Hawaii visits Aspajo and CSU Northridge
Hawaii Rainbow Wahine (9-6, 3-2 Big West) at CSU Northridge Matadors (3-12, 1-5 Big West)
Northridge, California; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST
Rainbow Wahine -2.5; over/under is 147.5
BOTTOM LINE: CSU Northridge hosts Hawaii after Erika Aspajo scored 22 points in CSU Northridge's 62-56 loss to the CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners.
The Matadors are 2-5 in home games. CSU Northridge has a 1-1 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
The Rainbow Wahine are 3-2 against Big West opponents. Hawaii scores 59.5 points and has outscored opponents by 4.3 points per game.
CSU Northridge is shooting 32.8% from the field this season, 1.9 percentage points lower than the 34.7% Hawaii allows to opponents. Hawaii has shot at a 39.2% rate from the field this season, 1.5 percentage points fewer than the 40.7% shooting opponents of CSU Northridge have averaged.
The Matadors and Rainbow Wahine match up Thursday for the first time in conference play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Erica Adams is averaging 7.1 points and 1.6 steals for the Matadors.
Lily Wahinekapu is averaging 10.7 points, 3.1 assists and 1.5 steals for the Rainbow Wahine.
LAST 10 GAMES: Matadors: 1-9, averaging 54.1 points, 31.5 rebounds, 11.0 assists, 8.1 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 32.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.3 points per game.
Rainbow Wahine: 5-5, averaging 57.0 points, 31.2 rebounds, 10.6 assists, 5.3 steals and 5.2 blocks per game while shooting 37.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 53.6 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Game Information
2024-25 Big West Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Long Beach State | 5-0 | - | 9-5 |
UC Davis | 5-1 | 0.5 | 11-5 |
UC Irvine | 4-1 | 1 | 10-5 |
UC Santa Barbara | 3-2 | 2 | 9-6 |
Hawai'i | 3-2 | 2 | 9-6 |
UC Riverside | 3-2 | 2 | 7-8 |
Cal Poly | 3-3 | 2.5 | 8-8 |
UC San Diego | 2-3 | 3 | 6-11 |
Cal State Northridge | 1-5 | 4.5 | 3-12 |
Cal State Bakersfield | 1-5 | 4.5 | 1-15 |
Cal State Fullerton | 0-6 | 5.5 | 2-14 |