UC Irvine visits Denver following Jones’ 28-point performance

UC Irvine Anteaters (5-2) at Denver Pioneers (2-3)

Denver; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Denver hosts UC Irvine after Jojo Jones scored 28 points in Denver’s 67-59 victory against the UCSD Tritons.

The Pioneers have gone 2-1 in home games.

The Anteaters have gone 2-1 away from home. UC Irvine ranks sixth in the Big West with 8.9 offensive rebounds per game led by Nikki Tom averaging 2.0.

Denver is shooting 38.2% from the field this season, 1.2 percentage points higher than the 37.0% UC Irvine allows to opponents. UC Irvine averages 63.0 points per game, 0.6 more than the 62.4 Denver gives up to opponents.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jones is scoring 21.2 points per game and averaging 9.0 rebounds for the Pioneers.

Hunter Hernandez is averaging 15.7 points for the Anteaters.

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