Houston Christian Huskies (5-15, 2-9 Southland) at Incarnate Word Cardinals (12-8, 7-4 Southland)
San Antonio; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Tiffany Tullis and Houston Christian take on Raimi McCrary and Incarnate Word in Southland play Saturday.
The Cardinals are 9-2 on their home court. Incarnate Word ranks fourth in the Southland with 13.9 assists per game led by Myra Bell averaging 2.4.
The Huskies are 2-9 in conference games. Houston Christian averages 18.0 turnovers per game and is 2-3 when winning the turnover battle.
Incarnate Word is shooting 41.7% from the field this season, 1.7 percentage points higher than the 40.0% Houston Christian allows to opponents. Houston Christian’s 35.2% shooting percentage from the field this season is 4.7 percentage points lower than Incarnate Word has allowed to its opponents (39.9%).
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jorja Elliott is scoring 10.3 points per game and averaging 3.4 rebounds for the Cardinals. Destiny Whitaker is averaging 1.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
Erin Maguire is averaging 9.7 points for the Huskies. Tullis is averaging 6.3 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinals: 6-4, averaging 64.9 points, 32.7 rebounds, 13.5 assists, 12.3 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 43.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 57.1 points per game.
Huskies: 1-9, averaging 48.0 points, 28.6 rebounds, 10.0 assists, 7.8 steals and 3.1 blocks per game while shooting 32.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.4 points.
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