Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (3-9, 0-1 Sun Belt) at Texas State Bobcats (6-7, 0-1 Sun Belt)
San Marcos, Texas; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Coastal Carolina looks to end its four-game skid with a victory against Texas State.
The Bobcats have gone 3-0 at home. Texas State has a 2-6 record against opponents over .500.
The Chanticleers have gone 0-1 against Sun Belt opponents. Coastal Carolina is 1-0 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 12.5 turnovers per game.
Texas State makes 45.0% of its shots from the field this season, which is 4.7 percentage points higher than Coastal Carolina has allowed to its opponents (40.3%). Coastal Carolina has shot at a 45.9% clip from the field this season, 3.1 percentage points above the 42.8% shooting opponents of Texas State have averaged.
The matchup Thursday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Brandon Love is averaging 10.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks for the Bobcats. Dylan Dawson is averaging 1.6 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Texas State.
Jon Sanders is averaging 9.3 points for the Chanticleers. Kylan Blackmon is averaging 14.1 points and 3.7 rebounds while shooting 43.7% over the past 10 games for Coastal Carolina.
LAST 10 GAMES: Bobcats: 5-5, averaging 71.0 points, 36.4 rebounds, 12.9 assists, 6.9 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 46.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.8 points per game.
Chanticleers: 2-8, averaging 78.7 points, 42.1 rebounds, 14.3 assists, 6.7 steals and 4.1 blocks per game while shooting 46.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 77.4 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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