Marmolejos leads Lamar against Texas Tech after 20-point game

Lamar Cardinals (6-5, 2-0 Southland) at Texas Tech Red Raiders (8-2)

Lubbock, Texas; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Lamar visits Texas Tech after Alexis Marmolejos scored 20 points in Lamar's 69-65 victory against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles.

The Red Raiders have gone 7-0 at home. Texas Tech is 7-0 in games decided by 10 or more points.

The Cardinals are 4-2 on the road. Lamar is third in the Southland scoring 36.4 points per game in the paint led by Marmolejos averaging 8.0.

Texas Tech averages 9.8 made 3-pointers per game, 3.5 more made shots than the 6.3 per game Lamar gives up. Lamar has shot at a 46.0% rate from the field this season, 5.7 percentage points above the 40.3% shooting opponents of Texas Tech have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Chance McMillian is shooting 53.8% from beyond the arc with 2.8 made 3-pointers per game for the Red Raiders, while averaging 16.1 points.

Marmolejos is scoring 16.3 points per game with 2.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists for the Cardinals.

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