Long Beach State Beach (2-8, 0-2 Big West) at San Jose State Spartans (4-5)
San Jose, California; Tuesday, 10 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Long Beach State visits San Jose State after Gavin Sykes scored 20 points in Long Beach State’s 80-74 loss to the UCSD Tritons.
The Spartans are 3-1 on their home court. San Jose State averages 73.6 points while outscoring opponents by 2.2 points per game.
The Beach are 0-5 on the road. Long Beach State allows 77.1 points to opponents while being outscored by 5.9 points per game.
San Jose State’s average of 7.3 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.6 more made shots on average than the 6.7 per game Long Beach State gives up. Long Beach State averages 7.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.0 fewer made shot on average than the 8.2 per game San Jose State gives up.
TOP PERFORMERS: Colby Garland is shooting 54.3% and averaging 17.9 points for the Spartans. Jermaine Washington is averaging 2.2 made 3-pointers.
Sykes is shooting 45.3% and averaging 16.2 points for the Beach. Petar Majstorovic is averaging 13.1 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.