UT Rio Grande Valley hosts the Lamar Cardinals after Dekedran Thorn scored 20 points in UT Rio Grande Valley's 68-65 victory over the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks. The teams meet Saturday for the first time this season. UT Rio Grande Valley is 1-0 against the Southland, and Lamar is 1-0 against conference opponents.
Edinburg, Texas; Saturday, 5:30 p.m. ESTBOTTOM LINE: UT Rio Grande Valley hosts Lamar after Dekedran Thorn scored 20 points in UT Rio Grande Valley’s 68-65 victory over the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks .
The Vaqueros are 3-0 on their home court. UT Rio Grande Valley is 192nd in college basketball averaging 11.6 made 3-pointers per game while shooting 33.6% from deep. K.T. Raimey leads the team averaging 3.0 makes while shooting 42.0% from 3-point range. The Cardinals are 1-0 in Southland play. Lamar has a 0-1 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
UT Rio Grande Valley averages 11.6 made 3-pointers per game, 4.6 more made shots than the 7.0 per game Lamar allows. Lamar averages 7.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.4 more makes per game than UT Rio Grande Valley gives up.TOP PERFORMERS: Raimey is scoring 14.7 points per game and averaging 1.7 rebounds for the Vaqueros.
Alexis Marmolejos is shooting 36.2% from beyond the arc with 2.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Cardinals, while averaging 16.3 points.
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