SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (Interstat) — Oakland will visit UC Santa Barbara on Saturday in a men’s NCAA Division I basketball game at the Thunderdome. The Golden Grizzlies enter with a 0-2 record, while the Gauchos are 1-0.

UC Santa Barbara will be the home team in the matchup between the Gauchos and Golden Grizzlies. Oakland is seeking its first win after opening the season with two road losses. The Golden Grizzlies lost 84-68 at Michigan and then fell 81-63 at Stanford in their most recent result. The Thunderdome is on the University of California-Santa Barbara campus.

Chris Fields is a player to watch for Oakland. Fields had 23 points and six rebounds in 33 minutes in the Stanford game. He also recorded 18 points and 10 rebounds in 34 minutes at Michigan. In the most recent Oakland result, William Kassi added 11 points and six rebounds, while RJ Taylor scored five points with three rebounds and one assist. Oakland’s other previous result this season was the loss at Michigan.

UC Santa Barbara opened with an 85-55 home win over San Francisco State. Marvin McGhee is a player to watch for the Gauchos. McGhee had nine points, six rebounds and five assists in 14 minutes in that victory. Eric Dibami scored 12 points and grabbed three rebounds, and Antonio Chol added 13 points and four rebounds for UC Santa Barbara. The Gauchos will look to build on their opening victory at home.

Oakland will continue its road-heavy early schedule after the visit to the Thunderdome. The Golden Grizzlies have two losses against Division I opponents and will face the Gauchos before returning to the road. After the game on Saturday, Oakland is scheduled to play at Alabama, Boise State, Arizona State, Purdue and Houston, with home games against Northern Iowa and Northern Kentucky and road games at IU Indy, Arkansas and Toledo. UC Santa Barbara’s upcoming schedule includes a home game against Nevada, a home contest against UC Merced, road games at Pepperdine and Cal State Bakersfield, home games against UNC Greensboro, Cal Poly and Weber State, and games against Lehigh, Yale and Fresno State.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Oakland 78, UC Santa Barbara 74. Interstat’s ELO system projects UC Santa Barbara with a 68.9 percent probability to win. UC Santa Barbara has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -13.5. The over/under for this game is 150.5.