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Houston Christian hosts SE Louisiana following Collins’ 23-point showing

SE Louisiana Lions (2-5, 1-1 Southland) at Houston Christian Huskies (3-4, 1-0 Southland)

Houston; Friday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: SE Louisiana plays Houston Christian after Aliyah Collins scored 23 points in SE Louisiana’s 69-52 loss to the Northwestern State Lady Demons.

The Huskies have gone 2-0 in home games. Houston Christian ranks seventh in the Southland with 21.4 defensive rebounds per game led by Grace Booth averaging 6.3.

The Lions have gone 1-1 against Southland opponents. SE Louisiana is 2-4 against opponents with a winning record.

Houston Christian is shooting 45.8% from the field this season, 2.9 percentage points lower than the 48.7% SE Louisiana allows to opponents. SE Louisiana’s 36.7% shooting percentage from the field this season is 6.7 percentage points lower than Houston Christian has allowed to its opponents (43.4%).

The matchup Friday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Booth is shooting 54.9% and averaging 14.4 points for the Huskies. Madelyne Davis is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers.

Lihi Azouri is shooting 50.0% from beyond the arc with 1.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Lions, while averaging 11.6 points. Collins is averaging 11.4 points.

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

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