UTSA faces Lamar after Holiman’s 21-point showing

Lamar Cardinals (4-3) at UTSA Roadrunners (3-4)

San Antonio; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: UTSA hosts the Lamar Cardinals after Adante’ Holiman scored 21 points in UTSA’s 90-80 win over the Incarnate Word Cardinals.

The Roadrunners are 2-1 in home games. UTSA is third in the AAC in rebounding with 38.1 rebounds. Dre Fuller Jr. leads the Roadrunners with 7.6 boards.

The Cardinals have gone 0-3 away from home. Lamar ranks eighth in the Southland scoring 32.0 points per game in the paint led by Adam Hamilton averaging 10.0.

UTSA’s average of 7.4 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.4 more made shots on average than the 7.0 per game Lamar allows. Lamar has shot at a 43.5% rate from the field this season, 1.5 percentage points higher than the 42.0% shooting opponents of UTSA have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Christian Tucker is scoring 12.4 points per game with 3.1 rebounds and 5.3 assists for the Roadrunners. Fuller is averaging 12.3 points and 7.6 rebounds while shooting 39.5% for UTSA.

BB Knight is shooting 41.7% and averaging 12.0 points for the Cardinals. Terry Anderson is averaging 11.4 points for Lamar.