UC Irvine builds big first-half lead, crushes Cal State Fullerton

Before Saturday’s game against Cal State Fullerton at the Bren Events Center, members of the UC Irvine men’s basketball team bow their heads during a moment of silence honoring Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and the eight other Orange County residents who died in a helicopter crash last weekend in Calabasas. (Photos by Greg Andersen, Contributing Photographer)
UC Irvine’s Tommy Rutherford, right, defends as Cal State Fullerton’s Brandon Kamga drives to the basket during Saturd