Saint Mary's Gaels take on the UC Riverside Highlanders in cross-conference contest
UC Riverside Highlanders (2-5) at Saint Mary's Gaels (4-2)
Moraga, California; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Maia Jones and Saint Mary's (CA) host Esther Matarranz and UC Riverside in non-conference play.
The Gaels are 1-0 in home games. Saint Mary's (CA) ranks eighth in the WCC in team defense, allowing 66.8 points while holding opponents to 38.5% shooting.
The Highlanders are 1-4 on the road. UC Riverside averages 14.6 turnovers per game and is 2-3 when committing fewer turnovers than opponents.
Saint Mary's (CA) scores 64.8 points, 6.2 more per game than the 58.6 UC Riverside allows. UC Riverside's 35.6% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.9 percentage points lower than Saint Mary's (CA) has given up to its opponents (38.5%).
TOP PERFORMERS: Jones is shooting 52.6% and averaging 14.0 points for the Gaels.
Shelley Duchemin is scoring 11.7 points per game and averaging 3.6 rebounds for the Highlanders.
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