Alonso Tacanga Sports Editor Santa Barbara – Vincent Cordell had gotten the first start of his young Matador career and proceeded to reward Head Coach Bobby Braswell and point guard Josh Jenkins’ trust in him by mishandling a perfect first-half pass and letting it turn into a Gaucho possession. “(Cordell) missed one of my passes,” Jenkins would say later. “He said, ‘that’s my fault,’ and I said to him, ‘don’t worry, I’m going to come back to you, so be… Read more

UCSB attempted to go for the win and had Jordan Weiner shoot a 3-pointer that missed. The Gauchos had a last attempt as they grabbed the loose ball, but it was short. CSUN prevailed 72-70. As expected, Josh Jenkins said “good bye” to the nice UCSB fans. Full recap to come.

Josh Jenkins dished to Vincent Cordell for a wide open layup. CSUN’s up 72-70 with 11 seconds to go. Here comes the UCSB attempt. Good TV, huh?

CSUN’s up one, 70-69. There is only 53 seconds to play … UCSB steals the ball. Unbelievable. Now Jaimé Serna’s at the line to shoot two free throws. He makes one out of two. 30 seconds to go. Game-winner time?

Rodrigue Mels came up with a steal and a layup to make it 69-66 but UCSB’s Jordan Weiner hit a three from the left wing to tie it again. There is one minute left in the game. Mels just had a 3-pointer go in and out.

Two Chris Devine free throws gave UCSB the lead, 66-65, as the two-minute mark is about to arrive. However, Tremaine Townsend dunked two points to give the advantage right back to CSUN. Crunch time, people.

Jaime Serná just shot a shot that should be on ESPN. It hit the back of the backboard. CSUN isn’t that much better but still leads 65-64 with four minutes to go.

They’ve made 7-of-12 3-pointers and are withing one, 60-59.

The 7-foot-2 center hasn’t been able to hit a shot, and he’s had a couple. He now leaves the court grabbing his face in frustration. CSUN up 58-52 with nine minutes to go in the game.