 Tait-Jones’ 20 lead UC San Diego previous UC Santa Barbara in Giant West Event semifinals, 69-51

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones had 20 issues in top-seeded UC San Diego’s 69-51 win over fifth-seeded UC Santa Barbara on Friday within the Giant West Convention Event semifinals.The Tritons will face the winner of the semifinal between No. 2 UC Irvine and seventh-seeded Cal Poly in Saturday’s championship sport.Tait-Jones additionally contributed 8 rebounds, 9 assists, and 3 blocks for the Tritons (29-4). Tyler McGhie scored 13 issues whilst going 2 of 13 from the ground, together with 2 for 10 from 3-point vary, and seven for 9 from the road and added 5 rebounds. Nordin Kapic shot 5 for 10, together with 2 for six from past the arc to complete with 13 issues. The Tritons picked up their thirteenth immediately win.Stephan D. Swenson led the Gauchos (21-13) in scoring, completing with 12 issues and 6 assists. UCSB additionally were given 12 issues from Ben Shtolzberg. Kenny Pohto had 10 issues.Tait-Jones scored seven issues within the first 1/2 and UCSD went into halftime trailing 27-26. UCSD pulled off the victory after an 18-2 second-half run erased a two-point deficit and gave them the lead at 46-32 with 12:39 left within the 1/2. Tait-Jones scored 13 second-half issues.___The Related Press created this tale the use of generation supplied via Knowledge Skrive and knowledge from Sportradar.