Schedule
Wednesday, October 26th, 2022
LIFE Pacific at UCSB Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, Calif. — Thunderdome
7 PM
On the Air
Neither exhibition game will be aired on ESPN+, but live stats will be available on UCSBGauchos.com. The only way to see your Gauchos before their season opener at Santa Clara is to purchase a ticket and join us in the Thunderdome!
Halloween Game
Tomorrow's exhibition is not only the first time the 2022-23 Gauchos will take the court together, but it also marks the team's Halloween Game! All kids 12 and under wearing a costume will be granted free admission! Free candy will be available for those trick-or-treaters in attendance.
Lane Named to Lisa Leslie Award Watch List
For the third season in a row, senior center IIa Lane from the UCSB women's basketball team was selected by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the 2023 Lisa Leslie Award Watch List. This award is awarded annually the top center in women's college Basketball. Lane first got selected in the 2020-2021 season and then again in the 2021-2022 season. She is one of the 20 centers to be inducted into this list.
The list will be narrowed down to 10 in mid-February and then 5 finalists will then be chosen in March to be presented to Lisa Leslie and to the committee. To help Lane move forward in this selected process, fans have the chance to vote. Fan voting opens up Friday, October 21 so fans can vote for their favorite players in each of the three rounds. The top ten player selections from the fan vote will get an additional vote towards making the next round.
To check out all 20 centers on the list, click here.
Gauchos Picked 2nd in Big West Preseason Coaches' Poll, Lane Selected to Preseason Team
The Big West announced its Women's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll and Team on Oct. 20, 2022. The UCSB women's basketball team was picked to finish second, which is the program's highest preseason ranking in the Bonnie Henrickson era. Making the preseason team for the second straight year was senior big Ila Lane.
After finishing third in the poll the last two seasons, the Gauchos make their way into the top two garnering two first place votes and finishing only behind reigning champion Hawai'i.
For the second straight year Gaucho big Ila Lane has been selected by the coaches around The Big West as one of the top players in the conference. Last season she led the conference with 9.7 rpg, a .580 field goal percentage, and 12 doubles-doubles and was named to the All-Big West Second Team. She also ranked eighth with nearly a block a game, 11th with 12.1 ppg, and 12th with 32 mpg.
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