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Johnson leads Tarleton State against Florida A&M after 27-point showing

Florida A&M Rattlers (3-5) at Tarleton State Texans (8-4)

Stephenville, Texas; Friday, 8 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Texans -14.5; over/under is 149.5

BOTTOM LINE: Tarleton State hosts Florida A&M after Dior Johnson scored 27 points in Tarleton State’s 88-64 victory over the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils.

The Texans have gone 6-0 at home. Tarleton State averages 80.8 points while outscoring opponents by 8.5 points per game.

The Rattlers have gone 0-4 away from home. Florida A&M ranks seventh in the SWAC shooting 33.1% from 3-point range.

Tarleton State is shooting 47.6% from the field this season, 1.9 percentage points higher than the 45.7% Florida A&M allows to opponents. Florida A&M averages 6.6 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.2 fewer made shots on average than the 7.8 per game Tarleton State allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Freddy Hicks is scoring 12.3 points per game and averaging 6.3 rebounds for the Texans. Kaia Isaac is averaging 1.4 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Tyler Shirley is scoring 11.4 points per game and averaging 5.4 rebounds for the Rattlers. Antonio Baker is averaging 11.1 points and 2.6 rebounds.

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

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