BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KEYT) - Colin Smith scored a game-high 16 points to lead UCSB to a regular season 2-game sweep over Cal State Bakersfield 75-69.

The road win snaps a 3-game Big West losing streak as the Gauchos improve to 10-7 on the year and 3-3 in the Big West.

Zion Sensley came off the bench to score 13 points and grabbed a team-high 8 rebounds.

Miro Little added 12 points as UCSB outscored the Roadrunners 30-6 from the three-point line.

Sensley and Little each made 3 three-pointers as UCSB went 10-of-26 from beyond the arc.

The Gauchos led 38-29 at halftime and went up 64-49 with less then 7:30 left in the game.

But the Roadrunners cut the deficit 3 at 72-69 with :32 seconds left.

UCSB was able to hang on with two free throws from Smith and one by CJ Shaw.

The post UCSB hangs on to win at CS Bakersfield to snap Big West skid appeared first on News Channel 3-12.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) - Sophomore Hamad Mousa finished with a team leading 17 points Thursday evening, but the Cal Poly men’s basketball program was kept to its second lowest scoring output of the season during an 86-66 setback to Hawai’i inside Mott Athletics Center. 

Guard Peter Bandelj added 11 points for Cal Poly (7-12, 3-4), which trailed Hawai’i (13-3, 5-1) at the break, 41-36, before the Rainbow Warriors opened the second half with a 13-4 run. Hawai’i, ranked ninth among 361 NCAA Division I programs in points allowed per game, failed to relinquish its double-digit advantage the remainder of the night. 

Sophomore Cayden Ward (above) finished with 10 points and team best nine rebounds for Cal Poly. 

Hawai’i opened Thursday’s matchup shooting 66.7 (12-for-18) percent from the floor, but carved out just a 31-28 lead after 15 minutes. The Mustangs, who twice cut their deficit to a single point down the first-half stretch, faced their five-point gap heading into the locker room following a buzzer-beating jumper from Hawai’i forward Gytis Nemeikša.

Into the second half, Bandelj knocked down a jumper three minutes into action to help Cal Poly close its deficit to 46-40. Hawai’i, however, scored on its next three possessions to pull away. 

Cal Poly Noteworthy (versus Hawai’i)

Cal Poly kept three of the Big West’s top three scorers with Cayden Ward (15.0) ranked eighth and Peter Bandelj (14.8) in 10th.

Up Next: Cal Poly enjoys a week break before renewing its rivalry with UC Santa Barbara when visiting the Gauchos on Thursday, Jan. 22. Tip time from The Thunderdome is 6 p.m.

Hamad Mousa maintained his streak of double-digit scoring through all 18 appearances and retained the big West scoring lead at 21.6 points per game.

(Article courtesy of Cal Poly Athletics)

The post Cal Poly falters in second half and lose at home by 20 to Hawai’i appeared first on News Channel 3-12.

UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - UCSB shot a sizzling 60% from the floor and they finally pulled away from Cal State Bakersfield in the fourth quarter in an 82-67 win at the Thunderdome.

Olivia Bradley led the way with 27 points as she made 11-of-14 of her shots.

Zoe Borter was 7-of-10 from the floor for 20 points as the Gauchos improved to 13-2 on the season and 5-1 in the Big West.

UCSB outscored the Roadrunners 22-12 in the fourth quarter to secure another victory.

The post Gauchos beat Bakersfield as they continue to stack wins appeared first on News Channel 3-12.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) -

High School Girls Basketball:

Dos Pueblos 46, Oxnard 38: Carly Letendre had 19 points for the Chargers who are 6-2 in the Channel League.

(Kindah Ahmad-Reda scored 16 points and had 11 rebounds as DP improved to 12-10. Entenza Design).

San Marcos 68, Santa Barbara 20: Jada Ahmad scored a game-high 19 points and three other Royals scored in double-figures as they improved to 6-2 in the Channel League.

Ventura 79, Buena 13: Kai Staniland 26 points for the Cougars who lead the Channel League at 8-0.

Bishop Diego 61, Santa Clara 10: Jaymi Coronado and Alyssa Chrestenson each scored 17 points for the Cardinals who are 17-2 on the season.

Laguna Blanca 30, Dunn 25: Charlotte Carpenter scored 11 points for the winning Owls.

St. Bonaventure 85, Thacher 13: Sophia Fernandez scored 26 points for the 15-2 Seraphs.

The post Local girls basketball scores appeared first on News Channel 3-12.

By Karina Tsui, Amanda Musa, CNN

(CNN) — Tensions flared in Minneapolis again Thursday in the wake of a second shooting by a federal immigration officer in just one week, as President Donald Trump threatened to invoke a centuries-old law that would allow the deployment of US troops to Minnesota.

Heated clashes between protesters and law enforcement were seen several times outside the  Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building as federal officers in tactical gear deployed tear gas and percussion grenades to try to disperse crowds.

State and local leaders have urged the community to remain calm.

Here’s what else to know:

• Another ICE-involved shooting: Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, a Venezuelan national, was shot and injured by an ICE agent on Wednesday after he resisted arrest and started to “violently assault” the agent, according to federal officials. The Department of Homeland Security said two other Venezuelans were also detained after they attacked the agent with a shovel and broomstick while he was trying to arrest Sosa-Celis. All three men are living in the US illegally, according to officials.
• Renee Good: More than a week has passed since an ICE agent fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Good. Her family’s lawyers are demanding that all evidence tied to her death, including Good’s car, cellphone video, dashcam video and communications between agents, be preserved as part of a civil investigation that could lead to a lawsuit. A new incident report from the Minneapolis Fire Department details how Good was found unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds in her upper body.
• Recent arrests: Several protesters have been arrested this week at anti-ICE demonstrations, federal officials said. Some protesters were taken into custody on Thursday during clashes outside the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, US Customs and Border Protection Commander Gregory Bovino told Fox News. On Wednesday, an armed protester was arrested for assaulting officers, DHS said in an X post. CNN has reached out to officials for more information.
• Insurrection Act: Trump raised the prospect of invoking the centuries-old law, which would allow the deployment of US troops to Minnesota. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said it is a “tool at the president’s disposal” and Trump’s warning “spoke very loud and clear to Democrats across this country.” The president previously threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to anti-ICE protests in Portland last fall.
• Legal battle: Teresa Nelson, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, called Trump’s Insurrection Act threats “unnecessary, dangerous and wrong.” The organization also filed a class-action lawsuit again