UC Riverside Highlanders (5-5, 1-1 Big West) at BYU Cougars (8-1)
Provo, Utah; Saturday, 9 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cougars -33.5; over/under is 154.5
BOTTOM LINE: UC Riverside takes on No. 10 BYU after Andrew Henderson scored 28 points in UC Riverside’s 88-84 victory over the Cal Poly Mustangs.
The Cougars are 2-0 on their home court. BYU has a 1-1 record in games decided by less than 4 points.
The Highlanders are 3-4 on the road. UC Riverside ranks ninth in the Big West with 8.2 offensive rebounds per game led by Osiris Grady averaging 1.6.
BYU makes 48.5% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.6 percentage points higher than UC Riverside has allowed to its opponents (44.9%). UC Riverside averages 7.1 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.1 fewer made shots on average than the 8.2 per game BYU gives up.
TOP PERFORMERS: AJ Dybantsa is scoring 20.3 points per game and averaging 6.6 rebounds for the Cougars. Richie Saunders is averaging 2.6 made 3-pointers.
Henderson is averaging 17.9 points for the Highlanders. Marqui Worthy is averaging 15.9 points and 3.4 assists.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.