Abilene Christian Wildcats (4-3) at Omaha Mavericks (3-5)
Omaha, Nebraska; Saturday, 8:05 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Omaha takes on Abilene Christian after Tony Osburn scored 23 points in Omaha’s 65-59 victory against the Lamar Cardinals.
The Mavericks are 1-0 in home games. Omaha has a 1-2 record in games decided by 10 points or more.
The Wildcats are 0-2 in road games. Abilene Christian is third in the WAC with 24.9 defensive rebounds per game led by Joseph Venzant averaging 3.7.
Omaha’s average of 8.4 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.7 more made shots on average than the 7.7 per game Abilene Christian gives up. Abilene Christian has shot at a 49.1% rate from the field this season, 3.7 percentage points higher than the 45.4% shooting opponents of Omaha have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Osburn averages 1.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Mavericks, scoring 9.6 points while shooting 41.4% from beyond the arc.
Leonardo Bettiol is shooting 65.0% and averaging 14.3 points for the Wildcats.
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