Photo courtesy of Titus Wilkinson.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

SAN JOSE- The Spartans opened up their season with a solid victory over UC Irvine on their home court by a final of 72-64.

The first half was a rough one for San Jose shooting wise as they went 9-23 from the field while only hitting two three’s.

UC Irvine was able to shoot just a little better clicking at 10-25 from the field with only one three.

It was 24-24 at the end of the first half with head coach Tim Miles clearly not happy with his teams performance.

In the second half a completely different offense shown through for the blue-and-white as they dropped 48 points. There shooting was much better as they shot 14-27 from the field while going 5-13 from beyond the arch.

Similar to the first half UC Irvine was only able to knock down one three but did get 13 points from the free throw line.

A major stand out for the Spartans tonight was Trey Anderson who went 7-9 while getting 19 points. Tibet Goerner looked solid from three as he went 3-4 while also nabbing five rebounds.

The second half also saw San Jose get in some foul trouble as UC Irvine fought to get into the double bonus. The main culprits for the Spartans were Adrame Diongue with five fouls and William Humer with four.

The Spartans will look to remain undefeated as they take on Bethesda on Thursday at home at 8 p.m.