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Cal State Fullerton (6-13, 4-5) at Long Beach State (3-15, 2-7), 5:30, Fox Sports Net 2 -- Both teams have made recent lineup changes that have produced better efforts than their records indicate. Long Beach beat Big West Conference leader UC Santa Barbara last time out. Fullerton is only two baskets out of first place after one-point setbacks to Utah State and Pacific. Fullerton won the first meeting, 57-53, in overtime but has not won at Long Beach since 1999.

Utah State (16-4, 7-2) at UC Santa Barbara (9-10, 6-3), 7, KEYT (1250) -- This may be a pivotal trip for Utah State, which also plays at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on Saturday. The Aggies have won four straight and six of seven to take a one-game lead over Santa Barbara and Pacific. They go home to play five of their last seven games. Utah State (5-4) shares the best Big West road record with UC Irvine.

-- Paul McLeod

Portland (9-11, 2-5) at Loyola Marymount (7-15, 1-6), 7, KXLU-FM (88.8) -- Loyola has lost three in a row, falling into last place in the West Coast Conference. Portland hasn’t played much better but showed signs of improvement last week by routing Santa Clara, 72-47, and giving San Diego a scare before falling, 78-77. Freshman guard Brandon Worthy leads Loyola with an 11.3 scoring average.

-- Rob Fernas