UC Riverside Highlanders (0-2) at Cal Baptist Lancers (2-0)

Riverside, California; Tuesday, 10 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: UC Riverside faces Cal Baptist after Kaleb Smith scored 20 points in UC Riverside's 86-80 loss to the BYU Cougars.

Cal Baptist finished 16-17 overall with an 11-7 record at home during the 2023-24 season. The Lancers averaged 10.7 points off of turnovers, 11.0 second-chance points and 0.9 bench points last season.

UC Riverside finished 11-11 in Big West action and 4-12 on the road a season ago. The Highlanders averaged 5.6 steals, 1.4 blocks and 9.0 turnovers per game last season.

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