Southern hosts Texas Southern after Hupstead’s 30-point game
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Texas Southern Tigers (2-9) at Southern Jaguars (4-9)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Saturday, 6 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Texas Southern plays Southern after Troy Hupstead scored 30 points in Texas Southern’s 80-56 win against the Huston-Tillotson Rams.
The Jaguars have gone 3-0 at home. Southern has a 2-8 record against opponents above .500.
The Tigers are 0-6 on the road. Texas Southern is 0-1 in games decided by less than 4 points.
Southern scores 83.0 points per game, 2.0 fewer points than the 85.0 Texas Southern gives up. Texas Southern has shot at a 43.8% rate from the field this season, 1.3 percentage points fewer than the 45.1% shooting opponents of Southern have averaged.
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Malek Abdelgowad is averaging 11.6 points and 6.9 rebounds for the Jaguars. Cam Amboree is averaging 1.9 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
Hupstead is shooting 49.1% and averaging 15.6 points for the Tigers. Zaire Hayes is averaging 1.1 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Jaguars: 3-7, averaging 80.5 points, 31.5 rebounds, 14.5 assists, 10.0 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 46.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 82.1 points per game.
Tigers: 2-8, averaging 74.6 points, 31.2 rebounds, 9.5 assists, 6.5 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 45.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 83.7 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.