January 21, 2012
Slugs Defeat Chapman In A Close Game

SANTA CRUZ, CA- 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 Lin’s highly contested shot glazed off the side of the back board and fell harmlessly to the floor as the buzzer sounded. (more)

January 16, 2012
Slugs And Hawks Battle To The End At Holy Names

OAKLAND, CA- 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. However, the Slugs kept cutting into the lead due to Brent Jacobs' stellar play from inside the paint. (more)

January 7, 2012
Slugs Get Win Over Simpson

REDDING, CA- Brent Jacobs moves up to second on All Time Rebound list as Slugs defeat Red Hawks. With five players in double figures, UC Santa Cruz rolled to an 86-77 victory over Simpson University.  Playing at the Heritage Student Life Center in Redding, the Slugs ran their record to 8-8 for the season. (more)

January 3, 2012
Slugs Get Second Win Over California Lutheran

SANTA CRUZ, CA- 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.(more)

January 2, 2012
Slugs go Overtime In New Year

ROCKLIN, CA-- 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. (more)

December 30, 2011
Slugs Get Third At The Purple and Gold Classic

WHITTIER, CA- 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. After watching the injury depleted ASU get blown out of the gym the night before, Coach Johnson called off the press and played the Slugs in waves. (more)

December 29, 2011
Keelhaulers Sink UC Santa Cruz’s Comeback Effort

WHITTIER, CA- 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. Maritime tied the game 30 seconds later on two free throws by Ryan Pearson and took the lead for good just over two minutes into the game on a Hamilton Chang lay up.  (more)

December 18, 2011
Slugs Defeat California Lutheran

THOUSAND OAKS, CA- 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.(more)

December 17, 2011
Slugs Dominate the Beavers

PASADENA, CA- Pushing from the opening tip, the UC Santa Cruz Slugs ran away with a 67-43 victory over the Caltech Beavers on Saturday night. From the beginning, the Slug offensive priority was to get the ball inside and this turned out to be a very successful approach. The first six baskets were inside capped by a Nick Hipwell layup to run the score to 12-2 just six minutes into the game. Back to back threes by Tyler Hunt stretched the lead to 17 with just over a minute to play in the first half and the Slugs went into halftime with a 40-23 lead. (more)

December 14, 2011
Slugs Shot Down in Riverside

RIVERSIDE, CA-- Shooting an amazing 67% for the first half and almost 57% for the entire game, UC Riverside shot down UC Santa Cruz 91-60 on Wednesday night in Riverside. (more)

December 10, 2011
Jacobs Soars Over The Oaks

SANTA CRUZ, CA- 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. (more)

December 7, 2011
First Home Game is December 10

SANTA CRUZ, CA-- The first home game of the 2011-12 season is against the Menlo College Oaks. The Acorns are currently 2-8 with victories over Johnson and Wales and Academy of the Arts. Cal Pac Player of the week, Tim Tatum is leading the Oaks in scoring and rebounding. The 6’6 senior from Vacaville is averaging 16.6 points and 7 rebounds a game. He dropped in a season high of 29 against Academy of the Arts in the December 2 victory. (more)

December 3, 2011
Slugs Get Fourth in the Lee Fulmer Classic

REDLANDS, CA- 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. (more)

December 2, 2011
Slugs Fall to Redlands in Semifinals of the Lee Fulmer Memorial Tournament

REDLANDS, CA-- 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.(more)

December 1, 2011
Slugs Defeat Arizona Christian in Lee Fulmer Tournament

REDLANDS, CA- The third contest of the Lee Fulmer Tournament featured a double-overtime battle with UC Santa Cruz finally knocking off Arizona Christian University by a score 92-86. Santa Cruz came out firing with a 51.7% performance from the field to complement a 90% free-throw effort, which resulted in a 10-point advantage after the first 20 minutes of action (more)

November 20, 2011
Slugs Victorious in Walla Walla

WALLA WALLA, WA-- 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. (more)

November 19, 2011
Slugs Zoned Out by Whitman

WALLA WALLA, WA-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. (more)

November 17, 2011
UCSC Falls To Whitworth

SPOKANE, WA- 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.After taking an early 6 to 5 lead off of two threes by sophomore Trent Reeves, Whitworth shut down the Slugs for almost 5 minutes before Tyler Hunt dropped in another three with 13:47 left in the first half to make the score 17-9 in favor on the Pirates. (more)

November 15, 2011
Santa Cruz Slugs it Out With DI UC Davis

DAVIS, CA- In the end, the taller Division I 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. The smaller and usually quicker Slugs outshot the Aggies from the field 50.9% to 43.9%, and held their own on the boards and dished out 7 more assists than the Aggies. (more)

November 5, 2011
Slugs Win Exhibition Game Against Academy of the Art

SANTA CRUZ, CA- 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. (more)

February 26, 2011
Panthers Prevail in Western Region Division III Independents Tournament

SANTA CRUZ, CA--O n a day when snow fell in Santa Cruz, the Slug offense turned ice cold in the second half. The result was a 91-77 loss to Chapman in the finals of the All Independent Western Regional Tournament. (more)

February 25, 2011
Matsuoka Keeps Slugs Grounded as he Places One Foot on the Accelerator While the Other Crushes Nebraska Wesleyan’s Championship Hopes

SANTA CRUZ, CA-Ryan Matsuoka scored 31 points Friday night including the Slugs’ final 12 points in the game to give UCSC a hard fought 74-71 victory over the Prairie Wolves of Nebraska Wesleyan. The Slugs will play Chapman University, a 73-43 winner over Dallas, for the All Independent’s Championship at 7pm on Saturday night while NW will play University of Dallas at 5pm for third. (more)

February 25, 2011
Men's Basketball Post Season Tournament-First Day Results

SANTA CRUZ, CA-Two common opponents do battle for the third time this season. The Chapman Panthers won both of the earlier meetings by 7 and 11 points. They are currently 23-3 and ranked #4 in the West, #24 in the nation and #1 Independent. Senior All Independent players Griffin Ramme and Justin Riley lead the Panthers. They supply a nice inside-outside combo with Ramme lighting it up outside and Riley working hard on the interior. (more)

February 26, 2011
Panthers Prevail in Western Region Division III Independents Tournament

SANTA CRUZ, CA--O n a day when snow fell in Santa Cruz, the Slug offense turned ice cold in the second half. The result was a 91-77 loss to Chapman in the finals of the All Independent Western Regional Tournament. (more)

February 15, 2011
Slugs Have Several Senior Moments as They Rock the Dome and Sink the Keelhaulers

SANTA CRUZ, CA--On senior night, UCSC overcame a sluggish first half to play its best second half of the season. Scoring a season high 52 points in the second half, the Slugs overcame a 2-point halftime deficit to score a 74 to 59 victory over the Cal State Maritime Keelhaulers. (more)