Long Beach State hosts San Diego after Johnson’s 21-point game

San Diego Toreros (3-3) at Long Beach State Beach (1-6)

Long Beach, California; Sunday, 5 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: San Diego visits Long Beach State after Ty-Laur Johnson scored 21 points in San Diego’s 76-61 loss to the Cal Baptist Lancers.

The Beach have gone 1-2 at home. Long Beach State ranks seventh in the Big West at limiting opponent scoring, allowing 76.4 points while holding opponents to 48.2% shooting.

The Toreros play their first true road game after going 3-3 to start the season. San Diego ranks eighth in the WCC giving up 72.2 points while holding opponents to 43.4% shooting.

Long Beach State is shooting 42.0% from the field this season, 1.4 percentage points lower than the 43.4% San Diego allows to opponents. San Diego averages 74.0 points per game, 2.4 fewer than the 76.4 Long Beach State gives up to opponents.

TOP PERFORMERS: Gavin Sykes is shooting 46.3% and averaging 12.6 points for the Beach. Shaquil Bender is averaging 10.1 points.

Toneari Lane is averaging 12.2 points for the Toreros. Johnson is averaging 11.8 points.

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