The UC Riverside Highlanders will play the CSU Northridge Matadors on Monday at Premier America Credit Union Arena. Tip-off from Northridge, CA, is at 7:00 p.m. PT. UC Riverside is a 6.5-point favorite and the game total is 133.5 points.
UC Riverside (18-10 SU, 15-12 ATS) beat UC Santa Barbara on Saturday. The Highlanders are 3-2 straight-up in their past five and 11-5 in Big West Conference competition.
CSU Northridge (6-21 SU, 10-15 ATS) was defeated by UC San Diego on Saturday. The Matadors are 2-3 straight-up in their past five and 3-13 in Big West play.
UC Riverside defeated CSU Northridge 68-45 on January 7. The Highlanders shot 50 percent from the floor, while the Matadors shot 23.4 percent overall, including 1-for-12 from three. UC Riverside outrebounded CSU Northridge 44-25.
UC Riverside leads the series 27- 16.
The Highlanders have won consecutive games, pulling them within 1.5 games of first place in the Big West. With four games remaining, can UC Riverside make a push toward a conference championship?
Riverside beat Santa Barbara over the weekend with a strong second-half showing. Both teams shot over 50 percent from the field and 100 percent from the free-throw line, but the Gauchos made only three shots from three-point range and committed 14 fouls and 12 turnovers. Freshman forward Lachlan Olbrich led the Highlanders in scoring, contributing 23 points on 11-for-16 shooting.
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UC Riverside scores 72.1 points per game (167th) and shoots 44.0 percent from the floor (220th), including 36.4 percent from beyond the arc (67th). The Highlanders convert 69.4 percent of their foul shots (258th) and average 33.3 rebounds (107th) with a +5.1 rebounding margin. They're 135th in schedule-adjusted offensive efficiency, per KenPom.
The Highlanders surrender 69.0 points per game on defense (155th), and their opponents shoot 45.2 percent from the field (283rd) with a 34.4 shooting percentage from three (231st). UC Riverside is 174th in adjusted defensive efficiency.
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