‘Eaters look to start new streak

The UC Irvine men’s basketball team will bid to begin a new winning

streak tonight, when it meets Big West Conference rival Cal State

Northridge at 7:05 at the Bren Events Center.

UCI (6-3, 1-1 in conference) had its five-game winning streak

snapped with a 62-45 setback Dec. 30 at UC Santa Barbara.

The Matadors (4-7, 2-1) defeated UCSB, 70-50, Sunday at home.

UCI is led by junior guards Ross Schraeder (15.6 points per game,

including 30 of 63 from three-point range) and Aaron Fitzgerald (13.7

points and 5.3 assists per game), as well as senior center Greg

Ethington (13.9 points and 6.9 rebounds per contest).

Northridge is paced by senior Ian Boylan (13.2 ppg).

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UCI is inviting all area youth to attend its game at 7 p.m. on

Saturday against University of the Pacific at the Bren Center.

Youngsters will have an opportunity to experience the college

game-day atmosphere when UCI hosts NCAA basketball’s 10th anniversary Take A Kid to the Game day celebration. Fans ages 17 and younger will

receive a free ticket with the purchase of a full-priced adult

ticket, to watch the Anteaters take on the Tigers.

UCI is one of more than 500 institutions across the nation that

have come to participate in this campaign that focuses on attracting

more of the nation’s youth to college games. The Take A Kid to the

Game program is celebrating its 10th year in the promotion of NCAA

athletics.

Tickets for this special 10th anniversary game can be purchased at

the Bren Events Center ticket office on the night of the game. For

more information, contact the UCI sports marketing department at

(949) 824-7587.

NCAA basketball is a national sponsor of the Take A Kid to the

Game program. To learn about other NCAA basketball initiatives,

please visit www.ncaa.org/bkbmarketingresource.org for more

information.

TAKG is a grass-roots marketing campaign created by Host

Communications, Inc., to encourage alumni and fans to take their kids

out to stadiums and arenas to experience intercollegiate athletics.

HOST, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bull Run Corporation, is a sports,

lifestyle and affinity group marketing and management company based

in Lexington, Ky.