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NEW ORLEANS, La. – The University of the Incarnate Word men's basketball hits back on the road to take on the reigning Southland Conference tournament champions, New Orleans, on Saturday from Lakefront Arena. The game will be streamed live on ESPN3 with a first tip scheduled for 6:32 p.m.
 
FIRST TIP
 
UIW leads the all-time series, 3-1, but New Orleans won the most recent meeting, 87-72, on Jan. 7, 2017, in San Antonio.
 
UIW and UNO have played four common opponents: Lamar, McNeese, Stephen F. Austin, and Central Arkansas. In those four games, UIW is 0-4 and UNO is 2-2, with wins over Lamar and McNeese.
 
 
SCOUTING THE NEW ORLEANS PRIVATEERS
 
207-18: 8-10 overall, 5-2 SLC
Last Game: L 81-57 vs. Central Arkansas (1/17)
Head Coach: Mark Slessinger
Key Players:
#25 Travin Thibodeaux – 18 GP, 16.6 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 56.3 FG%, 43.5 3PT%, 52 ASTS, 22 BLKS, 24 STLS
#4 Bryson Robinson – 18 GP, 8.3 PPG, 2.1 RPG, 34.5 3PT%, 82.1 FT%, 55 ASTS, 14 STLS
#22 Makur Puou – 18 GP, 7.9 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 15 ASTS, 8 BLKS, 14 STLS
Summary: After starting conference play with four-straight wins, New Orleans has lost two of the last three games, the most recent being an 81-57 home loss to Central Arkansas.
 
Travin Thibodeaux leads the Privateers in scoring (16.6; 5th in the SLC), rebounding (5.9; 14th), blocks (22; 9th), and steals (24; T-22nd). Thibodeaux is second in the conference in field goal percentage (56.3). The Privateers are 8th in the SLC in scoring margin (-1.8) and second in rebounding (+4.2).
 
THE CARDINAL FILE
 
2017-18: 5-11 overall, 0-6 SLC
Last Game: L 90-69 vs. Lamar (1/17)
Head Coach: Ken Burmeister
Key Players:
#13 Charles Brown III – 14 GP, 13.3 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 50.7 FG%, 82.7 FT%, 18 ASTS, 9 STLS
#4 Christian Peevy – 16 PPG, 10.9 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 54.3 FG%, 81.9 FT%, 8 BLKS, 5 STLS
#41 Shawn Johnson – 16 GP, 9.1 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 31.7 3PT%, 30 ASTS, 26 BLKS, 29 STLS
Summary: Charles Brown III and Keaton Hervey combined for 63 percent of UIW's points in the Cardinals' 90-69 loss to visiting Lamar Wednesday night, the eighth-straight loss for the red and black. For the second time in the last three games, Brown III tied his career high of 24 points, while Hervey dropped a career-best 20 coming off the bench.  Not to be outdone, Konstantin Kulikov tied his career highs in points (6) and blocks (2), while setting a new high in minutes played (17).
 
On the season, Shawn Johnson is T-9th in the conference in rebounding (6.5) and T-6th in blocks (1.6). Brown III is T-15th in scoring (13.3) and he and Christian Peevy are 4th and 5th in free throw percentage, with marks of 82.7 and 81.9, respectively. UIW as a team continues to lead the conference in blocks (5.19) and free throw percentage (73.4), and is 10th in scoring margin (-5.3) and 12th in rebounding margin (-4.1).
 
UP NEXT

UIW remains on the road to face HBU in the first of two meetings with the Huskies, on Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 7 p.m.

STAY TUNED

The Cardinals host New Orleans next Saturday, Jan. 27 on Eleven Sports with an official tip time of 2:02 p.m. from the McDermott Center.

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