UC Santa Barbara vs. Ottawa (Ariz.)

The Thunderdome - Santa Barbara, Calif.

All-Time Record vs. the Spirit: 0-0

Last Meeting: First meeting

 

• Live Stream Available for Ottawa Matchup

Monday night's game at the Thunderdome will be livestreamed on BigWest.TV, produced by Fall Productions. Gerry Fall will have the play-by-play alongside analyst and former men's basketball assistant coach Louis Reynaud. A link to the stream is available above or on the women's basketball schedule page.

 

• The Gaucho Rewind: Gamedays 11 and 12

G11: Grand Canyon 58, UCSB 57 - Danae Miller looked to have the game won after delivering a layup with 3.5 seconds left, but Grand Canyon Da'jah Daniel caught a pass from the sideline under the basket and laid it in off the glass with 0.3 seconds remaining to deal the Gauchos a heartbreaking loss. 

 

G12: No. 18 Arizona 61, UCSB 42 - The Gauchos took an unlikely four-point lead midway through the second quarter, but an Arizona run that started in the final minutes of that quarter and lasted well into the third ultimately put the game out of reach for the Gauchos. However, UCSB kept the Wildcats to their second-lowest point tally of the season and second-worst shooting percentage from the field.

 

• Scouting the Opposition: Ottawa (Ariz.)

Ottawa University competes in the Golden State Athletic Conference in the NAIA. Despite an 0-2 start to GSAC play, the Spirit are 6-3 on the season. Both GSAC losses came to teams ranked in the top-five of the national NAIA rankings, Westmont and The Master's. Ottawa has lost all three of its exhibitions against Division I teams, most recently losing to Utah Valley on the road, 99-50.