Student Center features an NCAAB clash between the host UC Riverside Highlanders and the visiting USC Trojans in college hoops action on Wednesday.

The Highlanders currently sports a 2-4 record overall in NCAAB action, and have posted a corresponding betting slate of 2-3 ATS. The Trojans are 3-4 and 3-3 ATS. Betting totals have seen the Highlanders produce a 1-4 OVER/UNDER record on the season, while the Trojans have gone 2-4 against the number.



View USC vs UC Riverside Odds and Stats.

Betting Line:
The visitors opened as 3.5-point favorites in this one at most sportsbooks tracked at Odds Shark.

Power Rankings / Prediction:
This game matches up the No. 209 (Highlanders) and the No. 158 (Trojans) teams in the league, according to our current NCAAB power rank. A 56-54 result in favor of the Trojans has been projected by the scores prediction engine.



How They Match Up:
Offensively, the game matches up UC Riverside's No. 332 nationally ranked offense (55.7 points per game) against a Trojans defense that sits as the No. 37 at 58.4 PPG. The Highlanders have been averaging 37.9% from the field, less than the Trojans have managed so far this season (43.2% on average).

Defensively, USC features the nation's No. 52-rated defense on the road, allowing 60.7 points per game. UC Riverside, meanwhile, comes in at No. 307 nationally in scoring at home.

USC won its last outing, a 63-60 result against South Carolina on November 26. They covered in that game as a 2-point favorite. Damontre Harris scored 15 points in a futile effort to lead the Gamecocks to a win (they lost 63-60 to USC at Orleans Arena on Saturday).

UC Riverside was a 64-63 Sportsbook in their most recent outing at home against Washington State. They covered the 9–point spread as underdogs. The Highlanders got 14 points from Phil Martin as UC Riverside ran past Washington State 64-63 on Sunday at Anaheim Convention Center.


USC Trojans Trends:
When playing on Wednesday are 5-5
After playing South Carolina are 2-0
After a win are 4-6

UC Riverside Highlanders Trends:
When playing on Wednesday are 0-9
Before playing Montana State are 0-2
After playing Washington State are 0-1
After a win are 3-7

A few Trojans at Highlanders trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of USC's last 5 games on the road
USC is 6-14 SU in its last 20 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of UC Riverside's last 5 games
UC Riverside is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games


Next up:
USC at Minnesota, Saturday, December 3
UC Riverside at Montana State, Sunday, December 11