The Sam Houston State Bearkats (12-9, 5-1 C-USA) hit the road Thursday for a visit to Bowling Green, Kentucky and the E.A. Diddle Arena to play the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (14-6, 3-3 C-USA) in a Conference-USA game. Sam Houston State defeated UTEP 60-56 on Saturday night for their second consecutive victory and 6th win in the last seven. Western Kentucky defeated FIU last Thursday 105-91 to snap a two-game losing streak. Sam Houston's Jaden Ray is questionable. Western Kentucky does not have any players listed on its injury report.
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Sam Houston State is scoring an average of only 71.5 points per game which is 254th in the country, while shooting 40.8% (334th) overall and 32.5% (245th) from 3-point land. Sam Houston State is making 71.2% of its free throws which is 196th. Lamar Wilkerson is averaging 15.0 points per game to lead Sam Houston State and Davon Barnes is second with an average of 13.9 points per game. There are no other players averaging double figures in scoring for Sam Houston State. Jaden Ray is the leader in assists with an average of 4.0 per game.
Sam Houston State is allowing an average of 71.0 points per game which is 155th, while holding opponents to 44.0% (209th) shooting overall and 31.6% (86th) shooting from three point land. Sam Houston State averages 38.3 rebounds per game led by Damon Nicholas Jr with an average of 5.9 boards per contest. Nicholas Jr is the leader in steals with an average of 1.4 per game and Soulemane Doumbia is the rim protector with an average of 1.2 blocked shots per game.
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