Norfolk State Spartans (5-8) at UTEP Miners (3-6)
El Paso, Texas; Sunday, 9 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Norfolk State visits UTEP after Elijah Jamison scored 30 points in Norfolk State’s 82-72 victory over the Jackson State Tigers.
The Miners are 3-1 in home games. UTEP is 2-3 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 12.2 turnovers per game.
The Spartans have gone 0-6 away from home. Norfolk State is the MEAC leader with 33.4 rebounds per game led by Anthony McComb III averaging 5.2.
UTEP is shooting 44.3% from the field this season, 1.5 percentage points higher than the 42.8% Norfolk State allows to opponents. Norfolk State has shot at a 46.4% rate from the field this season, 2.4 percentage points greater than the 44.0% shooting opponents of UTEP have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Elijah Jones is shooting 56.8% and averaging 14.0 points for the Miners. Caleb Blackwell is averaging 0.9 made 3-pointers.
Jamison is scoring 16.5 points per game and averaging 3.5 rebounds for the Spartans. McComb is averaging 15.6 points and 5.5 rebounds over the last 10 games.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.