Gracie Gallegos scored 24 points to spark fourth-seeded UC San Diego to a 75-66 win over third-seeded UC Davis to win the Big West Conference Tournament championship.
Most College of the Desert students who enroll at a UC campus go to Riverside, just 65 miles away from the community college.
The UCSD Tritons and the UC Irvine Anteaters meet in the Big West Championship. Saturday's game will be the third meeting this season between the two teams.
Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones had 20 points in top-seeded UC San Diego's 69-51 win over fifth-seeded UC Santa Barbara on Friday in the Big West Conference Tournament semifinals.