McGhee leads CSU Bakersfield against Portland

Updated Dec. 17, 2024 3:43 a.m. ET
Associated Press

CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners (5-6, 0-2 Big West) at Portland Pilots (4-7)

Portland, Oregon; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: CSU Bakersfield visits Portland after Marvin McGhee scored 36 points in CSU Bakersfield's 96-47 victory against the La Sierra Golden Eagles.

The Pilots are 3-2 on their home court. Portland has a 1-0 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

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The Roadrunners are 0-5 on the road. CSU Bakersfield is 3-1 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 12.5 turnovers per game.

Portland makes 43.6% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.3 percentage points higher than CSU Bakersfield has allowed to its opponents (41.3%). CSU Bakersfield averages 6.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 4.3 fewer made shots on average than the 10.8 per game Portland allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: A.Rapp is scoring 12.7 points per game with 6.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists for the Pilots.

Jemel Jones is averaging 15.8 points for the Roadrunners.

LAST 10 GAMES: Pilots: 3-7, averaging 71.6 points, 31.3 rebounds, 14.5 assists, 4.8 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 42.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 79.2 points per game.

Roadrunners: 5-5, averaging 76.3 points, 35.4 rebounds, 11.1 assists, 6.4 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 45.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.4 points.

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

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