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Omaha visits Lamar following Holifield’s 24-point outing
Omaha Mavericks (6-7) at Lamar Cardinals (5-5, 0-2 Southland)
Beaumont, Texas; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Lamar plays Omaha after Andrew Holifield scored 24 points in Lamar’s 83-72 loss to the UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros.
The Cardinals are 3-2 in home games. Lamar is fifth in the Southland with 23.6 defensive rebounds per game led by Braden East averaging 5.0.
The Mavericks are 1-4 in road games. Omaha ranks third in the Summit League with 14.5 assists per game led by Ja’Sean Glover averaging 3.3.
Lamar is shooting 43.2% from the field this season, 1.1 percentage points lower than the 44.3% Omaha allows to opponents. Omaha averages 9.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.2 more made shots on average than the 7.1 per game Lamar allows.
TOP PERFORMERS: Holifield is scoring 14.3 points per game and averaging 5.7 rebounds for the Cardinals. Rob Lee Jr. is averaging 2.4 made 3-pointers.
Lance Waddles averages 3.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Mavericks, scoring 17.5 points while shooting 46.5% from beyond the arc. Glover is averaging 13 points, 6.1 rebounds and four assists over the past 10 games.
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