Southern Utah Thunderbirds (14-8, 7-4 WAC) at Cal Baptist Lancers (16-8, 10-1 WAC)
Riverside, California; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Cal Baptist hosts Southern Utah after Khloe Lemon scored 25 points in Cal Baptist’s 74-71 victory over the Abilene Christian Wildcats.
The Lancers are 8-3 in home games. Cal Baptist averages 72.1 points while outscoring opponents by 6.1 points per game.
The Thunderbirds have gone 7-4 against WAC opponents. Southern Utah is 2-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
Cal Baptist is shooting 40.8% from the field this season, 1.9 percentage points higher than the 38.9% Southern Utah allows to opponents. Southern Utah has shot at a 40.8% rate from the field this season, 3.9 percentage points greater than the 36.9% shooting opponents of Cal Baptist have averaged.
The matchup Thursday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Lauren Olsen is scoring 15.3 points per game with 3.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists for the Lancers. Lemon is averaging 12.3 points and 2.6 rebounds while shooting 51.2% over the past 10 games.
Sierra Chambers is shooting 36.3% and averaging 15.6 points for the Thunderbirds. Devyn Kiernan is averaging 1.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Lancers: 9-1, averaging 76.6 points, 37.5 rebounds, 15.8 assists, 8.9 steals and 5.9 blocks per game while shooting 43.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.5 points per game.
Thunderbirds: 6-4, averaging 65.1 points, 37.3 rebounds, 13.8 assists, 4.4 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 39.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.2 points.
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