UC Santa Cruz 74, Illinois Tech 64

Santa Cruz Sentinel: "Will Crain was 8-of-13 shooting from the field and finished with a team-high 19 points to pace the Slugs to the road victory.

UCSC was outrebounded 39 to 28, but shot 48.4 percent from the field with 17 assists, 13 steals and 10 turnovers.

Sam Gabbard had 11 points, seven rebounds and six assists to help the cause. Corey Cilia and Kyle Creighton came off the bench and scored 11 points apiece for the Slugs (9-15), who close their regular season Saturday against West Coast Baptist at Kaiser Permanente Arena at 3 p.m..."

Crain is a 6-foot-6 freshman out of Casa Grande High, Gabbard a 6-foot-4 sophomore from Vacaville High, Celia a 5-foot-10 sophoimore and Half Moon Bay High alumnus and Creighton a 6-foot-4 sophomore graduate of Whitney High.