Johnson and Charleston Southern host UT Martin

UT Martin Skyhawks (2-5) at Charleston Southern Buccaneers (2-7)

North Charleston, South Carolina; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Charleston Southern faces UT Martin after RJ Johnson scored 23 points in Charleston Southern's 83-79 win against the Miami Hurricanes.

The Buccaneers are 1-1 in home games. Charleston Southern is third in the Big South with 24.4 defensive rebounds per game led by Taje' Kelly averaging 5.3.

The Skyhawks are 1-4 on the road. UT Martin is third in the OVC with 37.1 rebounds per game led by Vladimer Salaridze averaging 8.3.

Charleston Southern's average of 7.3 made 3-pointers per game is 1.4 fewer made shots on average than the 8.7 per game UT Martin gives up. UT Martin's 37.9% shooting percentage from the field this season is 10.3 percentage points lower than Charleston Southern has allowed to its opponents (48.2%).

TOP PERFORMERS: Kelly is scoring 15.4 points per game and averaging 7.6 rebounds for the Buccaneers.

Josue Grullon is scoring 17.7 points per game and averaging 4.1 rebounds for the Skyhawks.

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