Stephan D. Swenson scored 25 points to lead UC Santa Barbara to a 78-72 victory over Cal State Northridge in a Big West Conference Tournament quarterfinal on Thursday night.

Game Highlights

Ten UC Santa Barbara players reached the scoring column and the Gauchos hung on for a 71-66 victory over Cal State Bakersfield in the opening round of the Big West Championships.

Stephan Swenson scored all 15 of his points in the second half to lead No. 5 seed UC Santa Barbara to a 71-66 victory over eighth-seeded Cal State Bakersfield on Wednesday night in the first round of the Big West Conference Tournament.

Turnovers: 12 (Jones 3, K.Waller 3, Stephenson 3, Hardy, McGhee, McGhee). Steals: 2 (Hardy, Okereke). Technical Fouls: None. Percentages: FG .423, FT .690. 3-Point Goals: 7-26, .269 (Smith 3-5, Murrell 1-3, Swenson 1-5, Anderson 1-7, Fontenet 0-1, Shtolzberg 0-1). Team Rebounds: 4. Team Turnovers: None.

UCSB won the last matchup 81-75 on Feb. 7. Stephan D. Swenson scored 22 to help lead UCSB to the victory, and CJ Hardy sc

When Cal State Bakersfield men’s basketball players and coaches boarded a team bus Tuesday morning to go to Henderson, Nev., it figured to be a long, quiet ride. But make no mistake about it when a trip to the city’s arena,