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UCSD hosts Northern Arizona after White’s 27-point game

Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (2-9) at UCSD Tritons (6-4, 1-0 Big West)

San Diego; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Northern Arizona visits UCSD after Naomi White scored 27 points in Northern Arizona’s 77-56 victory over the CSU Northridge Matadors.

The Tritons have gone 4-1 in home games. UCSD is seventh in the Big West with 23.2 defensive rebounds per game led by Erin Condron averaging 6.1.

The Lumberjacks are 1-5 on the road. Northern Arizona averages 15.8 turnovers per game and is 2-5 when turning the ball over less than opponents.

UCSD’s average of 6.6 made 3-pointers per game is 2.0 fewer made shots on average than the 8.6 per game Northern Arizona allows. Northern Arizona has shot at a 40.7% clip from the field this season, 4.8 percentage points above the 35.9% shooting opponents of UCSD have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Condron is scoring 13.9 points per game and averaging 8.6 rebounds for the Tritons. Sabrina Ma is averaging 12.6 points and 4.1 rebounds while shooting 41.9%.

White averages 3.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Lumberjacks, scoring 23.4 points while shooting 38.2% from beyond the arc. Simone Morris is averaging 7.4 points over the past 10 games.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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