The UTSA Roadrunners (6-6, 0-1 C-USA) visit Ruston, Louisiana on Thursday to play the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (7-5, 0-1 C-USA) at the Thomas Assembly Center in a Conference-USA clash. UTSA was defeated by North Texas 78-64 in its most recent game last Thursday and the Roadrunners have lost three of the last four. Louisiana Tech was a 108-52 winner over division III Jarvis Christian on December 21 in its most recent outing. UTSA will play without Cedrick Alley Jr and Carlton Linguard Jr. Louisiana Tech does not have any players listed on its injury report.
UTSA is scoring an average of only 69.0 points per game and most of that is because of poor shooting. The Roadrunners have a field goal percentage of 40.6% and a three-point shooting percentage of 33.8%. Japhet Medor is scoring a team-high 12.3 points per game but is shooting only 42.7% overall and 31.8% from behind the line. Jacob Germany is the second leading scorer with an average of 11.7 points per game and shoots 46.6% and has attempted only one 3-point shot this season. Medor is the leader in assists with an average of 3.9 dishes per game. UTSA averages 13.9 turnovers per contest.
UTSA is allowing an average of 71.6 points per game, while opponents are shooting 42.4% overall and 29.3% from behind the 3-point line, which is 43rd in the country. The leading rebounder for UTSA is Germany with an average of 7.8 boards per game and as a team UTSA is averaging 36.6 rebounds per game while allowing an average of 34.2 rebounds per contest. Medor is the leader in steals with average of 1.3 per game and the leader in blocked shots is Germany with an average of 0.9 swats per contest.