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Long Beach State vs Cal State: Big West matchup in California
The Long Beach State Beach are visiting the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners on Thursday night at Icardo Center.
The second of back-to-back road games for the Beach
The Long Beach State Beach are 13-8 for the season and 5-4 in the Big West Conference. They have lost the last five games here and are coming off a 65-53 win over UC Riverside. Senior guard Marcus Tsohonis led the team with 15 points and four assists. He is the best player on the team this season, averaging 17.5 points per game. Long Beach State is scoring 78.4 points per game, which puts them among the top 100 schools in the nation, but they are among the worst, with only 30% shooting from the three-point range.
The Roadrunners look to bounce back
The Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners are 8-12 for the season and 3-6 in conference play. They were on a three-game winning streak, the longest one of the season, before losing 68-50 to Cal State Fullerton in the last one. Guard Kaleb Higgins scored 11 points in that win, and he leads the Roadrunners this season with 16.2 points per game. Cal State Bakersfield is also among the worst three-point shooting teams in the nation with 28.6%, and they are ranked 18th in the league, allowing only 50.6 field goal attempts per game.
Betting Trends
The Roadrunners have played over the total point line in 11 of 18 games this season, 4 of 6 at home and 6 of 9 following a loss. The Beach have gone over in 12 of 19 games in the season, in 7 of 11 on the road and in 7 of 10 following a win.
Prediction and Conclusion
These two teams are far under the radar in NCAA basketball, but this is a very interesting game to follow. Both teams are among the worst-scoring in the nation, with Long Beach being the better one with only 30% shooting from the field. Still, both teams have gone over the total point line in the majority of the games this season, as well as their previous matchups. Four of the last six between them have gone over, and Long Beach State has won five of those. The total point line is 144.5, and it seems low enough to be covered tonight.
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