Long Beach State vs UC Irvine 3/12/20 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

The Long Beach State 49ers play the UC Irvine Anteaters in the Big West Conference tournament at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California on Thursday. Long Beach State completed its regular season was an overall record of 11-21 and 6-10 in the Big West following its 75-69 loss on Saturday to the CSU Fullerton Titans in the final game of the regular season for both.

Chance Hunter is the leading scorer for Long Beach State with an average of 13.9 points per game, while Michael Carter III is the second-leading scorer and leader in assists with averages of 12.4 points and 2.6 assists per game. Joshua Morgan is the leading rebounder for Long Beach State with an average of 6.1 per game.

UC Irvine finished its regular season with an overall record 21-11 and 13-3 in the Big West following its 72-70 loss last Wednesday to the CSU Northridge Matadors. Despite the loss, UC Irvine won the Big West regular-season title by three games over both CSU Northridge and UC Santa Barbara. The Anteaters had their six-game winning streak snapped in the loss to Northridge.

Collin Welp is the leading scorer for UC Irvine with an average of 13.0 points per game, while Brad Green is the leading rebounder with an average of 7.7 per game and Eyassu Worku is the third leading scorer and leader in assists with averages of 12.3 points and 4.0 assists per game. UC Irvine has four players averaging double-figures in scoring.