The Anteaters fall behind by 15 points early but find their footing by halftime and survive a defensive tussle to reach Thursday’s championship game against either Chattanooga or Loyola-Chicago.

The North Texas Mean Green will face the UC Irvine Anteaters on Tuesday night in the NIT semifinals. Both teams are looking to book their spot in the championship game. Tune into ESPN on Tuesday at 6:00 PM ET to see which team advances.

Devin Tillis helped UC Irvine erase a 15-point, first-half deficit, rallying to edge the North Texas Mean Green during an NIT semifinal Tuesday night.

UCLA and UC Irvine are among the University of California campuses where more than 20,000 health care, research and technical employees going on strike Tuesday over allegations of unfair labor practices.

UC system said the unfair labor practice complaints against it during contract negotiations are unsubstantiated.

University of California healthcare, research, and technical workers held a one-day unfair labor practice strike.