581
Long Beach State	8	–	8	.500	15	–	19	.441
UC Davis	7	–	9	.438	11	–	20	.355
Cal State Northridge	7	–	9	.438	13	–	21	.382
UC Riverside	4	–	12	.250	10	–	23	.303
Cal Poly	2	–	14	.125	6	–	23	.207

† 2019 Big West tournament winner

The 2018–19 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team represented the University of California, Riverside in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by first-year head coach David Patrick, competed at the SRC Arena. UC Riverside was a member of the Big West Conference, and participated in their 18th consecutive season in that league.

Before the season

The Highlanders finished 9–22 overall, and 4–12 in the conference. In the postseason, UC Riverside lost to UC Davis in the quarterfinals of 2018 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament in Anaheim, California.

Roster

2018–19 UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Dragan Elkaz	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Westfields Sports High School	Green Valley, Australia
G	1	D.J. Sylvester	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Jr	Morse High School	Victorville, California
G	2	Jordan Gilliam	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	So	Salt Lake Community College	Houston, Texas
G	3	D.J. McDonald	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Bishop Alemany High School	Sylmar, California
F	10	Ajani Kennedy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Rancho Verde High School	Moreno Valley, California
F	11	Zac Watson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Liberty High School	Plano, Texas
F	13	Eric Rwahwire	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS Jr	Saddleback Church	Toronto, Canada
G	15	Dikymbe Martin	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	John W. North High School	Riverside, California
G	22	Dominick Pickett	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS So	Rancho Verde High School	Moreno Valley, California
F	24	Kendall Stubblefield	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Bellarmine College Preparatory	San Jose, California
C	25	Callum McRae	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	Fr	Palmerston North Boys' High School	Palmerston North, New Zealand
G	31	Ryker Pierce	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS Sr	Cowley Community College	Rexburg, Idaho
C	32	Menno Dijkstra	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Canarias Basketball Academy	Moerdijk, Netherlands
G	35	George Willbm	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	UTSA	Chicago, Illinois

Head coach

David Patrick (Louisiana)

Assistant coach(es)

Justin Bell (UC Riverside)
Mike Magpayo (UC Santa Barbara)
Mike Czepil (Nicholls State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 9 September 2018

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non–conference regular season
November 6, 2018* 6:00 pm, P12N		at Oregon State	L 59–72	0–1	20 – Martin	6 – McRae	5 – Gilliam	Gill Coliseum (3,590) Corvallis, OR
November 10, 2018* 7:05 pm		at Portland State	L 64–71	0–2	11 – Tied	6 – Dijkstra	8 – Gilliam	Viking Pavilion (1,424) Portland, OR
November 13, 2018* 7:00 pm		at UNLV	L 51–72	0–3	14 – Martin	6 – Tied	2 – Tied	Thomas & Mack Center (7,327) Paradise, NV
November 17, 2018* 4:00 pm		UC Merced Homecoming	W 63-53	1-3	13 – Tied	8 – Rwahire	4 – Gilliam	SRC Arena (1,576) Riverside, CA
November 22, 2018* 12:30 pm		at Pacific Tiger Turkey Tip–Off	L 54-74	1-4	20 – Martin	6 – Tied	2 – Tied	Alex G. Spanos Center (384) Stockton, CA
November 23, 2018* 8:00 pm		vs. Elon Tiger Turkey Tip–Off	W 77-64	2-4	17 – Gilliam	6 – Tied	3 – Gilliam	Alex G. Spanos Center (1,663) Stockton, CA
November 24, 2018* 5:30 pm		vs. Abilene Christian Tiger Turkey Tip–Off	L 48-60	2-5	17 – Martin	6 – Tied	3 – Gilliam	Alex G. Spanos Center (254) Stockton, CA
November 29, 2018* 7:00 pm		California Baptist	L 70-80	2-6	18 – Tied	6 – Martin	3 – Gilliam	SRC Arena (1,328) Riverside, CA
December 2, 2018* 11:30 am, ESPN+		at Valparaiso	L 73-82	2-7	21 – Martin	6 – Pickett	3 – Tied	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,112) Valparaiso, IN
December 6, 2018* 7:00 pm		Pepperdine	W 75-71	3-7	22 – Martin	6 – Dijkstra	4 – Tied	SRC Arena (414) Riverside, CA
December 16, 2018* 12:00 pm		at UTEP	L 56-68	3-8	19 – Martin	7 – Kennedy	4 – Tied	Don Haskins Center (4,454) El Paso, TX
December 19, 2018* 7:00 pm		Life Pacific College	W 87–50	4–8	13 – Kennedy	7 – McRae	6 – Pickett	SRC Arena (147) Riverside, CA
December 22, 2018* 5:00 pm		Loyola Marymount	W 60–53	5–8	18 – Martin	6 – Pickett	8 – Pickett	SRC Arena (339) Riverside, CA
December 28, 2018* 6:00 pm		at Air Force	L 60–72	5–9	17 – Martin	5 – Kennedy	5 – Martin	Clune Arena (1,366) Colorado Springs, CO
December 30, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Western Michigan	L 64–73	5–10	22 – Kennedy	8 – Watson	3 – Martin	University Arena (2,085) Kalamazoo, MI
January 4, 2018* 7:00 pm		Bethesda University	W 112–47	6–10	25 – Watson	13 – Dijkstra	9 – Gilliam	SRC Arena (310) Riverside, CA
Big West regular season
January 9, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Cal State Northridge	L 83–84	6–11 (0–1)	25 – Martin	8 – Kennedy	6 – Martin	SRC Arena (437) Riverside, CA
January 12, 2019 7:00 pm		at UC Santa Barbara	L 64–72	6–12 (0–2)	19 – Kennedy	7 – Pickett	4 – McDonald	The Thunderdome (1,526) Santa Barbara, CA
January 17, 2019 7:00 pm		at Cal State Fullerton	L 61–69	6–13 (0–3)	13 – Pickett	5 – Pickett	5 – Martin	Titan Gym (669) Fullerton, CA
January 19, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN3		Hawaii	W 75–71	7–13 (1–3)	25 – Elkaz	5 – McRae	5 – Martin	SRC Arena (453) Riverside, CA
January 23, 2019 7:00 pm		at Cal Poly	W 74–51	8–13 (2–3)	15 – Kennedy	10 – Pickett	5 – Pickett	Mott Athletics Center (1,622) San Luis Obispo, CA
January 26, 2019 7:00 p.m.		at UC Irvine	L 64–82	8–14 (2–4)	16 – Martin	10 – McRae	4 – McDonald	Bren Events Center (1,725) Irvine, CA
January 31, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Cal Poly	L 45–71	8–15 (2–5)	10 – McRae	7 – Dijkstra	4 – Martin	SRC Arena (780) Riverside, CA
February 2, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN3		UC Davis	L 71–84	8–16 (2–6)	15 – Gilliam	6 – Gilliam	5 – Watson	SRC Arena (350) Riverside, CA
February 9, 2019 5:00 pm		Cal State Fullerton	L 54–77	8–17 (2–7)	16 – Martin	7 – Watson	3 – Pickett	SRC Arena (1,076) Riverside, CA
February 14, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		UC Santa Barbara	W 71–57	9–17 (3–7)	18 – Martin	7 – Pickett	5 – Pickett	SRC Arena (466) Riverside, CA
February 16, 2019 10:00 pm		at Hawaii	L 64–87	9–18 (3–8)	22 – Martin	4 – Dijkstra	3 – Martin	Stan Sheriff Center (6,636) Honolulu, HI
February 23, 2019 5:00 pm		Long Beach State	L 67–71 ^OT	9–19 (3–9)	16 – McRae	10 – McRae	5 – Martin	SRC Arena (459) Riverside, CA
February 27, 2019 7:00 pm		at Cal State Northridge	L 78–80	9–20 (3–10)	20 – McRae	14 – McRae	6 – Martin	Matadome (1,020) Los Angeles, CA
March 2, 2019 5:00 pm		UC Irvine	L 47–68	9–21 (3–11)	12 – Elkaz	12 – McRae	3 – Gilliam	SRC Arena (686) Riverside, CA
March 6, 2019 7:00 pm		at Long Beach State	L 57–70	9–22 (3–12)	12 – McDonald	8 – McRae	2 – McDonald	Walter Pyramid (2,038) Long Beach, CA
March 9, 2019 7:00 pm		at UC Davis	W 71–70	10–22 (4–12)	17 – Martin	10 – Dijkstra	3 – Pickett	The Pavilion (2,117) Davis, CA
Big West tournament
March 14, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN3	(8)	vs. (1) UC Irvine Quarterfinals	L 44–63	10–23	11 – Gilliam	10 – Dijkstra	3 – McRae	Honda Center (3,656) Anaheim, California
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

Source:^[2]

References

^ "2018–19 Men's Basketball Roster". Athletics at the University of California, Riverside. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
^ "Men's Basketball Releases its 2018–19 Schedule". Athletics at the University of California, Riverside. Retrieved September 10, 2018.

[1] "2018–19 Men's Basketball Roster". Athletics at the University of California, Riverside. Retrieved September 10, 2018.

[2] "Men's Basketball Releases its 2018–19 Schedule". Athletics at the University of California, Riverside. Retrieved September 10, 2018.

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