UCSB Gauchos play the Eastern Washington Eagles Friday

UCSB Gauchos (7-4, 1-1 Big West) at Eastern Washington Eagles (3-8)

Cheney, Washington; Friday, 9 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Washington takes on UCSB in a matchup of Division 1 Division teams.

The Eagles are 3-2 on their home court. Eastern Washington is 0-2 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Gauchos have gone 1-2 away from home. UCSB averages 68.7 points while outscoring opponents by 6.6 points per game.

Eastern Washington is shooting 37.9% from the field this season, 0.8 percentage points lower than the 38.7% UCSB allows to opponents. UCSB averages 68.7 points per game, 1.8 more than the 66.9 Eastern Washington gives up to opponents.

TOP PERFORMERS: Peyton Howard is averaging 15.5 points, 3.2 assists and 1.8 steals for the Eagles.

Alyssa Marin is shooting 34.5% and averaging 17.9 points for the Gauchos.

LAST 10 GAMES: Eagles: 3-7, averaging 63.4 points, 36.0 rebounds, 12.0 assists, 8.9 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 37.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.3 points per game.

Gauchos: 6-4, averaging 68.6 points, 29.3 rebounds, 9.7 assists, 4.8 steals and 1.1 blocks per game while shooting 40.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.7 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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