Natchitoches, Louisiana; Monday, 5 pm Eastern Time
Bottom Line: Northwestern State hosts East Texas A&M after Vernell Atamah scored 23 points in Northwestern State’s 62-47 win over the SE Louisiana Lions.
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The Lady Demons are 6-3 at home. Northwestern State ranks sixth in the Southland with 10.5 offensive rebounds per game led by Clarence Djuela with a 2.9 average.
The Lions are 8-8 against Southland opponents. East Texas A&M has a 6-7 record against opponents above .500.
Northwestern State scores 62.4 points per game, 3.5 points less than the 65.9 that East Texas A&M allows. East Texas A&M is averaging 6.1 three-pointers per game this season, 1.2 more shots on average than the 4.9 per game Northwestern State allows.
Monday’s matchup is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play.
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TOP PERFORMERS: Atamah is scoring 17.9 points per game and averaging 6.4 rebounds for the Lady Demons. Nya Valentine has an average of 2.5 three-pointers made in the last 10 games.
Tiani Ellison is averaging 15.1 points and 6.8 rebounds for the Lions. Reza Po averages 12.6 points in the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Lady Demons: 5-5, averaging 60.1 points, 34.6 rebounds, 12.2 assists, 5.7 steals and 2.4 blocks per game on 40.3% shooting from the field. Their opponents have averaged 57.6 points per game.
Lions: 5-5, averaging 64.0 points, 33.1 rebounds, 16.1 assists, 7.7 steals and 4.1 blocks per game on 39.8% shooting from the field. Their opponents have averaged 63.5 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.