Houston Christian faces Sam Houston, looks for 4th straight home win

Sam Houston Bearkats (6-3) at Houston Christian Huskies (4-5, 1-0 Southland)

Houston; Friday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Houston Christian hosts Sam Houston aiming to prolong its three-game home winning streak.

The Huskies are 4-1 in home games. Houston Christian leads the Southland with 26.6 defensive rebounds per game led by Tiffany Tullis averaging 9.6.

The Bearkats have gone 1-3 away from home. Sam Houston ranks ninth in the CUSA shooting 24.0% from 3-point range.

Houston Christian is shooting 36.2% from the field this season, 2.4 percentage points lower than the 38.6% Sam Houston allows to opponents. Sam Houston scores 8.6 more points per game (68.2) than Houston Christian allows (59.6).

TOP PERFORMERS: Erin Maguire is shooting 28.8% and averaging 9.5 points for the Huskies.

Kaila Kelley is averaging 13.4 points for the Bearkats.

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

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