Long Beach State Beach (8-20, 4-12 Big West) at Cal Poly Mustangs (12-16, 8-8 Big West)<\/p>\n
San Luis Obispo, California; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST<\/p>\n
BOTTOM LINE: Cal Poly takes on Long Beach State after Hamad Mousa scored 24 points in Cal Poly’s 86-75 victory over the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors.<\/p>\n
The Mustangs are 6-6 on their home court. Cal Poly is 5-1 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 15.3 turnovers per game.<\/p>\n
The Beach are 4-12 in Big West play. Long Beach State has a 3-9 record in games decided by 10 points or more.<\/p>\n
Cal Poly averages 81.5 points per game, 4.7 more points than the 76.8 Long Beach State gives up. Long Beach State has shot at a 45.1% clip from the field this season, 0.6 percentage points less than the 45.7% shooting opponents of Cal Poly have averaged.<\/p>\n
The teams meet for the second time in conference play this season. Long Beach State won 74-66 in the last matchup on Jan. 4. Petar Majstorovic led Long Beach State with 25 points, and Mousa led Cal Poly with 19 points.<\/p>\n
TOP PERFORMERS: Peter Bandelj is averaging 13.9 points and 3.3 assists for the Mustangs. Mousa is averaging 17.4 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
Rob Diaz III is averaging 7.2 points for the Beach. Majstorovic is averaging 13.8 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Mustangs: 5-5, averaging 81.7 points, 30.1 rebounds, 14.1 assists, 7.3 steals and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting 46.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 84.3 points per game.<\/p>\n
Beach: 1-9, averaging 70.6 points, 28.6 rebounds, 12.7 assists, 7.2 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 42.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.6 points.<\/p>\n
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