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Rogers' Saturday SMACKDOWN >> 28-19-1 College Hoops Record!
(NCAAB) Long Beach State vs. Texas,
Point Spread: -10.00 | -110.00 Texas (Home)
Result: Loss
Point Spread: -10.00 | -110.00 Texas (Home)
Result: Loss
The set-up: Long Beach State is just 2-9 to open the 2016-17 season and has yet to win away from home, going 0-8 SU in true road games and 0-1 in a single neutral-site contest. Texas opened a heady No.21 in the AP's preseason poll but after a 3-0 start, lost three in a row and four of its last five, so comes in just 4-4.
Long Beach State: The 49ers won 20 games last season but gone are the team's best player, Faust (17.4 & 6.1) plus forward Hammonds (10.1 & 4.9). The 6-7 Levin (12.5 & 6.6) is the team's top frontcourt performer this year plus Payne (12.1) and PG Bibbins (9.5-3.8 APG) are the team's best backcourt players. The 49ers returned home Wednesday following a winless nine-game road trip and notched a much-needed 75-66 victory over Pepperdine behind guard Evan Payne's game-high 17 points. "Obviously that was a big win for us," head coach Dan Monson told reporters. "We know that the team is a little fragile confidence-wise because of the schedule, and I was pleased with the way that they came out."
Texas: Many may feel that Shaka Smart's Texas team was overrated early on but the very young Longhorns' early-season struggles aren't totally unexpected. After all, the Longhorns are rebuilding after losing all five starters from last season's squad.
6-7 sophomore Tevin Mack (14.6 & 4.3) has stepped up as a consistent scorer in his second season but the Longhorns need more production from sophomore Kerwin Roach Jr. (11.6 & 4.1) and freshman guard Andrew Jones (9.1 & 4.1). The two were held to a combined 11 points in Tuesday's 53-50 loss at Michigan. Texas missed 10 of its last 12 shots in the final nine minutes! Smart is hoping that 6-11 Jarrett Allen (10.0 & 6.4) will continue to develop.
The pick: Long Beach allows 84.5 PPG (338th) on 48.2% shooting (324) and is now back out on the road where the team is winless, while allowing a whopping 91.6 PPG. Texas is not a high scoring team but the much smaller 49ers offer little resistance. Texas is 209-29 at the Erwin Center since the start of the 2002-03 season and while there is an ‘number to cover,' lay it and make Texas an 8* play.
Long Beach State: The 49ers won 20 games last season but gone are the team's best player, Faust (17.4 & 6.1) plus forward Hammonds (10.1 & 4.9). The 6-7 Levin (12.5 & 6.6) is the team's top frontcourt performer this year plus Payne (12.1) and PG Bibbins (9.5-3.8 APG) are the team's best backcourt players. The 49ers returned home Wednesday following a winless nine-game road trip and notched a much-needed 75-66 victory over Pepperdine behind guard Evan Payne's game-high 17 points. "Obviously that was a big win for us," head coach Dan Monson told reporters. "We know that the team is a little fragile confidence-wise because of the schedule, and I was pleased with the way that they came out."
Texas: Many may feel that Shaka Smart's Texas team was overrated early on but the very young Longhorns' early-season struggles aren't totally unexpected. After all, the Longhorns are rebuilding after losing all five starters from last season's squad.
6-7 sophomore Tevin Mack (14.6 & 4.3) has stepped up as a consistent scorer in his second season but the Longhorns need more production from sophomore Kerwin Roach Jr. (11.6 & 4.1) and freshman guard Andrew Jones (9.1 & 4.1). The two were held to a combined 11 points in Tuesday's 53-50 loss at Michigan. Texas missed 10 of its last 12 shots in the final nine minutes! Smart is hoping that 6-11 Jarrett Allen (10.0 & 6.4) will continue to develop.
The pick: Long Beach allows 84.5 PPG (338th) on 48.2% shooting (324) and is now back out on the road where the team is winless, while allowing a whopping 91.6 PPG. Texas is not a high scoring team but the much smaller 49ers offer little resistance. Texas is 209-29 at the Erwin Center since the start of the 2002-03 season and while there is an ‘number to cover,' lay it and make Texas an 8* play.
