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UC Santa Barbara tops Cal State Northridge 78-72 in Big West Conference Tournament quarterfinal

AP
Mar 14, 2025

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) Stephan D. Swenson scored 25 points to lead UC Santa Barbara Gauchos to a 78-72 victory over Cal State Northridge Matadors in a Big West Conference Tournament quarterfinal on Thursday night.

The fifth-seeded Gauchos (21-12) advance to play No. 1 seed UC San Diego in a Friday semifinal. No. 2 seed UC Irvine square off against No. 7 seed Cal Poly in the other semifinal.

Swenson had four steals for the Gauchos. Cole Anderson scored 16 and also had four steals. Jason Fontenet II had 11 points.

Keonte Jones led the fourth-seeded Matadors (22-10) with 19 points, 11 rebounds and two steals. Mahmoud Fofana contributed 17 points and eight rebounds. Scotty Washington pitched in with 14 points and seven rebounds.

Swenson scored 11 points in the first half for UCSB, which led 35-28 at the break. UCSB used a 7-0 run for a 65-53 lead with 7:51 left.

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1st Half
UCSB
Gauchos
35
CSN
Matadors
28

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Gauchos gains possession)
19:32		Colin Smith misses three point jump shot
19:30		PJ Fuller II defensive rebound
19:18		PJ Fuller II misses two point jump shot
19:16		Kenny Pohto defensive rebound
19:09		Scotty Washington shooting foul (Jason Fontenet II draws the foul)
19:09	+1	Jason Fontenet II makes regular free throw 1 of 2	1-0
19:09		Jason Fontenet II misses regular free throw 2 of 2
19:09		Mahmoud Fofana defensive rebound
18:57		Keonte Jones turnover (bad pass)
18:45		Kenny Pohto turnover (bad pass) (Keonte Jones steals)
18:39		Keonte Jones turnover (bad pass) (Jason Fontenet II steals)
18:34	+2	Colin Smith makes two point layup (Jason Fontenet II assists)	3-0
18:19		Scotty Washington misses three point jump shot
18:17		Gauchos defensive rebound
17:53	+2	Jason Fontenet II makes two point layup (Stephan Swenson assists)	5-0
17:39		Jason Fontenet II personal foul
17:33	+2	Keonte Jones makes two point layup (Mahmoud Fofana assists)	5-2
17:25		Stephan Swenson misses three point jump shot
17:23		Keonte Jones defensive rebound
17:12		Koat Keat Tong blocks Mahmoud Fofana's two point layup
17:10		Koat Keat Tong defensive rebound
17:03	+3	Stephan Swenson makes three point jump shot (Jason Fontenet II assists)	8-2
16:39	+3	PJ Fuller II makes three point jump shot (Marcus Adams Jr. assists)	8-5
16:06		Jason Fontenet II misses three point jump shot
16:04		Keonte Jones defensive rebound
15:56		Marcus Adams Jr. misses two point jump shot
15:54		Stephan Swenson defensive rebound
15:33		Stephan Swenson misses three point jump shot
15:31		Marcus Adams Jr. defensive rebound
15:18		PJ Fuller II misses three point jump shot
15:16		Koat Keat Tong defensive rebound
15:09		Colin Smith misses three point jump shot
15:07		Scotty Washington defensive rebound
14:51		Cole Anderson personal foul
14:51		TV timeout
14:38		Keonte Jones misses two point jump shot
14:36		Gauchos defensive rebound
14:18	+3	Stephan Swenson makes three point jump shot (Max Murrell assists)	11-5
14:02	+2	Grady Lewis makes two point hook shot	11-7
13:54	+3	Stephan Swenson makes three point jump shot	14-7
13:39	+2	Marcus Adams Jr. makes two point layup (Grady Lewis assists)	14-9
13:16		Stephan Swenson misses two point layup
13:14		Gauchos offensive rebound
13:14		Marcus Adams Jr. personal foul
12:58		Stephan Swenson misses two point layup
12:56		PJ Fuller II defensive rebound
12:55		PJ Fuller II turnover (out of bounds)
12:53		Grady Lewis shooting foul
12:53	+1	Jason Fontenet II makes regular free throw 1 of 2	15-9
12:53	+1	Jason Fontenet II makes regular free throw 2 of 2	16-9
12:43		Tyler Beard misses two point layup
12:41		Mahmoud Fofana offensive rebound
12:41		Colin Smith shooting foul
12:41	+1	Mahmoud Fofana makes regular free throw 1 of 2	16-10
12:41	+1	Mahmoud Fofana makes regular free throw 2 of 2	16-11
12:28		Stephan Swenson turnover (bad pass) (Keonte Jones steals)
12:21	+2	Keonte Jones makes two point layup	16-13
12:05		Scotty Washington personal foul
12:02		Stephan Swenson misses three point jump shot
12:00		Keonte Jones defensive rebound
11:54		Kenny Pohto shooting foul
11:54		TV timeout
11:54	+1	Mahmoud Fofana makes regular free throw 1 of 2	16-14
11:54	+1	Mahmoud Fofana makes regular free throw 2 of 2	16-15
11:41		Colin Smith offensive foul
11:41		Colin Smith turnover (offensive foul)
11:13		Max Murrell blocks PJ Fuller II's two point layup
11:12		Matadors offensive rebound
11:11	+3	Keonte Jones makes three point jump shot (PJ Fuller II assists)	16-18
10:55	+3	Cole Anderson makes three point jump shot (Jason Fontenet II assists)	19-18
10:45		Tyler Beard misses two point jump shot
10:43		Stephan Swenson defensive rebound
10:33		Jason Fontenet II misses three point jump shot
10:31		Marcus Adams Jr. defensive rebound
10:22		Max Murrell blocks Tyler Beard's three point jump shot
10:20		Keonte Jones offensive rebound
10:14		Marcus Adams Jr. misses three point jump shot
10:12		Max Murrell defensive rebound
10:04		PJ Fuller II personal foul
9:53		Stephan Swenson misses three point jump shot
9:51		Max Murrell offensive rebound
9:51		Grady Lewis personal foul
9:34		Stephan Swenson misses three point jump shot
9:32		Keonte Jones defensive rebound
9:30		Koat Keat Tong personal foul
9:19		Keonte Jones turnover (bad pass)
8:59		Max Murrell misses three point jump shot
8:57		Scotty Washington defensive rebound
8:56		Koat Keat Tong personal foul
8:56		Scotty Washington misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:56		Max Murrell defensive rebound
8:45	+3	Cole Anderson makes three point jump shot (Jason Fontenet II assists)	22-18
8:30		Keonte Jones turnover (bad pass) (Jason Fontenet II steals)
8:24	+2	Max Murrell makes two point dunk (Jason Fontenet II assists)	24-18
8:00	+2	Scotty Washington makes two point jump shot	24-20
7:43		Kenny Pohto turnover (bad pass) (Marcus Adams Jr. steals)
7:38	+2	Scotty Washington makes two point layup (Marcus Adams Jr. assists)	24-22
7:08		Ben Shtolzberg misses two point layup
7:06		Marcus Adams Jr. defensive rebound
7:02		Marcus Adams Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Cole Anderson steals)
6:57		Cole Anderson misses three point jump shot
6:55		Scotty Washington defensive rebound
6:29		PJ Fuller II turnover (bad pass)
6:07		Mahmoud Fofana shooting foul
6:07		TV timeout
6:07	+1	Deuce Turner makes regular free throw 1 of 2	25-22
6:07	+1	Deuce Turner makes regular free throw 2 of 2	26-22
5:51		Scotty Washington misses two point layup
5:49		Scotty Washington offensive rebound
5:47		Scotty Washington misses two point layup
5:45		Scotty Washington offensive rebound
5:43		Koat Keat Tong blocks Scotty Washington's two point layup
5:43		Matadors offensive rebound
5:43		Jason Fontenet II personal foul
5:43	+1	Mahmoud Fofana makes regular free throw 1 of 2	26-23
5:43	+1	Mahmoud Fofana makes regular free throw 2 of 2	26-24
5:28	+2	Ben Shtolzberg makes two point layup (Kenny Pohto assists)	28-24
5:19		Marcus Adams Jr. turnover (traveling)
4:53		Stephan Swenson misses three point jump shot
4:51		Keonte Jones defensive rebound
4:45	+2	Keonte Jones makes two point layup	28-26
4:12		Cole Anderson misses three point jump shot
4:10		Keonte Jones defensive rebound
4:06		Keonte Jones turnover (bad pass) (Cole Anderson steals)
4:02		PJ Fuller II blocks Cole Anderson's two point layup
4:00		Gauchos offensive rebound
3:56	+2	Kenny Pohto makes two point layup (Cole Anderson assists)	30-26
3:56		Grady Lewis shooting foul
3:56		TV timeout
3:56	+1	Kenny Pohto makes regular free throw 1 of 1	31-26
3:50		Mahmoud Fofana turnover (bad pass) (Stephan Swenson steals)
3:33		Jason Fontenet II misses three point jump shot
3:31		Scotty Washington defensive rebound
3:22		Mahmoud Fofana turnover (lost ball)
3:00		Mahmoud Fofana personal foul
3:00	+1	Kenny Pohto makes regular free throw 1 of 2	32-26
3:00	+1	Kenny Pohto makes regular free throw 2 of 2	33-26
2:48		PJ Fuller II turnover (lost ball) (Max Murrell steals)
2:33		Cole Anderson misses two point jump shot
2:31		Mahmoud Fofana defensive rebound
2:23		Scotty Washington turnover (lost ball) (Stephan Swenson steals)
2:20	+2	Stephan Swenson makes two point layup	35-26
2:05		Scotty Washington misses three point jump shot
2:03		Kenny Pohto defensive rebound
1:39		Ben Shtolzberg misses two point jump shot
1:37		Max Murrell offensive rebound
1:35		Ben Shtolzberg misses three point jump shot
1:33		Mahmoud Fofana defensive rebound
1:02		Matadors turnover (shot clock violation)
0:39		Colin Smith misses three point jump shot
0:37		Mahmoud Fofana defensive rebound
0:30	+2	Keonte Jones makes two point layup	35-28
0:20		Gauchos 30 second timeout
0:01		Stephan Swenson misses three point jump shot
0:00		Gauchos offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
UCSB
Gauchos
43
CSN
Matadors
44

Time		Play	Score
19:33	+2	Jason Fontenet II makes two point layup	37-28
19:16		PJ Fuller II misses two point jump shot
19:14		PJ Fuller II offensive rebound
19:12	+2	PJ Fuller II makes two point layup	37-30
18:47		Jason Fontenet II misses two point jump shot
18:45		Mahmoud Fofana defensive rebound
18:28		Jason Fontenet II personal foul
18:24		Scotty Washington misses three point jump shot
18:22		Jason Fontenet II defensive rebound
18:18		Scotty Washington shooting foul (Jason Fontenet II draws the foul)
18:18	+1	Jason Fontenet II makes regular free throw 1 of 2	38-30
18:18	+1	Jason Fontenet II makes regular free throw 2 of 2	39-30
18:00	+2	Keonte Jones makes two point layup (Mahmoud Fofana assists)	39-32
17:28		Cole Anderson misses two point layup
17:28		Gauchos offensive rebound
17:28		Gauchos turnover (shot clock violation)
17:18		Keonte Jones turnover (bad pass) (Stephan Swenson steals)
17:05	+3	Stephan Swenson makes three point jump shot (Ben Shtolzberg assists)	42-32
16:52		Marcus Adams Jr. misses three point jump shot
16:50		Koat Keat Tong defensive rebound
16:40		Jason Fontenet II offensive foul
16:40		Jason Fontenet II turnover (offensive foul)
16:30	+2	Scotty Washington makes two point jump shot	42-34
16:01		Ben Shtolzberg misses two point layup
15:59		Grady Lewis defensive rebound
15:43		Scotty Washington turnover (lost ball) (Stephan Swenson steals)
15:38		Keonte Jones blocks Colin Smith's two point dunk
15:36		Marcus Adams Jr. defensive rebound
15:31		Marcus Adams Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Ben Shtolzberg steals)
15:27	+3	Stephan Swenson makes three point jump shot (Ben Shtolzberg assists)	45-34
15:03		Tyler Beard misses three point jump shot
15:01		Marcus Adams Jr. offensive rebound
14:57	+3	Scotty Washington makes three point jump shot (Marcus Adams Jr. assists)	45-37
14:32	+3	Cole Anderson makes three point jump shot (Ben Shtolzberg assists)	48-37
14:30		Gauchos 30 second timeout
14:30		TV timeout
14:23	+2	Mahmoud Fofana makes two point layup (Grady Lewis assists)	48-39
14:08		Max Murrell misses three point jump shot
14:06		Keonte Jones defensive rebound
13:59		Stephan Swenson personal foul
13:59		TV timeout
13:43	+2	Tyler Beard makes two point jump shot	48-41
13:25		Max Murrell turnover (bad pass)
13:17		Ben Shtolzberg personal foul
12:57		Scotty Washington misses two point jump shot
12:55		Mahmoud Fofana offensive rebound
12:55	+2	Mahmoud Fofana makes two point layup	48-43
12:55		Stephan Swenson shooting foul (Mahmoud Fofana draws the foul)
12:55	+1	Mahmoud Fofana makes regular free throw 1 of 1	48-44
12:33	+2	Colin Smith makes two point hook shot	50-44
12:12		Tyler Beard misses two point layup
12:10		Colin Smith defensive rebound
11:50		Deuce Turner misses two point layup
11:48		Grady Lewis defensive rebound
11:39		Tyler Beard misses two point alley-oop layup
11:37		Grady Lewis offensive rebound
11:34	+2	Grady Lewis makes two point layup	50-46
11:21		Grady Lewis personal foul
11:21		TV timeout
11:14	+3	Colin Smith makes three point jump shot (Stephan Swenson assists)	53-46
10:59		Judson Martindale misses three point jump shot
10:57		Tyler Beard offensive rebound
10:54		Scotty Washington misses three point jump shot
10:52		Mahmoud Fofana offensive rebound
10:52		Kenny Pohto personal foul
10:50	+2	Mahmoud Fofana makes two point layup (PJ Fuller II assists)	53-48
10:50		Colin Smith shooting foul (Mahmoud Fofana draws the foul)
10:50	+1	Mahmoud Fofana makes regular free throw 1 of 1	53-49
10:43		Scotty Washington personal foul
10:40	+2	Koat Keat Tong makes two point layup (Stephan Swenson assists)	55-49
10:21		Stephan Swenson shooting foul
10:21	+1	PJ Fuller II makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-50
10:21	+1	PJ Fuller II makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-51
10:01		Judson Martindale personal foul
9:49		Zion Sensley misses three point jump shot
9:47		PJ Fuller II defensive rebound
9:32		Keonte Jones turnover (bad pass) (Cole Anderson steals)
9:29		PJ Fuller II personal foul
9:28	+3	Stephan Swenson makes three point jump shot	58-51
9:08	+2	Mahmoud Fofana makes two point layup (PJ Fuller II assists)	58-53
8:41	+2	Stephan Swenson makes two point layup	60-53
8:18		PJ Fuller II turnover (lost ball) (Cole Anderson steals)
8:18		Tyler Beard personal foul
8:07	+3	Cole Anderson makes three point jump shot (Deuce Turner assists)	63-53
7:53		Scotty Washington misses two point jump shot
7:52		Colin Smith defensive rebound
7:51		Mahmoud Fofana personal foul
7:51		TV timeout
7:51	+1	Kenny Pohto makes regular free throw 1 of 2	64-53
7:51	+1	Kenny Pohto makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-53
7:39	+2	Scotty Washington makes two point layup (Keonte Jones assists)	65-55
7:39		Koat Keat Tong shooting foul
7:39	+1	Scotty Washington makes regular free throw 1 of 1	65-56
7:10		Stephan Swenson misses two point jump shot
7:08		Gauchos offensive rebound
7:08		Gauchos turnover (shot clock violation)
7:02		Max Murrell personal foul
7:02	+1	Keonte Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-57
7:02	+1	Keonte Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-58
6:44	+3	Cole Anderson makes three point jump shot (Stephan Swenson assists)	68-58
6:44		Mahmoud Fofana shooting foul (Cole Anderson draws the foul)
6:44	+1	Cole Anderson makes regular free throw 1 of 1	69-58
6:36		Tyler Beard misses three point jump shot
6:34		Gauchos defensive rebound
6:12		Stephan Swenson misses three point jump shot
6:10		Scotty Washington defensive rebound
5:55	+3	Tyler Beard makes three point jump shot (Scotty Washington assists)	69-61
5:53		Kenny Pohto personal foul
5:53	+1	Keonte Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-62
5:53	+1	Keonte Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-63
5:34		Cole Anderson misses three point jump shot
5:32		Keonte Jones defensive rebound
5:19		Scotty Washington misses two point jump shot
5:17		Jason Fontenet II defensive rebound
4:46		Stephan Swenson misses three point jump shot
4:44		Jason Fontenet II offensive rebound
4:26	+3	Stephan Swenson makes three point jump shot	72-63
4:15		Tyler Beard misses two point layup
4:13		Kenny Pohto defensive rebound
3:52		Colin Smith turnover (3-second violation)
3:52		TV timeout
3:40		PJ Fuller II misses two point jump shot
3:38		Jason Fontenet II defensive rebound
3:19		Colin Smith turnover (bad pass) (Tyler Beard steals)
3:16	+2	Tyler Beard makes two point layup	72-65
2:58		Gauchos 30 second timeout
2:39		Stephan Swenson misses two point layup
2:37		Colin Smith offensive rebound
2:35		Stephan Swenson misses three point jump shot
2:33		Jason Fontenet II offensive rebound
2:31		Keonte Jones personal foul
2:31	+1	Jason Fontenet II makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-65
2:31	+1	Jason Fontenet II makes regular free throw 2 of 2	74-65
2:21	+2	PJ Fuller II makes two point layup	74-67
2:20		Matadors 30 second timeout
2:02		Kenny Pohto turnover (lost ball) (Mahmoud Fofana steals)
2:02		Colin Smith personal foul
2:02	+1	Keonte Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 2	74-68
2:02	+1	Keonte Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2	74-69
1:40		Stephan Swenson turnover (bad pass) (Mahmoud Fofana steals)
1:40		Stephan Swenson personal foul
1:40		Mahmoud Fofana misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:40	+1	Mahmoud Fofana makes regular free throw 2 of 2	74-70
1:15		Jason Fontenet II misses two point jump shot
1:13		Keonte Jones defensive rebound
1:01		Keonte Jones misses two point layup
0:59		Kenny Pohto defensive rebound
0:58		Keonte Jones personal foul
0:58		Kenny Pohto misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:58	+1	Kenny Pohto makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-70
0:48	+2	Scotty Washington makes two point jump shot	75-72
0:47		Matadors 30 second timeout
0:23		Jason Fontenet II misses two point layup
0:21		Keonte Jones defensive rebound
0:19		Matadors 60 second timeout
0:14		Mahmoud Fofana offensive foul
0:14		Mahmoud Fofana turnover (offensive foul)
0:10		Scotty Washington personal foul
0:10	+1	Colin Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	76-72
0:10		Colin Smith misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:10		Judson Martindale defensive rebound
0:05		PJ Fuller II turnover (lost ball)
0:01		Keonte Jones personal foul
0:01	+1	Ben Shtolzberg makes regular free throw 1 of 2	77-72
0:01	+1	Ben Shtolzberg makes regular free throw 2 of 2	78-72
0:00		End of period

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Ben Shtolzberg makes regular free throw 2 of 2