UC Irvine basketball opens big, holds on to beat Pacific

IRVINE —UC Irvine’s basketball season has not progressed the way anyone on the team expected. But the Anteaters ended 2019 with an intense 69-56 victory over Pacific that bodes well for the rest of their season.
UCI (8-7) went on an 18-3 run in the first half and started the second with a 13-2 run, to build a 21-point lead against the visitors eight minutes into the second half.
The Anteaters then went as chilly as it was outside Bren Center. Pacific’s Jahlil Tripp and Gary Chi