San Francisco Dons (12-3, 2-0 WCC) at Pacific Tigers (5-11, 0-2 WCC)
Stockton, California; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Dons -14; over/under is 141
BOTTOM LINE: San Francisco visits Pacific after Malik Thomas scored 34 points in San Francisco’s 97-94 overtime victory over the Santa Clara Broncos.
The Tigers are 3-3 on their home court. Pacific ranks fifth in the WCC in rebounding averaging 34.4 rebounds. Elias Ralph leads the Tigers with 7.9 boards.
The Dons are 2-0 in conference matchups. San Francisco scores 76.7 points while outscoring opponents by 12.4 points per game.
Pacific’s average of 6.2 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.6 fewer made shots on average than the 6.8 per game San Francisco allows. San Francisco has shot at a 47.0% rate from the field this season, 4.2 percentage points higher than the 42.8% shooting opponents of Pacific have averaged.
The matchup Thursday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Ralph is scoring 17.4 points per game with 7.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists for the Tigers.
Thomas is shooting 48.1% and averaging 19.3 points for the Dons.
LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 2-8, averaging 66.7 points, 32.8 rebounds, 12.8 assists, 4.2 steals and 3.1 blocks per game while shooting 40.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 75.7 points per game.
Dons: 8-2, averaging 75.1 points, 33.5 rebounds, 14.6 assists, 6.8 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 47.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.4 points.
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