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University of California, Santa Barbara

2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster

Jeff Liang

1 Ben Shtolzberg

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 195
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Northridge, Calif.
  • High School Notre Dame HS
  • Prev School Creighton University
  • Position Guard

Biography

2024-25: Reliable sixth man for the Gauchos, playing in 33 games and starting once … averaged 3.8 points, 1.8 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game with a 50 percent shooting percentage … missed only twice from the charity stripe for a team-leading .952 percentage … scored a season-high 12 points against UC San Diego in the Big West Tournament (Mar. 14).

2023-24: Appeared in 23 games off the bench for the Gauchos … averaged 2.9 points and 1.1 assists per game while shooting 34.7 percent from the field … ranked third on the team in free-throw percentage, making 81.5 percent of of his shots from the charity stripe … had his best performance of the season against UC San Diego (Jan. 4) where he put up season-highs in points (13), field goals (4) and rebounds (4).

PRIOR TO UC SANTA BARBARA: Played his freshman season at Creighton University … owned a 7/2 assist/turnover ratio in BIG EAST play … made his regular-season debut with four points, two assists and one rebound against North Dakota (Nov. 10) … scored 13 points in 14 minutes in a win over Holy Cross (Nov. 14) … contributed an assist and a rebound in his BIG EAST debut at Marquette (Dec. 16) … dished a career-high four assists in six minutes against St. John’s (Jan. 25) … grabbed two rebounds in his BIG EAST Tournament debut vs. No. 15 Xavier (March 10).

HIGH SCHOOL: Played basketball at Notre Dame High School … named a three-star recruit, coming in at No. 161 in the 247Sports’ composite rankings … averaged 17.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.4 steals per game as a senior, helping the Knights to a 21-8 record … named to SBLive’s 2022 All-Southern Section Boys Basketball Second Team … averaged 18.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game in the EYBL in 2021 … averaged 19.5 points and 4.0 assists per game as a junior … as a sophomore, averaged 21.2 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.5 steals per game for a team that broke the state record for three-pointers in a season … drained 127-of-160 free throws (79.4 percent) and made 74-of-205 three-pointers (36.1 percent) as a sophomore … combined for 1,342 career points, 387 rebounds, 231 assists, 101 steals and 161 three-pointers in high school … also shot 79.9 percent at the line (270-338) in his prep career … had nine double-doubles in high school.
 
PERSONAL: Son of Nir and Michelle Shtolzberg … has a sister Maya … majoring in economics.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2023-24Sophomore

    Guard
    6'4" 195 lbs
    11
  • 1

    2024-25Junior

    Guard
    6'4" 195 lbs
    1