Road Woes Continue for Irvine

Judgment day came and was postponed. No one, especially UC Irvine Coach Pat Douglass, was up for dissecting the Anteaters’ season eight games in.

Northern Arizona’s 88-56 victory over Irvine on Sunday before 1,005 in the Walkup Skydome was the Anteaters’ 19th consecutive road defeat over three seasons and dropped them to 2-6. It was these eight games that Douglass originally insisted were needed before you could judge a team.

Apparently, though, not Irvine.

“Right now is not a good time to assess our program,” Douglass said.

The Anteaters gave up their most points this season in being run off the court by bigger, stronger Northern Arizona (5-4).

Casey Frank (6 feet 9) made four of six shots and scored 14 points and Dan McClintock (7-0) made five of six--missing only a fling at a three-pointer with five seconds left--to score 13.

Northern Arizona shot 61% in taking a 41-25 halftime lead.