Jones, Saint Mary's Gaels to host Matarranz, UC Riverside Highlanders

Published Nov. 30, 2024 3:42 a.m. ET

Associated Press

UC Riverside Highlanders (2-5) at Saint Mary's Gaels (4-2)

Moraga, California; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Saint Mary's (CA) hosts UC Riverside in a matchup of Division 1 Division opponents.

The Gaels have gone 1-0 in home games. Saint Mary's (CA) has a 0-1 record in games decided by 10 points or more.

The Highlanders are 1-4 on the road. UC Riverside is 2-3 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents and averages 14.6 turnovers per game.

Saint Mary's (CA) makes 46.5% of its shots from the field this season, which is 5.3 percentage points higher than UC Riverside has allowed to its opponents (41.2%). UC Riverside averages 56.9 points per game, 9.9 fewer points than the 66.8 Saint Mary's (CA) allows to opponents.

TOP PERFORMERS: Maia Jones is scoring 14.0 points per game and averaging 3.8 rebounds for the Gaels.

Shelley Duchemin is scoring 11.7 points per game and averaging 3.6 rebounds for the Highlanders.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.