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UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos vs. UC Riverside Highlanders
The UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos and the UC Riverside Highlanders will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Student Recreation Center.
Oddsmakers opened the Gauchos as -9.5-point favorites versus the Highlanders, while the game's total opened at 139.
UC Riverside lost its last outing, a 79-40 result against Anteaters on January 24. They failed to cover in that game as a +10.5-point underdog.
In their last action, UC-Santa Barbara was a 70-65 winner on the road against Titans. They covered the +1-point spread as underdogs.
UC-Santa Barbara:
Team record: 15-5 SU,13-4 ATS
Current Streak: won 3 straight games.
UC-Santa Barbara is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
UC-Santa Barbara is 14-3 SU in its last 17 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of UC-Santa Barbara's last 5 games
UC Riverside:
Team record: 5-15 SU,7-10 ATS
Current Streak: lost 8 straight games.
UC Riverside is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
UC Riverside is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of UC Riverside's last 6 games
Next up:
UC-Santa Barbara home to Hawaii Thursday, February 1
UC Riverside at Cal Poly Wednesday, January 31