Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (14-10, 7-6 CUSA) at Florida International Panthers (11-13, 4-9 CUSA)
Miami; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Louisiana Tech visits Florida International after the Bulldogs took down the Missouri State Bears 79-78 in overtime.
The Panthers have gone 9-5 in home games. Florida International scores 81.8 points and has outscored opponents by 3.5 points per game.
The Bulldogs are 7-6 against CUSA opponents. Louisiana Tech is the best team in the CUSA allowing just 64.0 points per game while holding opponents to 38.8% shooting.
Florida International makes 45.6% of its shots from the field this season, which is 6.8 percentage points higher than Louisiana Tech has allowed to its opponents (38.8%). Louisiana Tech has shot at a 43.5% rate from the field this season, 0.9 percentage points above the 42.6% shooting opponents of Florida International have averaged.
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Corey Stephenson is shooting 40.6% from beyond the arc with 2.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Panthers, while averaging 17.8 points and 6.5 rebounds. Zawdie Jackson is averaging 12.6 points over the last 10 games.
