Sam Houston Bearkats welcome the Lamar Cardinals on Sunday

Lamar Cardinals (4-4) at Sam Houston Bearkats (4-4)

Huntsville, Texas; Sunday, 6 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Division 1 Division foes Sam Houston and Lamar square off.

The Bearkats are 1-1 in home games. Sam Houston ranks third in the CUSA in rebounding averaging 34.6 rebounds. Kian Scroggins leads the Bearkats with 5.6 boards.

The Cardinals have gone 0-4 away from home. Lamar ranks fifth in the Southland allowing 77.3 points while holding opponents to 41.5% shooting.

Sam Houston averages 73.4 points per game, 3.9 fewer points than the 77.3 Lamar gives up. Lamar’s 44.4% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.0 percentage points lower than Sam Houston has given up to its opponents (46.4%).

TOP PERFORMERS: Davon Barnes is scoring 15.9 points per game and averaging 3.1 rebounds for the Bearkats. Lamar Wilkerson is averaging 13.4 points and 2.6 rebounds while shooting 40.2% for Sam Houston.

BB Knight averages 2.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Cardinals, scoring 12.1 points while shooting 42.2% from beyond the arc. Terry Anderson is averaging 12.1 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.9 steals for Lamar.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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