Three-game homestand starts Monday versus UC Santa Cruz

Game 11

UC Santa Cruz  Banana Slugs (8-7)
at
Cal Maritime Keelhaulers (5-5)

Monday, Jan. 12 – 7 p.m.
Vallejo, Calif. – PEAC Main Gym

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PEAC Main Gym — Game Day Information

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Fans and visitors can park in Lot O on game day (first parking lot on your right when you enter main campus), please note that a daily parking permit is required and available for purchase on site through a yellow permit machine located at the lot's entrance.

PEAC Main Gym Entrance
The entrance to PEAC Main Gym for basketball fans' use, is located on the facility's second floor, across the hall from restrooms that are available for public use. Please note that an elevator is available in case fans use PEAC's other entrance on the first floor (across from PEAC Pool), if needed.

Doors officially open 30 minutes before tipoff or the start of a first game of a home doubleheader.

VALLEJO, Calif. — Men's hoops' first home game of 2026 is its final opportunity to prep for Cal Pac Conference play when UC Santa Cruz visits PEAC Main Gym for Monday night's 7 p.m. non-conference game.

This is the first of two head-to-head matchups taking place this season with the Keelhaulers visiting the Banana Slugs' home court on February 14.

Monday's home game is the final one before the start of league action on January 17 when conference rival Pacific Union heads to Vallejo for each team's opening league contest.

Men's basketball is still in the process of returning to the rhythm and routine provided by the season because this game against UCSC is only the second played in the last 25 days due to the holiday break. The other event within that block of time took place on January 3 at Lincoln (CA).

The Keelhaulers are also the Slugs' second opponent of the new year since the team will visit Pomona-Pitzer Saturday night before making the short trek, by comparison, to Cal Maritime.

Entering its first set of games in 2026, the final eight games of '25 all took place on the road, UCSC won three of its last four with a loss at USC taking place after a win against Pomona-Pitzer and victories against Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran.

This series has been competitive from the start when Cal Maritime and UC Santa Cruz first faced off on November 24, 1992. Even though the Banana Slugs lead the all-time series, 10-9, the Keelhaulers won the last two meetings in 2019, in Santa Cruz, and 2023 in Vallejo.

Against UCSC, Cal Maritime won 3 of 7 games at home, 4 of 10 on the road and both played at a neutral site.

The first homestand of 2026 will end on January 18 versus Cal Miramar, just over 19 hours after facing Pacific Union the night before. Starting with that rivalry game against the Pioneers, the Keelhaulers will play four games, two at home and two on the road, within eight days.