UCSB Gauchos vs UC Davis Aggies: Don Best Big West Tournament Odds & Insights for 3/12/2021

The top-seeded UCSB Gauchos (19-4) are 10.5-point favorites in the Big West Tournament semifinals over the No. 4 seed UC Davis Aggies (10-7) on Friday at Mandalay Bay Event Center. The matchup begins at 9:00 PM ET and airs on ESPN3, with both teams hoping to move one step closer to an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament bracket.

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ATS Records for UCSB and UC Davis

UCSB Leaders

• JaQuori McLaughlin leads the Gauchos in points and assists. He scores 15.9 points per game while also adding 5.3 assists.
• The team is led in rebounds by Amadou Sow's 7.5 per game.
• The Gauchos are led by Ajare Sanni from long distance. He hits 1.8 shots from deep per game.
• The Gauchos steals leader is Devearl Ramsey, who averages 1.7 per game. Miles Norris leads the team averaging 0.9 blocks a game.

UC Davis Leaders

• The Aggies go-to guy, Ezra Manjon, leads the team in both scoring (15.9 points per game) and assists (3.2 assists per game).
• When it comes to rebounds, Kennedy Koehler is the UC Davis leader with 5.3 rebounds per game.
• Elijah Pepper makes more threes per game than any other member of the Aggies, averaging 2.0 treys per game.
• UC Davis' Pepper has the top spot on the team's steals leaderboard with 2.2 per game and Koehler is first in blocks with 0.8 per game.

UCSB vs UC Davis: Last 6 Meetings

The Gauchos have a 4-2 record in the last six games with the Aggies. The Aggies have a 2-1 record against the spread in those games against the Gauchos.

Points Insights

• The Gauchos record just three more points per game (74.6) than the Aggies allow (71.6).
• UCSB is 11-1 overall and 8-0 against the spread when scoring more than 71.6 points.
• UC Davis is 1-2 against the spread and 1-4 overall when giving up more than 74.6 points.
• The Aggies' 72.9 points per game are 9.3 more points than the 63.6 the Gauchos give up to opponents.
• When it puts up more than 63.6 points, UC Davis is 5-0 against the spread and 9-5 overall.
• UCSB has a 3-3 record overall and an ATS record of 2-3 in games when its opponents score more than 72.9 points.
• The Gauchos have out-scored their opponents by a total of 253 points this season (11.0 points per game on average), and the Aggies have put up 22 more points than their opponents on the year (1.3 per game).

Rebounding Insights

• The Gauchos and the Aggies are similar rebounding teams, with the squads averaging and 33.4 and 31.3 rebounds per game, respectively.
• UCSB is 11-0 against the spread when grabbing more boards than their opponents. UC Davis is 4-4 when they lose the rebounding battle.
• The Gauchos and the Aggies grab offensive rebounds at nearly the same rate (9.1 and 8.9 offensive rebounds per game, respectively).
• The Gauchos are 9-2 against the spread when they win the battle on the boards. The Aggies are 4-1 when they lose the rebounding edge.
• UCSB fairs well on the boards with an average rebounding margin of +3.5 rebounds per game. It's a different story for UC Davis, which averages a margin of -0.8.