Long Beach State basketball player Deishuan Booker’s powerball number is 2019.

Since the calendar turned, Booker is averaging 24.8 points and 6.0 assists per game. He enters tonight’s game against host Hawaii averaging 27.0 points and 5.0 assists in five Big West matchups.

“He does everything,” said UH assistant coach Jabari Trotter, who prepared the scouting report on the 49ers. “He averages 27 a game. He shoots from 3. He leads their team in assists. He does it all really well. He’s a player.”

Booker, a 6-foot-3 senior guard, was averaging 14.2 points in nonconference games. “I guess it was kind of a switch,” Booker said of his scoring surge in league play. “I got more focused, more attention to details. And my coach needed more from me when (Temidayo) Yussuf went out.”

Yussuf, a 6-7 post master, was averaging 12.9 points and 7.2 rebounds before suffering an injury. Yussuf has missed six games, and his availability is listed as day to day. LBSU coach Dan Monson said he is unsure if today “will be that day” Yussuf returns. Booker readily accepted an expanded role.

Booker is at his best when he treats the lane as a freeway. “He’s good at driving,” Trotter said. “He likes to drive right and left.”

Booker writes and uses a fork with his left hand, but shoots with his right. During a three-week stretch when he was younger, his father made him practice with his right hand behind his back. “It taught me to dribble with my left hand,” Booker said.

Booker has parlayed drives into fouls and then into free throws. He took 15 free throws against UC Santa Barbara, 16 against Irvine and 20 against UC Davis.

“He’s playing with a lot of confidence,” Monson said.

The ’Bows are expected to employ several tactics to annoy Booker, from a rotation of defenders to double coverages. “When you have a guy who’s in a zone like that, I don’t know how much you’re going to limit him in his scoring,” Trotter said. “But you can limit him in his great shots, turn his great shots into OK shots, and try to give him different looks and different personnel guarding him. If we can do that, and make every shot difficult for him, I think we’ll have a decent chance.”

Booker usually initiates plays from the point. But when doubled, he will switch over to off guard. Against Santa Barbara, Booker had this 35-minute line: 25 points, nine rebounds, seven assists, zero turnovers.

“In a game, it’s kind of a numb feeling,” said Booker, who does not keep track of stats. “You don’t really notice until you look up and you’ve got, I don’t know, 17, 18 points, and my coach is telling me to keep going. I feel sometimes I shoot too much, and I don’t want to do that.”

The ’Bows counter with a balanced attack in which four players are averaging double-digit scoring in Big West games. The ’Bows also have maintained a deep rotation. Dawson Carper, one of three 7-foot freshmen, is now in the mix at center. Last Saturday, Carper scored 13 points and grabbed five rebounds in 19 minutes against UC Davis.

Carper has become efficient in screen and rolls. Point guard Drew Buggs praised Carper’s pass-catching ability. Carper said he was helped by grabbing passes as a tight end in high school and from catching UH assistant coach John Montgomery’s purposely off-the-mark throws in practices.

“Mont will throw crazy passes,” Carper said. “It helps us to adjust to game situations.”

UH coach Eran Ganot said Carper has earned the extra playing time. “For the most part, if you perform in practice, you’ll get cracks in games,” Ganot said. “And if you perform in games and have breakthroughs, you’ll get more cracks. You could look at all the older guys in our program, and they’ve gone through the same progression. It’s fun to watch.”

BIG WEST BASKETBALL

At Stan Sheriff Center

Long Beach State (8-13, 2-3 BWC) vs. Hawaii (12-7, 3-2)

>> When: Today, 7:05 p.m.

>> Theme: “Retro Night” with the Rainbow Warriors wearing jerseys inspired by the 1993-94 team that reached the NCAA Tournament

>> TV: Spectrum Sports

>> Radio: KKEA 1420 AM