Picking up the baton after long-serving HC Rod Barnes resigned on the eve of the season, interim Mike Scott has kept the Roadrunners very competitive in the Big West, and enters this afternoon on the blue court having been involved in six straight single-digit decisions (the last five in loop play). A veteran backcourt augmented by Alabama A&M transfer G Dailin Smith (14.9 ppg) has been keeping Bakersfield within earshot in every recent game. Another tight one vs. UCSD might be in the offing as the Tritons are starting to stumble for promoted HC Clint Allard, upset victims three times the past two weeks (vs. Cal Poly, Fullerton, and Northridge). Play CS Bakersfield