Elon faces Long Beach State, aims to stop 3-game skid

Elon Phoenix (4-5) at Long Beach State Beach (5-4, 2-0 Big West)

Long Beach, California; Thursday, 4 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Elon heads into the matchup with Long Beach State after losing three straight games.

The Beach are 3-1 in home games. Long Beach State leads the Big West in rebounding, averaging 36.8 boards. Rachel Loobie leads the Beach with 6.7 rebounds.

The Phoenix have gone 1-4 away from home. Elon is 0-3 in games decided by 10 points or more.

Long Beach State is shooting 37.4% from the field this season, 2.6 percentage points lower than the 40.0% Elon allows to opponents. Elon averages 58.9 points per game, 18.0 fewer points than the 76.9 Long Beach State allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Savannah Tucker is scoring 14.8 points per game and averaging 2.9 rebounds for the Beach.

Raven Preston is averaging 12.9 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.6 steals for the Phoenix.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

By The Associated Press