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The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos (20-5, 11-3 Big West) visit Riverside, California and the SRC Arena on Saturday for a Big West Conference game against the UC Riverside Highlanders (10-5, 3rd Big West). UC Santa Barbara was defeated by UC Irvine 70-59 on Wednesday snapping a two-game winning streak for the Gauchos, but UCSB remains in a tie for first place in the Big West with the Anteaters. UC Riverside defeated Long Beach State 88-76 on Wednesday and the Highlanders have won two of the last three. UC Riverside is 3rd in the Big West, 1 ½ games behind first place. UC Santa Barbara and UC Riverside do not have any players listed on their respective injury reports.
The UC Santa Barbara defense is allowing an average of only 63.6 points per game which is 35th best in the nation. The Gauchos are allowing a field goal shooting percentage of 42.7% which is 126th and a three-point shooting percentage of 34.4% which is 231st. UC Santa Barbara's offense averages 70.7 points per game which is 197th. The Gauchos have the 10th best field goal percentage in the nation at 49.1%, but drop to 223rd in 3-point shooting percentage at 33.4%.
Ajay Mitchell is scoring an average of 16.3 points per game to lead UC Santa Barbara, while shooting 51.3% overall and 27.1% from behind the three-point line. Miles Norris is the second leading scorer with an average of 13.6 points per game, while shooting 48.8% overall and 38.2% from downtown. Ajay Mitchell is the leader in assists with an average of 4.7 dishes per contest. UC Santa Barbara averages 12.4 turnovers per game. On the boards, UC Santa Barbara averages 33.3 rebounds per game led by Andre Kelly with an average of 6.5 boards per contest. Josh Pierre-Louis is the leader in steals with an average of 1.5 per game. Miles Norris is the leader in blocked shots with an average of 1.0 swats per game.
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