UC Irvine's Friday game at UC San Diego…
UC Irvine's Friday game at UC San Diego postponed
By News Service Reports |
PUBLISHED: January 8, 2021 at 4:21 p.m. | UPDATED: January 8, 2021 at 11:02 p.m.
The UC Irvine men's basketball team had its nonconference game at UC San Diego on Friday postponed out of an abundance of caution after a Tritons student-athlete exhibited COVID-19 symptoms.
The status of Saturday's game will be determined pending follow-up testing and an announcement will be made as soon as possible.
As it is, these games at UCSD were bonus additions to the schedule after the Anteaters' two-game Big West Conference series against UC Davis was canceled earlier this week because the Aggies could not travel to Irvine as they adhere to Yolo County health orders.
The Anteaters are 5-4 overall and 2-0 in Big West play. The Tritons (2-0, 0-0) have not played a game since Dec. 23.
If Saturday's game is played, it will not count in the Big West standings or affect the teams' regularly scheduled conference games slated for Feb. 26-27 at the Bren Events Center.
UCSD, in its inaugural season as a Big West member, has started a four-year reclassfication period from NCAA Division II to Division I.
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