UCI opens exhibition season

The UC Irvine men’s basketball team plays host to Simon Fraser, an

NAIA school from British Columbia, Canada, in an exhibition game

tonight at 7:05 at the Bren Events Center.

Coach Pat Douglass’ Anteaters are coming off an 11-17 season in

which they failed to make the Big West Conference tournament.

UCI’s tentative starters include returners Jeff Gloger and Ross

Schraeder, both junior guards, as well as 6-foot-8 senior post Greg

Ethington.

Gloger, who shifts from point to a wing, averaged 9.1 points and

6.3 rebounds last season.

Schrader averaged 7.9 points, while Ethington averaged 6.5 points

and 3.2 rebounds.

Junior point guard Aaron Fitzgerald and 6-10 junior Adam Metelski,

both community college transfers, are expected to round out the

lineup for UCI.

Simon Fraser was 2-7 heading into Friday’s exhibition game at

UCLA.

-- Barry Faulkner