A key college battle sees the visiting Tigers travelling to UC Riverside Thursday to take on the Highlanders on Thursday.

The Highlanders sport records of 10-11 and 7-11 ATS heading into this battle, while the Tigers have 7-13 and 11-5 ATS marks on the season. The OVER/UNDER records are 8-10 for the Highlanders and 8-8 for the Tigers.



View Pacific vs UC Riverside Odds and Stats.

Betting Line:
If you're backing the visitors in this one, you'll find the Tigers listed as 4.5-point underdogs

Power Rankings / Prediction:
This game matches up the No. 225 (Highlanders) and the No. 276 (Tigers) teams in the league, according to our current NCAAB power rank. A 61-60 result in favor of the Highlanders has been projected by the scores prediction engine.



How They Match Up:
When it comes to rebounds, the visiting Tigers rank No. 273 in NCAA Division 1 with 32.7 per game. That compares with UC Riverside’s No. 255 ranking in that category. The story is different when it comes to three-point shooting where UC Riverside is college basketball's No. 319-ranked team at 4.5 per game, while the Tigers rate No. 87 with 7.2 per game.

Defensively, Pacific features the nation's No. 293-rated defense on the road, allowing 76.1 points per game. UC Riverside, meanwhile, comes in at No. 315 nationally in scoring at home.

Pacific was a 56-53 loser in its last match at home against Santa Barbara. They covered the 4.5-point spread as underdogs. Pacific suffered a 56-53 loss against Santa Barbara on Saturday, getting 20 points from Lorenzo McCloud in a losing effort at Spanos Center.

UC Riverside was a 65-57 loser in their most recent outing on the road against UC Irvine. They failed to cover the 2.5-point spread as underdogs. UC Riverside got 19 points from Phil Martin but lost anyway, 65-57, to UC Irvine on Saturday at Bren Events Center.


Pacific Tigers Trends:
When playing on Thursday are 8-2
Before playing UC Irvine are 8-2
After playing Santa Barbara are 6-4
After a loss are 3-7

UC Riverside Highlanders Trends:
When playing on Thursday are 5-5
Before playing UC Davis are 4-6
After playing UC Irvine are 5-5
After a loss are 4-6

A few Tigers at Highlanders trends to consider:
Pacific is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against UC Riverside
Pacific is 1-9 SU in its last 10 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of UC Riverside's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of UC Riverside's last 7 games when playing Pacific
The total has gone OVER in 4 of UC Riverside's last 6 games
UC Riverside is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home


Next up:
Pacific at UC Irvine, Saturday, February 4
UC Riverside home to UC Davis, Saturday, February 4