Marshall and the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters take on conference foe Delaware

Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters (7-5, 0-1 CUSA) at Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens (6-8, 0-2 CUSA)

Newark, Delaware; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Aylasia Fantrov and Delaware host Jordan Marshall and Louisiana Tech in CUSA action Thursday.

The Fightin’ Blue Hens have gone 2-3 in home games. Delaware averages 67.5 points while outscoring opponents by 1.1 points per game.

The Lady Techsters are 0-1 against CUSA opponents. Louisiana Tech ranks fourth in the CUSA shooting 30.9% from 3-point range.

Delaware’s average of 4.7 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.5 fewer made shots on average than the 5.2 per game Louisiana Tech allows. Louisiana Tech has shot at a 43.3% rate from the field this season, 2.4 percentage points higher than the 40.9% shooting opponents of Delaware have averaged.

The matchup Thursday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ella Wanzer averages 2.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Fightin’ Blue Hens, scoring 8.5 points while shooting 36.9% from beyond the arc. Ande’a Cherisier is shooting 49.1% and averaging 13.7 points over the past 10 games.

Paris Bradley is scoring 14.3 points per game and averaging 5.3 rebounds for the Lady Techsters. Jianna Morris is averaging 2.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Fightin’ Blue Hens: 4-6, averaging 66.7 points, 32.6 rebounds, 9.8 assists, 8.6 steals and 2.1 blocks per game while shooting 41.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.2 points per game.

Lady Techsters: 7-3, averaging 78.1 points, 36.5 rebounds, 16.7 assists, 10.8 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 44.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 59.7 points.

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