UCSB Gauchos (5-2) at Pepperdine Waves (5-3)
Malibu, California; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: UCSB visits the Pepperdine Waves after Ajare Sanni scored 22 points in UCSB's 82-71 win against the Pacific Tigers.
The Waves have gone 5-1 in home games. Pepperdine is third in college basketball shooting 43.3% from downtown, led by Mike Mitchell Jr. shooting 55.1% from 3-point range.
The Gauchos are 0-2 in road games. UCSB scores 71.6 points while outscoring opponents by 6.5 points per game.
TOP PERFORMERS: Maxwell Lewis is scoring 18.0 points per game and averaging 5.6 rebounds for the Waves. Houston Mallette is averaging 14.9 points and 5.4 rebounds while shooting 42.3% for Pepperdine.
Ajay Mitchell is scoring 15.0 points per game and averaging 2.7 rebounds for the Gauchos. Miles Norris is averaging 12.6 points and 7.1 rebounds for UCSB.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
