Incarnate Word plays Texas A&M-Commerce following Bailey’s 22-point game
Texas A&M-Commerce Lions (1-8, 0-1 Southland) at Incarnate Word Cardinals (4-4, 0-1 Southland)
San Antonio; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Incarnate Word hosts Texas A&M-Commerce after Davion Bailey scored 22 points in Incarnate Word’s 72-70 loss to the Northwestern State Demons.
The Cardinals are 3-1 on their home court. Incarnate Word scores 80.5 points while outscoring opponents by 7.1 points per game.
The Lions are 0-1 in Southland play. Texas A&M-Commerce allows 80.8 points to opponents and has been outscored by 16.6 points per game.
Incarnate Word scores 80.5 points per game, 0.3 fewer points than the 80.8 Texas A&M-Commerce gives up. Texas A&M-Commerce’s 41.6% shooting percentage from the field this season is 4.1 percentage points lower than Incarnate Word has given up to its opponents (45.7%).
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Bailey is scoring 17.5 points per game and averaging 3.0 rebounds for the Cardinals.
Khaliq Abdul-Mateen averages 2.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Lions, scoring 10.6 points while shooting 35.7% from beyond the arc.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.