Lamar Cardinals (2-5) at Texas A&M-CC Islanders (5-3)
Corpus Christi, Texas; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Texas A&M-CC seeks to extend its four-game win streak with a victory over Lamar.
The Islanders have gone 5-0 in home games. Texas A&M-CC leads college basketball with 46.3 points in the paint. Isaac Williams leads the Islanders averaging 7.3.
The Cardinals are 0-2 in road games. Lamar is the top team in the Southland scoring 16.3 fast break points per game.
Texas A&M-CC makes 52.0% of its shots from the field this season, which is 10.0 percentage points higher than Lamar has allowed to its opponents (42.0%). Lamar averages 7.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.1 more made shots on average than the 6.3 per game Texas A&M-CC gives up.
The matchup Thursday is the first meeting this season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jordan Roberts is shooting 40.7% from beyond the arc with 1.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Islanders, while averaging 8.4 points.
Alexis Marmolejos is scoring 16.1 points per game and averaging 2.7 rebounds for the Cardinals.
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