George leads Northern Colorado against Sam Houston after 22-point game

Northern Colorado Bears (9-3) at Sam Houston Bearkats (5-4)

Huntsville, Texas; Monday, 1 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Northern Colorado takes on Sam Houston after Neenah George scored 22 points in Northern Colorado’s 57-47 win over the UC Davis Aggies.

The Bearkats have gone 4-1 at home. Sam Houston is ninth in the CUSA scoring 62.6 points while shooting 37.4% from the field.

The Bears are 3-2 on the road. Northern Colorado is second in the Big Sky with 13.9 offensive rebounds per game led by Tatum West averaging 4.0.

Sam Houston is shooting 37.4% from the field this season, 2.3 percentage points lower than the 39.7% Northern Colorado allows to opponents. Northern Colorado has shot at a 43.1% rate from the field this season, 5.7 percentage points above the 37.4% shooting opponents of Sam Houston have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Fanta Kone is scoring 11.2 points per game with 3.6 rebounds and 4.1 assists for the Bearkats. Nyla Inmon is averaging 9.4 points and 5.9 rebounds while shooting 32.7%.

Gabi Fields is averaging six points, 3.6 assists and 2.2 steals for the Bears. West is averaging 12.3 points over the last 10 games.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.