Cal Irvine at Long Beach State

UC Irvine is in first place in the Big West. They are road chalk but 11-4 ATS as a road favorite, as well 19-7 ATS against a team with a losing straight-up record. Irvine is #10 in the nation in field-goal percentage defense (.385%), #21 in rebound margin (+7.1) and #55 in scoring defense. UC Irvine's bench is outscoring the opposition's by an average of 28.6 to 18.7 this season and the Anteaters are 20-7 ATS when following a spread loss. Long Beach State is on a 2-9 spread run and has lost 8 of the last 11 to Irvine, including last month, 82-67. Play UC Irvine.