UC Riverside Highlanders (6-13, 4-5 Big West) at Long Beach State Beach (2-17, 1-8 Big West)<\/p>\n
Long Beach, California; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST<\/p>\n
BOTTOM LINE: UC Riverside faces Long Beach State after Hannah Wickstrom scored 26 points in UC Riverside’s 81-68 loss to the UC Davis Aggies.<\/p>\n
The Beach are 2-8 in home games. Long Beach State is seventh in the Big West in rebounding with 32.3 rebounds. JaQuoia Jones-Brown leads the Beach with 7.8 boards.<\/p>\n
The Highlanders are 4-5 in conference games. UC Riverside is eighth in the Big West scoring 62.2 points per game and is shooting 38.4%.<\/p>\n
Long Beach State is shooting 34.0% from the field this season, 6.0 percentage points lower than the 40.0% UC Riverside allows to opponents. UC Riverside averages 7.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.1 fewer made shots on average than the 8.1 per game Long Beach State gives up.<\/p>\n
The matchup Thursday is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play.<\/p>\n
TOP PERFORMERS: Jones-Brown is averaging 16.4 points and 7.8 rebounds for the Beach. Rosie Akot is averaging 1.1 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
Wickstrom is averaging 22.3 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.6 steals for the Highlanders. Seneca Hackley is averaging 11.9 points and 2.3 steals over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Beach: 2-8, averaging 55.4 points, 31.2 rebounds, 12.9 assists, 6.2 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 34.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.2 points per game.<\/p>\n
Highlanders: 4-6, averaging 67.4 points, 30.7 rebounds, 15.2 assists, 9.4 steals and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 41.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.8 points.<\/p>\n
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