Long Beach State Beach (2-16, 1-7 Big West) at UCSB Gauchos (14-3, 6-2 Big West) Santa Barbara, California; Saturday, 4\u2026<\/p>\n
Long Beach State Beach (2-16, 1-7 Big West) at UCSB Gauchos (14-3, 6-2 Big West)<\/p>\n
Santa Barbara, California; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST<\/p>\n
BOTTOM LINE: UCSB hosts Long Beach State after Zoe Borter scored 24 points in UCSB\u2019s 61-51 victory against the Cal Poly Mustangs.<\/p>\n
The Gauchos have gone 5-1 in home games. UCSB is 3-1 in games decided by less than 4 points.<\/p>\n
The Beach are 1-7 against Big West opponents. Long Beach State averages 18.3 turnovers per game and is 0-2 when turning the ball over less than opponents.<\/p>\n
UCSB scores 70.2 points per game, 3.7 fewer points than the 73.9 Long Beach State allows. Long Beach State\u2019s 34.0% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.7 percentage points lower than UCSB has allowed to its opponents (36.7%).<\/p>\n
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.<\/p>\n
TOP PERFORMERS: Jessica Grant is shooting 44.6% from beyond the arc with 2.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Gauchos, while averaging 7.5 points. Borter is shooting 43.4% and averaging 17.1 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
JaQuoia Jones-Brown is scoring 16.2 points per game and averaging 7.5 rebounds for the Beach. Rosie Akot is averaging 7.5 points and 6.1 rebounds over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Gauchos: 8-2, averaging 68.8 points, 33.3 rebounds, 12.5 assists, 4.5 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 43.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 59.1 points per game.<\/p>\n
Beach: 2-8, averaging 55.6 points, 31.8 rebounds, 13.3 assists, 5.8 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 34.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.4 points.<\/p>\n
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