No. 14 UC Santa Barbara led No. 3 Baylor at halftime but couldn't keep up the pace, losing in the first round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
Miles Norris scored 15 points on six-for-eight shooting, but UC Santa Barbara was unable to keep pace with Baylor in the second half. The Gauchos were outscored by a 39-20 margin in the final 20 minutes of a 74-56 loss Friday in the first round of theBig West Conference player of the year Ajay Mitchell added 13 points and a team-high four assists for the No. 14 seed Gauchos, who were making their second NCAA tournament appearance in the last three years.
With the South Regional loss, Santa Barbara finishes with a 27-8 record, the most wins in a single season in program history. The defeat snapped a seven-game win streak that was the ninth longest in the sport entering the day.Led by a balanced scoring effort, with seven different players scoring at least four points, Santa Barbara carried a 36-35 lead into halftimeMarch Madness is upon us. Here’s everything you need to know about the 2023 NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments.
Baylor responded, however, by scoring nine unanswered over a stretch of 2:26 in the second half to build a seven-point lead. The Gauchos wouldn’t get closer than seven in the final nine minutes, with the Bears’ lead eventually swelling to double digits. After shooting 61.5% in the first half, including 70% inside the three-point arc, Santa Barbara made just 30.4% of its attempts in the second half.
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