Student Center will host Highlanders vs. Anteaters action on Saturday as both teams try to pay off for bettors in NCAAB action.

The Highlanders bring a 13-16 record (11-15 ATS) to this tilt against the 11-18 Anteaters, who are 14-11-1 ATS. OVER/UNDER bettors have witnessed UC Riverside go 9-17 so far and the Anteaters go 14-12.



View UC Irvine vs UC Riverside Odds and Stats.

Betting Line:
On the Sportsbook NCAAB line for this matchup, UC Riverside sat as 5-point favorites.

Power Rankings / Prediction:
This game matches up the No. 204 (Highlanders) and the No. 201 (Anteaters) teams in the league, according to our current NCAAB power rank. A 64-62 result in favor of the Highlanders has been projected by the scores prediction engine.



How They Match Up:
Offensively, the game matches up UC Riverside's No. 329 nationally ranked offense (59.1 points per game) against a Anteaters defense that sits as the No. 302 at 72.8 PPG. The Highlanders have been averaging 41% from the field, less than the Anteaters have managed so far this season (41.6% on average).

Defensively, UC Irvine features the nation's No. 232-rated defense on the road, allowing 72.1 points per game. UC Riverside, meanwhile, comes in at No. 322 nationally in scoring at home.

UC Irvine was a 77-50 loser in their most recent outing on the road against Long Beach State. They failed to cover the 16.5-point spread as underdogs. UC Irvine was run off the court by the 49ers on Wednesday as Long Beach State routed them 77-50 at The Walter Pyramid.

Last time out for UC Riverside, they were a 64-40 loser as they battled Long Beach State on the road. They failed to cover in the match as a 16-point underdog. UC Riverside was run off the court by the 49ers on Saturday as Long Beach State routed them 64-40 at The Walter Pyramid.


UC Irvine Anteaters Trends:
When playing on Saturday are 6-4
After playing Long Beach State are 5-5
After a loss are 4-6

UC Riverside Highlanders Trends:
When playing on Saturday are 3-7
After playing Long Beach State are 2-8
After a loss are 4-6

A few Anteaters at Highlanders trends to consider:
UC Irvine is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against UC Riverside
UC Irvine is 3-18 SU in its last 21 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 8 of UC Riverside's last 9 games
UC Riverside is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing UC Irvine
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of UC Riverside's last 5 games when playing UC Irvine
UC Riverside is 7-17 SU in its last 24 games when playing UC Irvine