The UTSA Roadrunners will play the Rice Owls in the opening round of the Conference-USA tournament in Frisco, Texas at the Ford Center. UTSA defeated the Charlotte 49ers 78-73 in the final game of the regular season, finishing 10-21 overall and 4-16 in conference play. Rice finished the regular season with a 90-83 loss to FIU and lost each of its last four. The Owls finished the season 17-14 with an 8-12 conference record. Carlton Linguard Jr is out for UTSA, while Rice does not have any players out injured.
UTSA is allowing an average of 76.7 points per game which is 340th in the country. The Roadrunners are allowing opponents to shoot 44.9% overall which is 263rd and 35.0% from three point land which is also 263rd. UTSA's offense, which is averaging 69.2 points per game, cannot keep pace with what the defense gives up. The Roadrunners are shooting 41.0% overall and 33.4% from three point land.
Japhet Medor is the leading scorer for UTSA with an average of 13.4 points per game but is shooting just 40.6%, while second leading scorer Jacob Germany is averaging 12.4 points per game and shoots 46.2%. The top five scorers for UTSA shoot between 35.7% and 46.2%. Germany is the king of the boards with an average of 8.3 rebounds per game and Medor is the dish leader with a team best 3.8 assists per game.
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