Once Upon A Time In Las Vegas – Wildcard Edition
The UC Davis Aggies (10-7, 3-2 BWC) pay a visit to Southern California on Monday for a Big West Conference battle against the UC San Diego Tritons (6-11, 1-4 BWC), at RIMAC Arena in San Diego. UC Davis won its 3rd straight game when defeating CSU Fullerton 83-79 on Saturday. UC San Diego lost its fourth straight when falling to CSU Bakersfield 56-52 on Saturday. UC Davis and UC San Diego do not have any injuries on their respective injury reports
The UC Davis Aggies are scoring an average of 76.4 points per game which is 85th in the nation. Davis has a field goal shooting percentage of 45.3% and a three-point shooting percentage of 34.2%. The Aggies defense is allowing an average of 71.1 points per game, while opponents are shooting 42.8% overall and 39.5% from behind the three-point line, which are 170th and 356th respectively.
THEY NEED A TIMEOUT
Aggies up 78-76 with under a minute left@christian_an1 | #GoAgs pic.twitter.com/LUsz8PW1Wi
— UC Davis Men's Basketball (@ucdavismbb) January 15, 2023
Elijah Pepper is the leading scorer for UC Davis with an average of 19.4 points per game, while shooting only 42.6% overall and 29.5% from behind the three-point line. Ty Johnson is the second leading scorer with an average of 15.4 points per game and is shooting 48.3% overall and 35.9% from long distance. Pepper is the leader in assists with an average of 3.8 dishes per contest. On the boards, Pepper is the leading rebounder with an average of 5.9 boards per game and UC Davis as a team averages 39.6 boards per contest. Johnson is the leader in steals with an average of 1.8 per game, while Christian Anigwe is the leader in blocked shots with an average of 1.4 swats per game.