New Orleans plays UT Rio Grande Valley for conference matchup

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New Orleans Privateers (3-24, 3-15 Southland) at UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros (16-14, 11-8 Southland)

Edinburg, Texas; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: UT Rio Grande Valley hosts New Orleans in a matchup of Southland teams.

The Vaqueros are 10-5 on their home court. UT Rio Grande Valley averages 14.9 turnovers per game and is 8-3 when it turns the ball over less than its opponents.

The Privateers are 3-15 in Southland play. New Orleans allows 72.7 points to opponents and has been outscored by 13.0 points per game.

UT Rio Grande Valley is shooting 36.7% from the field this season, 6.9 percentage points lower than the 43.6% New Orleans allows to opponents. New Orleans' 34.9% shooting percentage from the field this season is 3.7 percentage points lower than UT Rio Grande Valley has allowed to its opponents (38.6%).

The matchup Saturday is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Kade Hackerott is shooting 37.8% and averaging 13.2 points for the Vaqueros. Kayla Lorenz is averaging 1.7 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Nora Francois is shooting 23.9% from beyond the arc with 1.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Privateers, while averaging 14.5 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.9 steals. Jasmine Jones is shooting 46.1% and averaging 10.3 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Vaqueros: 6-4, averaging 58.8 points, 37.6 rebounds, 13.3 assists, 5.6 steals and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting 34.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 54.9 points per game.

Privateers: 1-9, averaging 63.2 points, 33.8 rebounds, 12.6 assists, 8.5 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 35.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.6 points.

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