CSU Fullerton hosts Tucker and Long Beach State

Long Beach State Beach (9-6, 5-1 Big West) at CSU Fullerton Titans (2-15, 0-7 Big West)

Fullerton, California; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Long Beach State faces CSU Fullerton after Savannah Tucker scored 26 points in Long Beach State's 79-68 loss to the UCSD Tritons.

The Titans have gone 2-5 in home games. CSU Fullerton is 2-8 in games decided by 10 points or more.

The Beach are 5-1 in Big West play. Long Beach State leads the Big West with 34.0 points per game in the paint led by Jada Crawshaw averaging 12.0.

CSU Fullerton is shooting 36.2% from the field this season, 2.0 percentage points lower than the 38.2% Long Beach State allows to opponents. Long Beach State averages 6.8 more points per game (69.3) than CSU Fullerton allows to opponents (62.5).

The Titans and Beach match up Saturday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Aaliyah Stanton is averaging 14.2 points for the Titans.

Tucker is shooting 29.6% from beyond the arc with 1.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Beach, while averaging 15.9 points.

LAST 10 GAMES: Titans: 2-8, averaging 63.5 points, 31.1 rebounds, 11.1 assists, 7.4 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 37.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 62.1 points per game.

Beach: 7-3, averaging 71.0 points, 41.2 rebounds, 13.9 assists, 10.0 steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 39.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 63.5 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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