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01/14 03:43 CST Incarnate Word hosts East Texas A&M following Ellison's
21-point game
Incarnate Word hosts East Texas A&M following Ellison's 21-point game
By The Associated Press
East Texas A&M Lions (7-7, 3-4 Southland) at Incarnate Word Cardinals (6-8, 4-3
Southland)
San Antonio; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: East Texas A&M visits Incarnate Word after Tiani Ellison scored 21
points in East Texas A&M's 60-55 loss to the UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros.
The Cardinals have gone 4-2 in home games. Incarnate Word is seventh in the
Southland in rebounding averaging 30.6 rebounds. Raimi McCrary leads the
Cardinals with 8.2 boards.
The Lions are 3-4 in conference play. East Texas A&M ranks second in the
Southland with 15.7 assists per game led by Cora Horvath averaging 3.6.
Incarnate Word is shooting 39.1% from the field this season, 0.2 percentage
points lower than the 39.3% East Texas A&M allows to opponents. East Texas
A&M's 39.9% shooting percentage from the field this season is 4.8 percentage
points lower than Incarnate Word has given up to its opponents (44.7%).
The Cardinals and Lions match up Thursday for the first time in conference play
this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: McCrary is scoring 9.5 points per game and averaging 8.2
rebounds for the Cardinals. Jorja Elliott is averaging 1.9 made 3-pointers over
the last 10 games.
Horvath is shooting 31.4% from beyond the arc with 1.9 made 3-pointers per game
for the Lions, while averaging 10.7 points and 3.6 assists. Ellison is
averaging 15.1 points, six rebounds and 1.5 blocks over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinals: 5-5, averaging 61.6 points, 31.1 rebounds, 11.5
assists, 7.3 steals and 1.8 blocks per game while shooting 38.7% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 66.0 points per game.
Lions: 5-5, averaging 63.0 points, 30.1 rebounds, 16.0 assists, 5.5 steals and
4.0 blocks per game while shooting 39.4% from the field. Their opponents have
averaged 64.1 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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