New Orleans hosts No. 5 LSU, aims to stop home skid
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4:42 AM on Saturday, December 6
By The Associated Press
LSU Tigers (9-0) at New Orleans Privateers (0-7, 0-1 Southland)
New Orleans; Sunday, 4 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: New Orleans hosts No. 5 LSU looking to stop its three-game home losing streak.
The Privateers are 0-3 on their home court. New Orleans gives up 84.6 points and has been outscored by 24.0 points per game.
The Tigers are 3-0 on the road. LSU has a 6-0 record against opponents over .500.
New Orleans makes 35.7% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.6 percentage points higher than LSU has allowed to its opponents (33.1%). LSU averages 7.1 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.2 fewer made shots on average than the 9.3 per game New Orleans gives up.
TOP PERFORMERS: Shanihya Brown is scoring 11.8 points per game with 2.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists for the Privateers. Lauren Banks is averaging 9.3 points and 5.0 rebounds while shooting 35.2%.
Flau'jae Johnson is averaging 17.1 points, 3.3 assists and 1.7 steals for the Tigers. MiLaysia Fulwiley is averaging 16.1 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.