The UC-Riverside Highlanders and the UC-Irvine Anteaters meet in college basketball action from the Bren Events Center on Thursday night.
The UC-Riverside Highlanders will look to build off of a 64-59 win over Hawaii last time out. Zyon Pullin leads the Highlanders in scoring and assists with 13.3 PPG and 4.1 APG along with 5.8 RPG while J.P. Moorman II has 11.1 PPG with 5.6 RPG and Flynn Cameron and Dominick Pickett each have 10+ PPG this season. Callum McRae also has 9.4 PPG with a team-high 7.9 RPG to lead the Highlanders on the glass up to this point in the season. As a team, UC-Riverside is averaging 63.5 PPG on 41.9% shooting from the field, 29.5% from three and 71.4% from the foul line while allowing 59.9 PPG on 39.6% shooting from the field and 28.2% from three this season.
The UC-Irvine Anteaters will hope to build on a four-game winning streak after a 75-70 win over Cal State Northridge last time out. Collin Welp leads the Anteaters in scoring and assists with 14.5 PPG while also logging 6.4 RPG while Dawson Baker has 10.5 PPG as the only other double-digit scorer for UC-Irvine up to this point in the year. As a team, UC-Irvine is averaging 66.3 PPG on 44.2% shooting from the field, 32.3% from three and 72.7% from the foul line while allowing 59.2 PPG on 38.1% shooting from the field and 25.6% from three this season.
UC-Riverside is 6-1 ATS in their last 7 Thursday games and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games following an ATS win while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games as an underdog. UC-Irvine is 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 0-5 ATS in their last 5 Thursday games while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 home games.
I get the case that could be made either way here, but even with a low total, I’m still looking the way of the under here. These are two teams that have a combined 24 unders in 32 lined games this season and I think this game could also be a first to 60 wins kind of game if we even get that high. Give me the under here.