3/21/2024 Arizona v. Long Beach State Game Preview

Long Beach State Beach (21-15, 12-10 away)
Arizona Wildcats (26-8, 18-2 home)
March 21, 2024 at 2:00 PM ET
NCAA Tournament

Delta Center
Salt Lake City, Utah

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Arizona vs. Long Beach State Prediction: Odds, Spread & Insights - NCAA Tournament First Round

An opening-round NCAA Tournament matchup will see the 2-seed Arizona Wildcats (25-8) take the court against the No. 15 seed Long Beach State Beach (21-14) on Thursday at Delta Center. The matchup begins at 2:00 PM ET.

The Wildcats go head to head with the Beach in a game that Arizona is currently a gigantic favorite by 20.5 points. A 162.5-point over/under has been set by oddsmakers for the matchup.

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Arizona vs. Long Beach State game info

  • Date: Thursday, March 21, 2024
  • Time: 2:00 PM ET
  • How to Watch on TV: TBS
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  • Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Venue: Delta Center
  • Spread: Arizona -20.5
  • Moneylines: Arizona -3000, Long Beach State +1300
  • Total: 162.5

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Prediction: Who will win the Arizona vs. Long Beach State game?

  • Prediction: Arizona 89, Long Beach State 67
  • Pick ATS: Arizona (-20.5)
  • Pick OU: Under (162.5)

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Arizona vs. Long Beach State betting insights

  • Arizona has put together a 21-12-0 ATS record so far this year.
  • The Wildcats have covered the spread five times this season (5-0 ATS) when playing as at least 20.5-point favorites.
  • Long Beach State has won 16 games against the spread this season, while failing to cover 16 times.
  • Arizona and its opponents have gone over 162.5 combined points in 15 of 33 games this season.
  • The Beach have combined with their opponent to score more than 162.5 points in six of 32 games this season.
  • These teams average a combined 165.6 points per game, 3.1 more points than this matchup's total.

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Arizona vs. Long Beach State stat comparison

Arizona Rank Arizona AVG Long Beach State AVG Long Beach State Rank
5th 81.9 Points Scored 76.5 62nd
211th 71.1 Points Allowed 74.4 299th
10th 39.3 Rebounds 40.6 3rd
162nd 8.7 Off. Rebounds 11 16th
66th 8.4 3pt Made 4.4 359th
2nd 18.9 Assists 15 49th
294th 13.1 Turnovers 13.8 327th

Arizona top performers

  • Caleb Love: 18.1 PTS, 1.1 STL, 42.1 FG%, 34.7 3PT% (86-for-248)
  • Oumar Ballo: 13.1 PTS, 10.1 REB, 1.2 BLK, 64.9 FG%
  • Pelle Larsson: 12.8 PTS, 53 FG%, 43 3PT% (40-for-93)
  • Keshad Johnson: 11.6 PTS, 53.1 FG%, 38.8 3PT% (33-for-85)
  • Kylan Boswell: 9.8 PTS, 1.3 STL, 40.3 FG%, 38.6 3PT% (61-for-158)

Long Beach State top performers

  • Aboubacar Traore: 12 PTS, 8.1 REB, 1.5 STL, 1.4 BLK, 52.8 FG%, 9.1 3PT% (2-for-22)
  • Lassina Traore: 12.1 PTS, 10.4 REB, 53.5 FG%
  • Marcus Tsohonis: 17.8 PTS, 1.3 STL, 40.5 FG%, 30.5 3PT% (39-for-128)
  • Jadon Jones: 12.2 PTS, 1.8 STL, 42.3 FG%, 37.9 3PT% (75-for-198)
  • AJ George: 10.6 PTS, 53.2 FG%, 35.5 3PT% (11-for-31)

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2023-2024 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Long Beach State3640.377.427.662.2.4445.417.7.30516.823.8.70911.125.036.115.37.94.212.317.2
Arizona3640.687.131.264.5.4847.921.6.36616.823.4.71711.927.939.818.58.33.711.716.4
LBSU Opponents3640.276.026.461.3.4319.326.9.34613.819.1.7239.123.432.515.67.12.712.920.2
ARZ Opponents3640.672.126.462.6.4217.823.7.32911.516.2.7127.722.129.813.86.93.712.819.0


Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Nov 24, 2019
Long Beach State
Arizona		 67 - 104
Arizona		 Non-Conference Tournament McKale Center
Nov 29, 2017
Long Beach State
Arizona		 56 - 91
Arizona		 Non-Conference Regular Season McKale Center
Dec 22, 2015
Long Beach State
Arizona		 70 - 85
Arizona		 Non-Conference Regular Season McKale Center
Nov 11, 2013
Long Beach State
Arizona		 57 - 91
Arizona		 Non-Conference Regular Season McKale Center
Nov 19, 2012
Long Beach State
Arizona		 72 - 94
Arizona		 Non-Conference Regular Season McKale Center

2023-2024 Long Beach State Beach Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters M. Thompson M. Tsohonis J. Jones A. Traore L. Traore
Rotation       A. George  
Rotation       A. Stroud  
Lim PT J. Hart, Jr.   E. Djordjevic   C. Polynice
Lim PT I. Silva   S. Ngoyi   J. Yan
Lim PT V. Lewis        
Lim PT M. Monson        

2023-2024 Arizona Wildcats Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters K. Boswell P. Larsson C. Love K. Johnson O. Ballo
Rotation   J. Bradley      
Rotation   K. Lewis      
Lim PT C. Martinez G. Weitman L. Champion P. Murauskas M. Krivas
Lim PT       F. Borovicanin D. Anderson
Lim PT       H. Veesaar W. Menaugh

Long Beach State Beach Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
8 Eli Djordjevic F 5 4.8 0.4 0.2 1.4 .143 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.6 .000 0.8 1.4 2.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
10 A.J. George GF 36 28.1 10.6 4.0 7.6 .533 0.3 0.9 .344 2.2 3.1 .721 1.2 2.9 4.1 1.5 0.7 0.5 1.5 1.3
5 Jason Hart, Jr. G 23 7.0 1.7 0.5 1.4 .333 0.1 0.5 .167 0.6 0.8 .778 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.5 1.0
12 Jadon Jones SG 34 30.4 12.1 3.8 9.1 .419 2.3 6.0 .377 2.2 2.6 .852 0.5 2.8 3.3 1.6 1.8 1.0 1.1 2.4
11 Varick Lewis G 31 5.8 2.3 0.8 2.5 .316 0.4 1.8 .232 0.2 0.3 .875 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.5
3 Maddox Monson G 12 2.5 0.6 0.2 0.8 .333 0.1 0.4 .200 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2
35 Shaumba Ngoyi F - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 Chayce Polynice C 29 5.9 1.7 0.6 1.4 .439 0.1 0.4 .273 0.3 0.6 .500 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.6
2 Isa Silva PG 36 12.5 2.4 0.9 2.8 .340 0.2 0.9 .250 0.3 0.6 .550 0.3 0.8 1.1 1.2 0.5 0.1 0.7 1.1
1 Amari Stroud F 32 14.4 4.2 1.7 3.6 .478 0.2 0.5 .375 0.6 1.0 .645 0.8 2.0 2.9 0.3 0.5 0.3 1.0 2.5
4 Messiah Thompson G 35 18.2 5.8 2.2 6.1 .358 0.9 3.1 .284 0.5 0.8 .607 0.1 0.8 0.9 1.9 0.7 0.0 1.2 1.1
25 Aboubacar Traore SG 36 30.8 12.0 4.1 8.0 .517 0.1 0.6 .087 3.7 5.6 .665 2.7 5.8 8.4 4.5 1.5 1.4 2.6 3.0
23 Lassina Traore F 35 30.3 11.9 4.4 8.4 .524 0.0 0.1 .250 3.1 4.4 .697 3.4 7.0 10.3 1.2 0.8 0.5 1.9 3.2
0 Marcus Tsohonis SG 31 29.1 17.6 6.1 15.2 .400 1.3 4.3 .293 4.2 5.5 .769 1.0 2.2 3.2 2.9 1.3 0.2 2.0 1.8
40 Jeffrey Yan C 10 2.4 0.8 0.3 0.6 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.4 .500 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0

Arizona Wildcats Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
44 Dylan Anderson C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 Oumar Ballo C 36 25.9 12.9 5.1 7.8 .658 0.0 0.0 .000 2.6 5.3 .495 3.6 6.6 10.1 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.4 2.1
1 Filip Borovicanin F 20 5.5 2.2 0.8 1.9 .410 0.0 0.6 .000 0.7 0.8 .867 0.6 1.0 1.6 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.5
4 Kylan Boswell G 36 26.9 9.6 3.5 8.8 .396 1.8 4.8 .379 0.9 1.1 .795 0.3 2.0 2.3 3.6 1.4 0.1 1.7 1.3
0 Jaden Bradley SG 36 20.1 7.0 2.4 5.2 .462 0.4 0.8 .464 1.8 2.2 .825 0.4 2.0 2.4 2.0 1.0 0.2 1.0 1.9
24 Luke Champion F 7 1.4 0.4 0.1 0.7 .200 0.1 0.7 .200 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
30 Jackson Cook G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
16 Keshad Johnson SF 36 27.6 11.5 4.2 7.9 .530 1.0 2.6 .387 2.1 3.0 .710 2.0 3.9 5.9 1.8 1.0 0.7 1.6 2.1
14 Motiejus Krivas C 36 12.2 5.4 2.0 3.6 .554 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 1.8 .778 1.6 2.6 4.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.9
12 Will Kuykendall G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
3 Pelle Larsson SG 36 30.0 12.8 4.5 8.7 .519 1.3 3.0 .426 2.4 3.2 .750 1.1 3.0 4.1 3.7 0.9 0.2 1.9 2.6
5 K.J. Lewis G 36 18.4 6.1 2.1 4.5 .466 0.4 1.1 .341 1.6 2.0 .792 1.0 2.1 3.1 1.9 1.1 0.3 0.8 2.6
2 Caleb Love GF 36 32.2 18.0 6.1 14.7 .413 2.6 7.7 .332 3.3 4.0 .839 0.7 4.1 4.8 3.4 1.2 0.3 2.1 1.1
55 Conrad Martinez G 18 3.8 0.9 0.4 0.9 .438 0.1 0.4 .143 0.1 0.2 .667 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.3
33 Will Menaugh F 9 1.6 0.4 0.2 0.4 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.2 .000 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7
23 Paulius Murauskas F 21 5.6 3.0 1.0 2.3 .438 0.7 1.3 .519 0.3 0.5 .700 0.6 0.7 1.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.5
13 Henri Veesaar FC 1 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 Grant Weitman G 17 2.4 0.4 0.1 0.5 .250 0.1 0.2 .250 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0

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