Long Beach State Beach (15-11, 9-5 Big West) at UC Riverside Highlanders (16-10, 9-5 Big West)
Riverside, California; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: UC Riverside hosts the Long Beach State Beach after Lachlan Olbrich scored 22 points in UC Riverside's 83-64 loss to the UC Irvine Anteaters.
The Highlanders are 7-3 in home games. UC Riverside scores 71.5 points and has outscored opponents by 2.5 points per game.
The Beach are 9-5 against Big West opponents. Long Beach State leads the Big West with 42.4 points per game in the paint led by Aboubacar Traore averaging 8.0.
TOP PERFORMERS: Zyon Pullin is averaging 18.1 points and four assists for the Highlanders. Flynn Cameron is averaging 11.8 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.3 assists over the last 10 games for UC Riverside.
Traore is averaging 10.2 points, 8.7 rebounds and 3.1 assists for the Beach. Marcus Tsohonis is averaging 13.0 points and 3.3 rebounds while shooting 37.3% over the past 10 games for Long Beach State.
LAST 10 GAMES: Highlanders: 6-4, averaging 70.1 points, 32.7 rebounds, 12.1 assists, 5.2 steals and 2.1 blocks per game while shooting 41.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.8 points per game.
Beach: 8-2, averaging 79.0 points, 40.2 rebounds, 15.0 assists, 7.2 steals and 4.1 blocks per game while shooting 44.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.7 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
