UC Irvine vs. Long Beach State Picks, Odds and Prediction – March 2

Saturday's game features the UC Irvine Anteaters (21-8, 14-3 Big West) and the Long Beach State Beach (18-11, 10-7 Big West) facing off at Bren Events Center in what should be a lopsided matchup, with a projected 80-69 win for heavily favored UC Irvine according to our computer prediction. Game time is at 10:00 PM ET on March 2. According to our computer prediction, UC Irvine projects to cover the 9.5-point spread in its matchup versus Long Beach State. The over/under has been set at 154.5, and the two teams are projected to fall short of that total.

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UC Irvine vs. Long Beach State Odds

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UC Irvine vs. Long Beach State Prediction

• Prediction: UC Irvine 80, Long Beach State 69

UC Irvine Betting Info

• The Anteaters' record against the spread in conference play is 7-8-0.
• Out of 15 Anteaters conference games so far this year, nine have gone over the total.
• This season, the Anteaters have won 17 out of the 20 games, or 85%, in which they've been moneyline favorites.
• UC Irvine has been at least a -490 moneyline favorite seven times this season and won all of those games.
• The Anteaters and their opponents have gone over 154.5 combined points in four of 26 games this season.
• UC Irvine has had an average of 144.6 points in its games this season, 9.9 fewer than this matchup's total.

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Long Beach State Betting Info

• Against the spread in Big West games, the Beach are 7-8-0 this year.
• This year, nine of the Beach's 15 Big West games have hit the over.
• The Beach have won in four of the eight contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs in this year.
• This year, Long Beach State has won two of three games when listed as at least +365 or better on the moneyline.
• The Beach have played 13 games this season that finished with a combined score higher than 154.5 points.
• Long Beach State has a 153.6-point average over/under in its contests this season, 0.9 fewer points than this game's point total.

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UC Irvine vs. Long Beach State Scoring Insights

• The Anteaters are averaging 77.2 points, just 1.8 more than the 75.4 the Beach concede.
• When UC Irvine scores more than 75.4, it is 9-4 versus the spread and 13-2 overall.
• Long Beach State is 9-6 versus the spread and has a 14-4 record overall when allowing less than 77.2 points.
• The Beach's 78.1 points per game are 10.7 more than the Anteaters allow.
• Long Beach State is 11-11 against the spread and 17-8 overall when putting up more than 67.4 points.
• UC Irvine is 15-8 against the spread and 21-5 overall when it has allowed fewer than 78.1 points.
• The Anteaters have 286 more points than their opponents this year (9.8 per game), and the Beach have 77 more than their opponents (2.7 per game).

UC Irvine vs. Long Beach State Rankings

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