http://www.goslugs.com en-us en-us http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803bkgtbr After Chapman University and UC Santa Cruz split their first two games this season, Chapman erupted to score a 90-58 victory over the Slugs, shooting almost 52% from the field and a very impressive 58.3% from behind the arc. On Youth Basketball Night at the Hutton Center on the Chapman University campus, the gym rocked with over 2000 fans including 300 youth basketball players. In attendance at the game was John Saintignon, the Slugs all time leading scorer. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803bkgtbr 2012-02-04T05:00:00Z http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803rrbbvg Holding home court once again, the UC Santa Cruz men's team went to 5-0 at the Slug Dome this season with a convincing 74-52 victory over the UC Merced Bobcats. In doing so, the Slugs went to 12-9 for the season, the earliest the Slugs have ever had 12 wins in the history of the program. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803rrbbvg 2012-01-28T05:00:00Z http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803kbsle9 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803kbsle9 2012-01-27T05:00:00Z http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803zupamm UC Santa Cruz rolled to a 77-49 victory over the Pacifica Gladiators to run their record to 11-9 for the season. In doing so, they tied the school record for most rebounds in a single game. Opening with a Brent Jacobs dunk 13 seconds into the game, the Slugs scored the first eight points and kept rolling from there. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803zupamm 2012-01-27T05:00:00Z http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/201208031vghwb Outside Hosteltler Court at UC Merced, there was a mild drizzle. Inside, Sam Allen was raining threes as he hit five to lead the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs to a comfortable 76-71 victory over the UC Merced Bobcats. With the victory, the Slugs ran their record to 10-9. In doing so, Santa Cruz is about .500 for the season in January for the first time since January of 1998, the last time the Slugs finished about .500 for a season, 13-12. In Friday night's narrow victory over Chapman, the Slugs won playing a slow, deliberate style. On Sunday afternoon, the men from Cruz showed why most teams choose not to run with them. Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/201208031vghwb 2012-01-22T05:00:00Z http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803jdnu6l There is no place like home: Slugs stay perfect at Slug Dome On a dark and stormy night, the near capacity crowd and the swarming UC Santa Cruz defense pulled off the perfect storm as the Slugs beat Chapman 44-43 in a game that was not decided until Brandon Lins highly contested shot glazed off the side of the back board and fell harmlessly to the floor as the buzzer sounded. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803jdnu6l 2012-01-20T05:00:00Z http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/201208032nhr9i In a hard fought, fast paced game Monday night played in front of a noisy crowd in Tobin Gymnasium on the Holy Names campus, the Holy Names Hawks barely outlasted the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs, 75-73. In the first half, the Hawks roared out to a 10-point lead, 17-7 in the first four minutes. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/201208032nhr9i 2012-01-16T05:00:00Z http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803hcchne Freshman Aron West and senior Brent Jacobs both 10 points to help lead UC Santa Cruz to a 87-54 victory over American Sports University in the third place game at the Purple and Gold Classic at Whittier College. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803hcchne 2011-12-30T05:00:00Z http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803uphp64 In a first round game of the Purple and Gold Poet Classic at Whittier College, Cal State Maritime Academy defeated the Banana Slugs 69-61. The Slugs took their only lead of the game, 2-0, just over a minute into the game on a short Brent Jacobs jumper. Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803uphp64 2011-12-29T05:00:00Z http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803djs1iw For the second night in a row, the Slugs shot 50% from the field and held their opponents to less than 35% as Santa Cruz defeated Cal Lutheran 60-50 to run their record to 5-6 for the season. In doing so, the Slugs went undefeated to capture the SCIAC Classic for the second time in three years. Cal Lutheran took their only lead just 32 seconds into the game on a tip in by Aaron Van Klaveren. Sun, 18 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803djs1iw 2011-12-18T05:00:00Z http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803aungc8 With five Slugs scoring in double figures, UC Santa Cruz was able to outscore Menlo College 83-73 in the home opener at the Slug Dome. Led by Brent Jacobs making 10 out of 12 shots in the paint, the men from Cruz were able to outscore the Menlo Oaks 48 to 30 in the paint to run their record to 3-5 for the season. Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803aungc8 2011-12-10T05:00:00Z http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803tui3nh Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803tui3nh 2011-12-07T05:00:00Z http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803k1jzal During the third-place game, Chapman University and UC Santa Cruz battled it out in an evenly matched contest. Neither team found its rhythm for quite some time until the Panthers broke a 19-all tie at the two-minute mark on a sophomore forward Nick Dragovich (La Crescenta, CA) lay-up. Chapman mustered a halftime lead of three points, which eventually stood up for the 74-65 win. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803k1jzal 2011-12-03T05:00:00Z http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803nqvjgt For the second time this season, UC Santa Cruz was able to defeat Cal Lutheran by 10 points, this time winning 61-51 before the home crowd at the Slug Dome. Down 2-0 before the game even started due to a technical foul for a dunk during warm ups, the Slugs Jamien Jones tied the game up 29 seconds into the game on two free throws of his own. The early action in the game would account for five ties in the first seven minutes with both teams taking a slight lead. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803nqvjgt 2011-12-03T05:00:00Z http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/201208036hnqi8 In the second round of the Fulmer tournament, University of Redlands beat UC Santa Cruz 92-76 in front of an active home crowd. Redlands will play Pomona Pitzer for the tournament championship while the Slugs will face long time nemesis, Chapman in the third place game at 5:30pm. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/201208036hnqi8 2011-12-02T05:00:00Z http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803zy9gqw The first game of 2012 had a slow start, a great middle and a poor finish as the Slugs dropped an overtime game to William Jessup University, 83-73, Down right away, Santa Cruz got its first lead of the New Year, 14-13 on a Spencer Wells three with just fewer than 12 minutes left in the first half. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803zy9gqw 2011-12-02T05:00:00Z http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/201208039tey02 The Drought is over in Eastern Washington. For the first time in school history, the University of California Santa Cruz Banana Slugs won a game in Washington against a team from Washington. Playing back-to-back games for the first time all season, the Banana Slugs came home with a 76-67 victory. Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/201208039tey02 2011-11-20T05:00:00Z http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803v2ydd2 Sometimes you are in the zone and sometimes you are not. For most of the night, the Whitman Missionaries played a zone defense, completely shutting down the Slugs offense as Whitman won their first game of the year 68-56. Early on, Santa Cruz worked inside out very well to take an early lead. Spencer Wells dropped in a three off of a Tyler Hunt assist to score the first Slug basket. Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803v2ydd2 2011-11-19T05:00:00Z http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/201208031v54zu On a cold night in the Pacific Northwest, the Slugs shooting matched the weather. UCSC shot an ice cold 38% to lose to the #12 ranked Whitworth Pirates, 70-54. This drops UC Santa Cruz to 0-2 while Whitworth improves to 1-0. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/201208031v54zu 2011-11-17T05:00:00Z http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803zly3c4 In the end, the taller Division 1 UC Davis Aggies slipped by the Division III UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs 84-78 at The Pavilion on the Davis campus. However, for most of the game, there did not appear to be a difference in NCAA division or talent. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803zly3c4 2011-11-15T05:00:00Z http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803i0cwhr For senior Sam Allen, the comfortable confines of Kezar Pavillion led to a career high night as he helped lead the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs to an 82-68 exhibition victory over the Academy of Art University, a NCAA Division II programs. The Slugs were able to hold off the San Francisco program with scholarships and Division I kickbacks. Sat, 05 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.goslugs.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120803i0cwhr 2011-11-05T04:00:00Z