SAN ANTONIO – The University of the Incarnate Word men's basketball team will play back-to-back home games this week. First the number two team in the Southland Conference, Texas A&M – Corpus Christi comes to town to take on the Cardinals at 5 p.m. CT on Saturday. On Monday the newest member of the SLC, UTRGV, will take on UIW at 4:30 p.m. CT in the McDermott Center.
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- UIW has the third highest scoring offense in the SLC averaging 77.6 points per game.
- Davion Bailey is one of two players to have scored more than 300 points this season, with 302 total.
- Dylan Hayman has the second-best field goal percentage in the Southland, knocking down 55% of his shots.
SCOUTING THE ISLANDERS
- The Islanders have won five straight games, four of which were over Southland Conference opponents.
- As a squad TAMU-CC has the best assist to turnover ratio, 1.44, in the SLC.
- Gary Clark has been cleaning up the glass with 134 rebounds, 7.4 rpg, in the 24-25 season.
SCOUTING THE VAQUEROS
- In just his first season as head coach Kahli Fennell has 11 wins, tied for seventh most in UTRGV history. He only needs one more to move into the top five.
- The Vaqueros have made 311 assist this season, sixth in the NCAA.
- This has helped UTRGV make 197, 3-pointers which is the fifth most in the NCAA.
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