UC Riverside Highlanders (18-10, 11-5 Big West) at Cal Poly Mustangs (10-17, 4-11 Big West) San Luis Obispo, California; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UC Riverside takes on Cal Poly after Nate Pickens scored 27 points in UC Riverside's 87-66 victory over the Long Beach State Beach.

Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones had 19 points in UCSD's 81-67 win over Cal Poly on Thursday. Tait-Jones also contributed 10 rebounds for the Tritons (23-4, 13-2 Big West Conference). Tyler McGhie scored 17 points and added six rebounds.

Cal Poly hosts the UCSD Tritons after Owen Koonce scored 21 points in Cal Poly’s 89-85 loss to the CSU Northridge Matadors

Point Goals_UC San Diego 8-36 (McGhie 5-14, Gray 2-6, Burke 1-5, Howell 0-1, Tait-Jones 0-1, Kapic 0-4, Rochelin 0-5), Cal Poly 13-34 (Jessup 5-8, Ward 3-6, Koonce 2-4, Riniker 1-2, Vasilic 1-4, Hyder 1-8,

UC Riverside and Cal Poly will take the floor in a matchup of Big West opponents. The teams match up Saturday for the first time this season.