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Southern Miss squares off against UT Martin

UT Martin Skyhawks (4-1) vs. Southern Miss Golden Eagles (3-3)

Pensacola, Florida; Sunday, 4 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: UT Martin and Southern Miss square off in Pensacola, Florida.

The Golden Eagles have a 3-3 record in non-conference games. Southern Miss is third in the Sun Belt with 10.8 offensive rebounds per game led by Djahi Binet averaging 2.3.

The Skyhawks have a 4-1 record in non-conference games. UT Martin ranks second in the OVC shooting 36.7% from 3-point range.

Southern Miss’ average of 6.7 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.5 more made shots on average than the 6.2 per game UT Martin gives up. UT Martin has shot at a 48.7% rate from the field this season, 7.7 percentage points greater than the 41.0% shooting opponents of Southern Miss have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Tylik Weeks is scoring 19.2 points per game with 5.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists for the Golden Eagles. Isaac Tavares is averaging 19.2 points and 7.7 rebounds while shooting 53.5%.

Andrija Bukumirovic is averaging 19.2 points and 8.8 rebounds for the Skyhawks. Matas Deniusas is averaging 14.6 points.

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