Rice visits Davis and Northwestern State

Rice Owls (4-6) at Northwestern State Demons (1-9)

Natchitoches, Louisiana; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Northwestern State takes on the Rice Owls after Cliff Davis scored 21 points in Northwestern State's 95-54 loss to the Boise State Broncos.

The Demons are 1-1 on their home court. Northwestern State ranks ninth in the Southland with 10.8 assists per game led by Chase Forte averaging 3.2.

The Owls have gone 0-2 away from home. Rice ranks ninth in the AAC scoring 32.0 points per game in the paint led by Max Fiedler averaging 7.8.

Northwestern State's average of 7.2 made 3-pointers per game is 1.1 fewer made shots on average than the 8.3 per game Rice allows. Rice averages 7.1 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.5 fewer makes per game than Northwestern State gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Davis is scoring 16.2 points per game with 3.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists for the Demons. Ryan Forrest is averaging 12.7 points and 2.1 rebounds while shooting 38.5% for Northwestern State.

Travis Evee is shooting 31.7% from beyond the arc with 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Owls, while averaging 16.8 points and 1.6 steals. Mekhi Mason is averaging 12.6 points for Rice.

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