Earlington leads San Diego against Santa Clara after 30-point showing

Published Feb. 9, 2023 3:43 a.m. ET

Associated Press

San Diego Toreros (11-14, 4-7 WCC) at Santa Clara Broncos (17-8, 5-5 WCC)

Santa Clara, California; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Santa Clara -10.5; over/under is 158.5

BOTTOM LINE: San Diego takes on the Santa Clara Broncos after Marcellus Earlington scored 30 points in San Diego's 87-79 victory against the Loyola Marymount Lions.

The Broncos are 11-4 on their home court. Santa Clara is 6- when it turns the ball over less than its opponents and averages 12.3 turnovers per game.

The Toreros are 4-7 in conference matchups. San Diego is the leader in the WCC scoring 16.2 fast break points per game.

The matchup Thursday is the first meeting this season between the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Brandin Podziemski is scoring 19.0 points per game and averaging 8.1 rebounds for the Broncos. Keshawn Justice is averaging 3.2 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Santa Clara.

Seikou Sisoho Jawara is averaging 11.3 points for the Toreros. Earlington is averaging 18.4 points and 6.9 rebounds while shooting 51.0% over the last 10 games for San Diego.

LAST 10 GAMES: Broncos: 5-5, averaging 78.3 points, 33.9 rebounds, 11.9 assists, 6.2 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 46.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 78.1 points per game.

Toreros: 4-6, averaging 78.5 points, 29.8 rebounds, 11.9 assists, 6.6 steals and 1.8 blocks per game while shooting 46.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 82.6 points.

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