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Bal, Santa Clara Broncos square off against the Loyola Marymount Lions

Loyola Marymount Lions (15-12, 7-8 WCC) at Santa Clara Broncos (17-10, 9-5 WCC)

Santa Clara, California; Thursday, 11 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Broncos -12.5; over/under is 146.5

BOTTOM LINE: Loyola Marymount takes on Santa Clara in WCC action Thursday.

The Broncos have gone 10-3 at home. Santa Clara ranks third in the WCC in rebounding with 34.3 rebounds. Johnny O’Neil paces the Broncos with 5.4 boards.

The Lions are 7-8 in conference matchups. Loyola Marymount is ninth in the WCC scoring 70.1 points per game and is shooting 43.5%.

Santa Clara makes 46.8% of its shots from the field this season, which is 4.6 percentage points higher than Loyola Marymount has allowed to its opponents (42.2%). Loyola Marymount averages 70.1 points per game, 2.2 fewer than the 72.3 Santa Clara gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: O’Neil is averaging 7.5 points and 5.4 rebounds for the Broncos. Adama Bal is averaging 11.9 points over the last 10 games.

Will Johnston averages 1.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Lions, scoring 11.1 points while shooting 33.3% from beyond the arc. Caleb Stone-Carrawell is shooting 44.6% and averaging 14.2 points over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Broncos: 6-4, averaging 78.7 points, 32.3 rebounds, 17.6 assists, 6.9 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 48.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 66.7 points per game.

Lions: 6-4, averaging 69.7 points, 29.6 rebounds, 11.2 assists, 6.1 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 44.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.4 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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