CSU Northridge plays UC Riverside on 3-game road skid

CSU Northridge Matadors (2-4) at UC Riverside Highlanders (3-5)

Riverside, California; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: CSU Northridge visits UC Riverside looking to stop its three-game road skid.

The Highlanders are 1-1 in home games. UC Riverside is 2-5 against opponents with a winning record.

The Matadors are 1-3 on the road. CSU Northridge is seventh in the Big West scoring 58.8 points per game and is shooting 32.4%.

UC Riverside scores 55.9 points per game, 24.3 fewer points than the 80.2 CSU Northridge gives up. CSU Northridge’s 32.4% shooting percentage from the field this season is 7.6 percentage points lower than UC Riverside has allowed to its opponents (40.0%).

The matchup Thursday is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Shelley Duchemin is shooting 46.8% and averaging 12.1 points for the Highlanders.

Kelly Tumlin is scoring 9.3 points per game and averaging 3.7 rebounds for the Matadors.

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