Hinton leads Rhode Island against McNeese after 23-point outing

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McNeese Cowboys (7-2, 1-1 Southland) at Rhode Island Rams (7-3)

Kingston, Rhode Island; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Rhode Island hosts McNeese after Jonah Hinton scored 23 points in Rhode Island's 90-71 loss to the Providence Friars.

The Rams are 4-0 in home games. Rhode Island is ninth in the A-10 with 9.5 offensive rebounds per game led by Mouhamed Sow averaging 2.6.

The Cowboys are 0-2 on the road. McNeese averages 9.7 turnovers per game and is 6-2 when winning the turnover battle.

Rhode Island makes 47.4% of its shots from the field this season, which is 10.1 percentage points higher than McNeese has allowed to its opponents (37.3%). McNeese averages 6.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.3 fewer made shots on average than the 7.6 per game Rhode Island gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Hinton is scoring 16.5 points per game and averaging 2.6 rebounds for the Rams. Tyler Cochran is averaging 13.7 points and 6.0 rebounds while shooting 40.0%.

Larry Johnson is scoring 16.4 points per game and averaging 3.8 rebounds for the Cowboys. Jovohn Garcia is averaging 13.0 points and 3.0 rebounds.

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