Sam Houston Bearkats (21-9, 13-6 CUSA) at Liberty Flames (24-6, 16-3 CUSA)
Lynchburg, Virginia; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Flames -4.5; over/under is 155.5
BOTTOM LINE: Liberty hosts Sam Houston after Brett Decker Jr. scored 30 points in Liberty’s 76-71 loss to the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs.
The Flames are 13-2 in home games. Liberty scores 78.4 points and has outscored opponents by 8.3 points per game.
The Bearkats are 13-6 against conference opponents. Sam Houston is the top team in the CUSA scoring 15.1 fast break points per game.
Liberty averages 10.6 made 3-pointers per game, 2.7 more made shots than the 7.9 per game Sam Houston allows. Sam Houston averages 8.6 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.5 more makes per game than Liberty gives up.
The teams play for the second time this season in CUSA play. Liberty won the last matchup 82-74 on Jan. 10. Zach Cleveland scored 23 points points to help lead the Flames to the win.
TOP PERFORMERS: Decker is averaging 16.9 points for the Flames. Kaden Metheny is averaging 13.7 points over the last 10 games.
Po’Boigh King is scoring 14.4 points per game with 2.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists for the Bearkats. Jacob Walker is averaging 17.1 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Flames: 7-3, averaging 76.5 points, 23.1 rebounds, 16.4 assists, 5.5 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 50.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.0 points per game.
Bearkats: 8-2, averaging 82.0 points, 33.5 rebounds, 14.6 assists, 6.1 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 47.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.9 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.