UC Irvine Anteaters (9-0, 1-0 Big West) at Oregon State Beavers (6-2)
Corvallis, Oregon; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Oregon State takes on UC Irvine after Parsa Fallah scored 25 points in Oregon State’s 78-62 win against the Idaho Vandals.
The Beavers are 6-1 in home games. Oregon State ranks eighth in the WCC with 25.0 defensive rebounds per game led by Michael Rataj averaging 6.9.
The Anteaters have gone 3-0 away from home. UC Irvine ranks sixth in the Big West with 8.2 offensive rebounds per game led by Bent Leuchten averaging 2.7.
Oregon State makes 49.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 12.2 percentage points higher than UC Irvine has allowed to its opponents (36.9%). UC Irvine has shot at a 46.3% rate from the field this season, 8.9 percentage points greater than the 37.4% shooting opponents of Oregon State have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Nate Kingz averages 2.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Beavers, scoring 12.1 points while shooting 56.3% from beyond the arc.
Leuchten is averaging 15.3 points and 8.8 rebounds for the Anteaters.
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