DAVIS, Calif. — UC Davis (1-1) closes its season-opening three-game homestand Wednesday against Incarnate Word (0-3) at University Credit Union Center, tipping off at 11:11 a.m. PT on Veterans Day, 11/11.

The Aggies are coming off their first win as a Mountain West member, a 65-52 victory over Menlo on Thursday behind Ben Abosi's first collegiate double-double.

Opponent: Incarnate Word (0-3)
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026
Time: 11:11 a.m. PT
Location: University Credit Union Center/Davis, Calif.
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VETERANS DAY: 11:11 ON 11/11

• The first 500 fans will receive a beanie as UC Davis celebrates Veterans Day.
• Thank-you cards honoring veterans will be on display throughout the arena.

LAST TIME OUT

• Abosi recorded his first collegiate double-double with career highs of 18 points and 10 rebounds in Thursday's 65-52 win over Menlo, scoring 15 of his points after halftime. Four of his 10 rebounds came on the offensive end, giving him 10 offensive rebounds through his first two games as an Aggie.
• Omer Suljanovic matched Abosi with 10 rebounds and added eight points, giving UC Davis two players with at least 10 rebounds in the same game for the first time since Nov. 5, 2024, at Washington.
• Brayden Fagbemi finished with seven points, a game-high seven assists, five rebounds and two steals.
• UC Davis held Menlo to 29.8% shooting (17 for 57), the 16th time since 2007-08 the Aggies have held an opponent under 30% and the first since Pacific Union on Dec. 28, 2025. The Aggies won the rebounding battle 47-41 and held a 19-3 edge in fast-break points.

SCOUTING THE AGGIES

• Through games of Nov. 8, Abosi ranks 10th nationally and first in the Mountain West in offensive rebounds per game (5.0), and 88th nationally and tied for second in the league in rebounds per game (8.5).
• Fagbemi ranks 53rd nationally and second in the Mountain West in assists per game (6.0), and 77th nationally and tied for fourth in the league in steals per game (2.5). He led the Big West in steals last season at 2.0 per game.
• As a team, UC Davis ranks 38th nationally in free-throw attempts per game (31.0) and 70th in steals per game (10.0). The Aggies have forced 31 turnovers in two games and turned them into 39 points.
• UC Davis plays 17 regular-season home games this season, the most in the program's Division I era. The Aggies went 12-4 on Hamilton Court last season and are 442-228 (.660) at University Credit Union Center since the building opened in 1977.

SCOUTING INCARNATE WORD

• Incarnate Word, a Southland Conference member from San Antonio, is 0-3 after losses at Oklahoma State (91-60), at home to Chicago State (66-54) and at Mountain West member UTEP (79-60) on Sunday. The Cardinals visit two more Mountain West programs later this month, Hawaiʻi (Nov. 25) and Grand Canyon (Nov. 29).
• Godswill Erheriene leads the Cardinals with 12.3 points and 6.3 rebounds per game while shooting 58.6% from the field. The 6-foot-9 junior began his career at Seton Hall, where he played 32 games with 23 starts as a freshman in 2024-25.
• Mekhi Connor averages 11.5 points, followed by Ismail Habib (9.7), Brandon McCreesh (9.0) and D'arrae Goodwin (7.3 points, 5.3 rebounds). Habib led Southern Indiana with 14.7 points per game last season, and McCreesh, a Bucknell transfer, scored 20 points with four 3-pointers in the Cardinals' preseason exhibition at Michigan State.
• Fourteen of the Cardinals' 15 players are new to the program (10 transfers and four freshmen), and guard Drew Barbee is the lone returner from last season's 12-19 team. Incarnate Word was picked 11th in the Southland preseason poll, ranks 69th nationally in blocks (5.3 per game) and is averaging 18.3 turnovers.
• Head coach Shane Heirman is in his fourth season. He led the Cardinals to 19 wins in 2024-25, along with its first Southland tournament win and a run to the College Basketball Invitational semifinals. Before college coaching, he led La Lumiere School to the 2017 high school national championship.

THE SERIES

• Wednesday is the first meeting between UC Davis and Incarnate Word, and no current Aggie has faced the Cardinals.
• UC Davis is 5-2 all-time against current Southland Conference members, with wins over Southeastern Louisiana (2005), Nicholls (2007 and 2012), Lamar (2017) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2018).

MILESTONE WATCH

• Fagbemi has 953 career points across Johns Hopkins, Central Arkansas and UC Davis, 47 shy of 1,000.
• Connor Sevilla is 165 for 183 (90.2%) at the free-throw line for his career. The program record is 87.1% (Ken Stevenson, 1961-64, minimum 200 attempts), and Sevilla needs 17 more attempts to qualify. He has 748 career points and 135 career 3-pointers.
• Head coach Jim Les has 384 career wins, 230 at UC Davis, and is 16 shy of 400.
• A win Wednesday would be UC Davis' 443rd at University Credit Union Center.

UP NEXT
UC Davis travels to Sacramento State for the Causeway Classic on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 5 p.m. PT, then returns home to host Alabama State on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 6 p.m. PT.

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ABOUT UC DAVIS ATHLETICS
UC Davis Athletics represents one of the nation's premier public universities on the NCAA Division I stage, with more than 650 student-athletes competing across 25 sports, including 16 programs in the Mountain West Conference. Located in California's quintessential college town, UC Davis combines championship-level athletics with the academic excellence of the nation's No. 8 public research university and is home to the nation's No. 1 programs in agriculture, veterinary medicine and sustainability. With a growing national media presence, bold investments in facilities and the student-athlete experience, and a tradition of developing champions in competition, in the classroom and beyond, the Aggies are elevating UC Davis on a national stage.