Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (5-2) at Long Beach State Beach (2-8, 1-0 Big West)
Long Beach, California; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Hawaii visits Long Beach State after Gytis Nemeiksa scored 24 points in Hawaii's 78-72 loss to the Grand Canyon Antelopes.
The Beach have gone 1-2 at home. Long Beach State gives up 71.0 points and has been outscored by 8.2 points per game.
The Rainbow Warriors are 0-1 in road games. Hawaii is fifth in the Big West giving up 70.3 points while holding opponents to 42.8% shooting.
Long Beach State scores 62.8 points per game, 7.5 fewer points than the 70.3 Hawaii gives up. Hawaii has shot at a 46.3% rate from the field this season, 2.6 percentage points higher than the 43.7% shooting opponents of Long Beach State have averaged.
The Beach and Rainbow Warriors face off Saturday for the first time in conference play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Devin Askew is shooting 35.1% and averaging 16.7 points for the Beach.
Nemeiksa is shooting 54.1% and averaging 14.0 points for the Rainbow Warriors.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.