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01/01 03:43 CST Cal Poly faces UCSD following Mousa's 33-point outing
Cal Poly faces UCSD following Mousa's 33-point outing
By The Associated Press
UCSD Tritons (11-2, 1-0 Big West) at Cal Poly Mustangs (5-9, 1-1 Big West)
San Luis Obispo, California; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tritons -8.5; over/under is 170.5
BOTTOM LINE: Cal Poly plays UCSD after Hamad Mousa scored 33 points in Cal
Poly's 83-80 overtime loss to the Idaho Vandals.
The Mustangs have gone 2-3 at home. Cal Poly has a 4-6 record against opponents
over .500.
The Tritons are 1-0 in conference play. UCSD is fifth in the Big West with 25.5
defensive rebounds per game led by Tom Beattie averaging 4.5.
Cal Poly is shooting 43.2% from the field this season, 0.9 percentage points
higher than the 42.3% UCSD allows to opponents. UCSD has shot at a 49.5% clip
from the field this season, 4.1 percentage points above the 45.4% shooting
opponents of Cal Poly have averaged.
The matchup Thursday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in
conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Mousa is scoring 20.6 points per game with 5.8 rebounds and 1.8
assists for the Mustangs. Peter Bandelj is averaging 16.9 points and 3.7
assists over the past 10 games.
Leo Beath is averaging 17.9 points and 1.5 steals for the Tritons. Aidan Burke
is averaging 11.5 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Mustangs: 3-7, averaging 84.1 points, 35.4 rebounds, 12.1
assists, 5.9 steals and 1.9 blocks per game while shooting 44.4% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 88.6 points per game.
Tritons: 8-2, averaging 81.5 points, 33.4 rebounds, 16.2 assists, 7.6 steals
and 2.2 blocks per game while shooting 49.2% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 71.1 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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