Luke Nelson's 36 points help UC Irvine topple Cal Poly in Big West tournament

Any other game, the UC Irvine Anteaters would've been in real trouble.

For most of Thursday night, the second seed in the Big West tournament was totally ineffective stopping seventh-seeded Cal Poly on the perimeter, and its saving grace on the interior — 7-foot-6 center Mamadou Ndiaye — was ejected...