SAN DIEGO - Micah Parrish made a layup with 10.4 seconds left for No. 25 San Diego State to beat UC Irvine 63-62 at Viejas Arena on Saturday night.
Darrion Trammell missed a 3-pointer, Jay Pal rebounded and fed Parrish, who made the bucket and drew a foul. He missed the free throw, UC Irvine rebounded and Justin Hohn missed a 3-pointer with about four seconds left.
The Aztecs (8-2) were playing without leading scorer Jaedon LeDee. Reese Waters recorded his first career double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds. Pal scored 15 points, his most while playing with San Diego State. Trammell chipped in 10 points of his own.
Hohn banked in a 3-pointer with 58.4 seconds left for a 62-57 lead but missed two free throws with 41.5 seconds to go. Pal made a free throw and Trammell hit a 3-pointer with 30.5 seconds to pull the Aztecs within one before Parrish's winning shot.
Hohn had 16 and Derin Saran 14 for UC Irvine (6-4), which lost its third straight game. Prior to that, the Anteaters had won six straight, including a 10-point upset win at then-No. 16 Southern California on Nov. 14.
SDSU beat the Anteaters on a Parrish shot for the second straight season.
The Aztecs led 42-26 with 16:40 left before the Anteaters came racing back behind Saran to tie it at 50-50. The Anteaters then took the lead on a 3-pointer by Hohn.
LeDee, the nation's sixth-leading scorer with an average of 22.8 points, sprained his right elbow in a 79-73 loss at Grand Canyon on Tuesday night.
SDSU hosts Saint Katherine on Dec. 19.