Williams is the winningest coach in school history with 313 victories and the longest tenured Division I coach west of the Mississippi River, but the Gauchos were 6-22 this season. Williams, the late Jerry Tarkanian at UNLV and Bob Thomason at Pacific are the only coaches in Big West Conference history to reach 300 wins.
Category: UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos NCAA Basketball
Noah Allen scores career-high 34, Hawaii beats UCSB 78-56
Noah Allen scored a career-high 34 points and grabbed eight rebounds to help Hawaii roll past UC Santa Barbara 78-56 on Saturday night. Allen, a UCLA graduate transfer, made 11 of 14 from the field, 3 of 5 from 3-point range and all nine of his free throws for the Rainbow Warriors .
Yussuf’s career high 25 leads LBSU past UCSB, 81 76
Temidayo Yussuf scored a career-high 25 points on 10-of-12 shooting, Roschon Prince had his third-consecutive double-double and Long Beach State held on for an 81-76 win over UC Santa Barbara on Thursday night. Prince finished with 14 points and 10 boards, Evan Payne scored 15 and Noah Blackwell added 11 points with four assists for LBSU .