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UC-Riverside Highlanders (19-10) vs. Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (20-8)
Week 16 of the 2022-23 NCAA men’s basketball season is in full swing on Thursday, February 23, 2023, as the UC-Riverside Highlanders take on the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors in this Big West Conference clash at the SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Hawaii defeated UC-Riverside the last time these teams met, winning 67-63 on January 21. The Rainbow Warriors were 2.5-point underdogs in the contest with the total set at 131.0. Hawaii enters this contest as a 4.5-point favorite with the total set at 132.0.
The UC-Riverside Highlanders (19-10, 16-12-0 ATS) knocked off the Cal State-Northridge Matadors on Monday, 96-76, for their third straight victory. That moved the Highlanders to 12-5 in the conference, 1.5 games behind UC-Irvine with three games left in the season. UC-Riverside is 4-1 ATS in their last five and is 7-7 on the road this season.
The Highlanders dominated this game from the start, jumping out to a 15-point halftime lead before continuing to pour it on in the second half. UC-Riverside shot 56.3% in the contest, including going 12-26 (46.2%) from three-point range. Lachlan Olbrich had a huge game, going 9-13 from the field to finish with 22 points. It was his third contest with at least 22 points in his last five games.
We play for each other. We play for UCR. #GoHighlanders pic.twitter.com/DOQf8KEMds
— UCR Men's Basketball (@UCRMBB) February 21, 2023
UC-Riverside has been a fairly consistent team this season, ranked 148th in points per game (73.0) and 165th in points allowed per contest (69.3). The club has been very good from downtown, hitting 36.8% of their three-point attempts and they have been even better in the conference, hitting 38.6% while averaging 72.5 points per game. They have been better defensively as well, allowing 69.2 points per contest. The Highlanders are 136th in the KenPom rankings.
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