Montana State plays CSU Northridge after Goracke's 23-point showing

Montana State Bobcats (5-5) at CSU Northridge Matadors (8-3)

Northridge, California; Friday, 4 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Matadors -5.5; over/under is 144

BOTTOM LINE: Montana State visits the CSU Northridge Matadors after Brian Goracke scored 23 points in Montana State's 89-88 overtime victory over the Southern Utah Thunderbirds.

The Matadors have gone 4-1 at home. CSU Northridge leads the Big West with 28.3 defensive rebounds per game led by Keonte Jones averaging 5.1.

The Bobcats are 1-2 on the road. Montana State has a 2-1 record in games decided by at least 10 points.

CSU Northridge's average of 4.8 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.6 fewer made shots on average than the 5.4 per game Montana State gives up. Montana State has shot at a 44.8% rate from the field this season, 6.1 percentage points higher than the 38.7% shooting opponents of CSU Northridge have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Dionte Bostick is shooting 39.3% from beyond the arc with 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Matadors, while averaging 15.6 points and 1.5 steals. De'Sean Allen-Eikens is averaging 17.4 points and 5.4 rebounds over the past 10 games for CSU Northridge.

Goracke is shooting 43.5% and averaging 15.7 points for the Bobcats. Robert Ford III is averaging 13.4 points for Montana State.

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