UC Irvine Beats CS Fullerton : Big West: The Anteaters win in overtime, 88-86, after leading by 15 points with 10 minutes to play.

The last time Cal State Fullerton played a basketball game, Titan point guard Aaron Sunderland and forward Kim Kemp ate hamburgers and listened to it on their apartment radio.

Oh, for the good old days.

UC Irvine’s Shaun Battle dunked with three seconds remaining in overtime on Saturday night to lift the Anteaters to an 88-86 Big West Conference overtime victory before 2,550 in Titan Gym.

Sunderland and Kemp, along with center Sean Williams and reserve guard Sharif Metoyer, returned from a one-game suspension and provided most of the juice, and when Fullerton’s Don Leary made a three-point basket to tie the score, 79-79, with 20 seconds remaining in regulation, it looked as if the Titans were on their way to providing them with a happy homecoming.

Lloyd Mumford’s five-foot baseline jumper at the buzzer for Irvine hit one side of the rim, glanced off of the other, bounced up, came back down headed for the cylinder, bounced again--and missed.

But the final two points of Battle’s career-high 15 provided Irvine (5-13, 3-8) with the final points it needed.

The Anteaters took a 10-point halftime lead and increased that to 71-56 with 10:02 to play.

But despite the fact that Fullerton’s Williams fouled out with 16:53 left in the game, the Titans climbed back.

They trailed when Williams left, 60-46, but, with Sunderland directing the show, they found enough firepower.

Don Leary’s three-pointer with 20 seconds to play, over the outstretched hands of Sean Battle, tied it, 79-79.

Irvine’s Jeff Von Lutzow, who had 16 points in the first half, was held scoreless during the second half.

The last time these teams played, a postgame brawl took the spotlight. Irvine back-up center Uzoma Obiekea and forward LaDay Smith were both suspended from Saturday night’s game as a result.