HBU Huskies (4-4) at UC Riverside Highlanders (5-4)Saturday, Dec. 30 – 1 p.m. PSTSRC Arena – Riverside, Calif. Audio (Lonnie King)Live StatsGame Notes RIVERSIDE, Calif. - HBU wraps up a stretch of four-of-five on the road when it takes on UC Riverside in the final game before Christmas break Saturday, Dec. 20 at 1 p.m. PST at SRC Arena. The Legacy Sports Network audio broadcast with Lonnie King is available on HBUHuskies.com, beginning at 12:45 p.m. PST.
The Huskies (4-4) are led by sophomore forward
Colter Lasher, who averages 10.5 points per game, and junior guard
Anthony Odunsi, who adds 10.3 points per game. HBU has three other players averaging at least seven points per game: senior center
Ricmonds Vilde, who leads the team with 6.8 rebounds per game, senior guard
Marcel Smith and junior guard
Jourdan Stickler. Freshman center
Josh Ibarra chips in with 6.7 rebounds per game and ranks 13th in the nation with 3.14 blocked shots per game.
Taylor Johns leads the Highlanders (5-4) with 15.2 points and 7.9 rebounds per game, while Jaylen Bland adds 14.3 points per game and shoots 41.3 percent from behind the arc. Nick Gruninger shoots 41.7 percent from 3-point range and averages 9.1 points per game.
HBU is coming off an 83-76 loss on the road to Houston Tuesday. Odunsi scored a career-high 18 points, while Ibarra also had a career-high 14 and Lasher added 12. UC Riverside took a 77-66 defeat at the hands of UCLA in their last game on Dec. 10. Steven Thornton led the Highlanders with 15 points, while Johns had 13 points and eight boards.
Saturday's game marks the first meeting between the two schools.
The Huskies will have 10 days off during the Christmas break and return to action when they host Ecclesia Tuesday, Dec. 30 in the final tuneup before beginning Southland Conference play at home against Northwestern State Saturday, Jan. 3.
