USC hosts Long Beach State following Murray’s 21-point game
Long Beach State Beach (4-5) at USC Trojans (7-3, 2-0 Pac-12)
Los Angeles; Wednesday, 11 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: USC -12; over/under is 145
BOTTOM LINE: Long Beach State faces the USC Trojans after Joel Murray scored 21 points in Long Beach State’s 76-74 loss to the Sacramento State Hornets.
The Trojans are 5-1 on their home court. USC is sixth in the Pac-12 with 13.9 assists per game led by Drew Peterson averaging 6.0.
The Beach are 1-3 on the road. Long Beach State is sixth in the Big West with 23.8 defensive rebounds per game led by Lassina Traore averaging 5.1.
TOP PERFORMERS: Boogie Ellis is scoring 14.4 points per game and averaging 3.0 rebounds for the Trojans. Peterson is averaging 1.5 made 3-pointers for USC.
Murray is averaging 14.4 points, 4.4 assists and two steals for the Beach. Marcus Tsohonis is averaging 12.4 points for Long Beach State.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.