IDAHO AT UC IRVINE

WHEN: Tonight, 7:05

WHERE: Bren Events Center

RADIO: KUCI/88.9 FM

BREAKDOWN: The Anteaters (11-14) begin a stretch of five straight home games to complete their regular season with a BracketBusters matchup against the Vandals (6-18) ... UCI, coming off a disappointing Big West Conference road loss to UC Riverside Wednesday, is 8-0 in games played on its campus this season ... The Anteaters are led by senior forward Patrick Sanders, who is averaging 15.4 points and 4.7 rebounds per game. Sanders surpassed the 1,000-point plateau with eight points Wednesday. He has 1,007 career points, the 18th Anteaters player to reach quadruple figures ... Senior center Darren Fells chips in 14.5 points and 6.7 rebounds per game, while junior guard Brett Lauer is coming off a career-high 25-point effort against UC Riverside that included seven three-pointers ... Fells, with 703 rebounds, ranks fifth on the school’s career list. He is 66 away from surpassing Mike Heckman (1966-69) and moving into the No. 4 spot ... UCI sophomore point guard Michael Hunter had a career-high six steals to go with 13 points Wednesday ... Idaho, a one-time member of the Big West, is 3-10 in the Western Athletic Conference ... Junior forward Jordan Brooks leads the Vandals in scoring (12.9 points per game) and rebounding (6.1 per contest) ... The teams last met in the first round of the 2005 Big West Tournament, with UCI prevailing, 80-67 ...

— Barry Faulkner