UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros (5-3) at Western Illinois Leathernecks (3-4)
Macomb, Illinois; Saturday, 3:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: UT Rio Grande Valley plays the Western Illinois Leathernecks after Will Johnston scored 29 points in UT Rio Grande Valley's 89-82 win against the Texas A&M-CC Islanders.
The Leathernecks have gone 2-1 at home. Western Illinois is 1-1 in games decided by less than 4 points.
The Vaqueros are 0-3 on the road. UT Rio Grande Valley scores 79.8 points while outscoring opponents by 4.4 points per game.
TOP PERFORMERS: Trenton Massner averages 2.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Leathernecks, scoring 13.3 points while shooting 45.7% from beyond the arc. Alec Rosner is shooting 44.9% and averaging 15.0 points for Western Illinois.
Johnston is shooting 51.9% from beyond the arc with 1.8 made 3-pointers per game for the Vaqueros, while averaging 13.6 points and 3.6 assists. Justin Johnson is averaging 18.8 points for UT Rio Grande Valley.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
