Long Beach State Beach (15-13, 9-7 Big West) at UCSB Gauchos (20-7, 11-5 Big West)
Santa Barbara, California; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Long Beach State visits the UCSB Gauchos after AJ George scored 20 points in Long Beach State's 70-67 loss to the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors.
The Gauchos have gone 10-3 in home games. UCSB is eighth in the Big West with 22.5 defensive rebounds per game led by Andre Kelly averaging 5.2.
The Beach are 9-7 in conference play. Long Beach State is 8-7 in games decided by 10 points or more.
TOP PERFORMERS: Ajay Mitchell is averaging 15.5 points and 4.9 assists for the Gauchos. Miles Norris is averaging 14.0 points over the last 10 games for UCSB.
Jadon Jones averages 1.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Beach, scoring 8.7 points while shooting 32.5% from beyond the arc. Marcus Tsohonis is averaging 13.3 points over the last 10 games for Long Beach State.
LAST 10 GAMES: Gauchos: 6-4, averaging 68.9 points, 27.3 rebounds, 13.6 assists, 5.1 steals and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting 49.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.2 points per game.
Beach: 7-3, averaging 78.6 points, 38.4 rebounds, 15.8 assists, 6.6 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 44.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 75.8 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
