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Portland Pilots (5-12, 0-4 WCC) at San Francisco Dons (13-4, 3-1 WCC)
San Francisco; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: San Francisco plays Portland after Malik Thomas scored 34 points in San Francisco’s 91-82 loss to the Washington State Cougars.
The Dons are 10-0 in home games. San Francisco is third in the WCC at limiting opponent scoring, giving up 66.8 points while holding opponents to 41.3% shooting.
The Pilots are 0-4 in conference play. Portland is 1-0 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
San Francisco’s average of 9.2 made 3-pointers per game is 1.4 fewer made shots on average than the 10.6 per game Portland allows. Portland has shot at a 43.1% clip from the field this season, 1.8 percentage points greater than the 41.3% shooting opponents of San Francisco have averaged.
The Dons and Pilots square off Thursday for the first time in conference play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Thomas is scoring 20.4 points per game and averaging 3.8 rebounds for the Dons.
Vukasin Masic is averaging 9.3 points and 3.2 assists for the Pilots.
LAST 10 GAMES: Dons: 8-2, averaging 78.2 points, 33.4 rebounds, 14.0 assists, 7.0 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 46.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.2 points per game.
Pilots: 3-7, averaging 72.0 points, 28.5 rebounds, 16.2 assists, 4.8 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 44.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 78.9 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.