College Roundup: VU men can’t keep up with Westmont

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Westmont 64, Vanguard 47

COSTA MESA — The host Lions shot 26.5% from inside the three-point arc and 31.3% outside it in the Golden State Athletic Conference game Tuesday.

Vanguard (12-6, 1-2 in conference) made just 14 of 50 field-goal attempts for the game (28%).

Preston Wynne had 12 points and Chris Gorman had 10 for the Lions, who had a two-game winning streak snapped.

Westmont is now 15-3, 3-0.

VU plays host to first-year GSAC entry Arizona Christian on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

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MEN’S TENNIS

Nevada 6, UC Irvine 1

IRVINE — Freshman Reo Asami defeated Moez Echarqui, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4, at No. 2 singles to earn the host Anteaters’ only point in the season opener on Tuesday.

UCI’s Jonathan Poon, Ryan Cheung and Shuhei Shibahara all won a set in singles.

Nevada is 1-0.

UCI opens Big West Conference play on Friday at Hawaii.