UC Riverside

Official Name: 
University of California, Riverside
Nickname: 
Highlanders
Mailing Address: 

Riverside, CA 92521

Telephone: 
(909) 787-5432
Fax: 
(909) 787-3569
Enrollment: 
15,100
Arena: 

Student Recreation Center
Capacity: 3,168
Year Opened: 1994

School Colors: 
Blue and Gold
Conference: 

Big West (since 2002)

Final NCAA Division II Top 10 Rankings: 

(5) 1979, 1984, 1989, 1992, and 1995

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

None

NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 

(17) 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, and 1997
28-19 record (.596)
Finished 3rd in 1970 and 1989 and 2nd in 1995

NIT Appearances: 

None

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

John Masi (26 years from 1980-2005, 462-269 record, .632)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Howard Lee (1,386 points from 1970-72)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Howard Lee (1,004 from 1970-72)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Rickey Porter (40 points as senior at Pacific on 1/7/06)

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Rickey Porter* (40 at Pacific)
January 7, 2006 (senior/14.2 ppg)
*School Division I record. All-time UC Riverside mark set by Dick Barton (42 vs. LaVerne, Calif., on 1-11-69).

1

2

Total

UC Riverside

39

44

83

Pacific

40

31

71

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Porter

13-19

7-7

7-9

40

Bates

4-9

0-0

1-2

9

Williams

3-8

0-0

0-0

7

Misko

0-2

0-0

0-0

0

Cunningham

3-9

0-0

4-4

10

Schille

4-6

0-0

0-0

8

Power

1-6

0-0

0-0

3

Soto

3-4

0-0

0-0

6

Cobbs

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

31-63

9-18

12-15

83

Percentages

.492

.500

.800

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Gray

9-15

4-9

2-2

24

Webb

3-12

3-9

0-0

9

Maraker

8-13

0-3

4-5

20

Esparza

2-6

0-0

1-2

5

White

4-7

0-0

0-2

8

Johnson

2-4

0-1

0-0

4

Pemberton

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Brown

0-0

0-0

1-4

1

Ford

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

28-57

7-22

8-15

71

Percentages

.491

.318

.533

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Franklin Lindeburg

12

1955-66

89-143

.384

1966

16-8

Dwain Lewis

3

1967-69

45-31

.592

1967

17-10

Freddie Goss

10

1970-79

163-110

.597

1973

25-5

John Masi

26

1980-2005

462-269

.632

1989

30-4

David Spencer

1

2006

5-23

.179

2006

5-23

Vonn Webb

1

2007

7-24

.226

2007

7-24

Jim Wooldridge

4

2008-11

50-70

.417

2009

17-13

  • All-Time W-L Record: 821-670 (.551) from 1955 through 2011.
  • NOTES: UC Riverside moved up to major-college status in 2001
  • Webb coached on an interim basis while Spencer was on medical leave.