UC Riverside faces Cal Poly in conference showdown

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Cal Poly Mustangs (2-5, 0-1 Big West) at UC Riverside Highlanders (1-6, 0-1 Big West)

Riverside, California; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: UC Riverside takes on Cal Poly in a matchup of Big West teams.

The Highlanders are 1-2 on their home court. UC Riverside is 1-1 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 17.7 turnovers per game.

The Mustangs are 0-1 in conference play. Cal Poly is fifth in the Big West scoring 69.3 points per game and is shooting 41.1%.

UC Riverside's average of 6.0 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.4 more made shots on average than the 5.6 per game Cal Poly allows. Cal Poly has shot at a 41.1% clip from the field this season, 2.1 percentage points greater than the 39.0% shooting opponents of UC Riverside have averaged.

The Highlanders and Mustangs face off Saturday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Aaliyah Stanton is scoring 9.4 points per game with 1.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists for the Highlanders. Hannah Wickstrom is averaging 18.0 points and 9.0 rebounds while shooting 41.4%.

Vanessa McManus is averaging 22.7 points and 6.7 rebounds for the Mustangs. Charish Thompson is averaging 15.7 points.

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