Because the Big West men’s and women’s tournaments are held concurrently in the 5,567-seat facility that is home to a minor-league hockey team, the top-seeded Tritons were allowed only a 25-minute session Friday morning for an abbreviated shootaround to acclimate to dark backdrop and castle turrets behind one basket.

The second-seeded Anteaters fall into a big first-half hole, claw their way back in the second half, but can never get over the hump in a 63-56 loss to the third-seeded Aggies.