Lawson leads Little Rock against West Virginia after 33-point game

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Little Rock Trojans (2-7) at West Virginia Mountaineers (7-3)

Morgantown, West Virginia; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Little Rock visits West Virginia after Johnathan Lawson scored 33 points in Little Rock's 90-78 loss to the Arkansas State Red Wolves.

The Mountaineers have gone 7-0 at home. West Virginia is eighth in the Big 12 with 9.4 offensive rebounds per game led by Jackson Fields averaging 2.3.

The Trojans are 1-6 on the road. Little Rock allows 78.8 points to opponents and has been outscored by 12.7 points per game.

West Virginia is shooting 44.2% from the field this season, 5.7 percentage points lower than the 49.9% Little Rock allows to opponents. Little Rock averages 6.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.8 fewer makes per game than West Virginia gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Honor Huff averages 3.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Mountaineers, scoring 16.6 points while shooting 39.1% from beyond the arc. Brenen Lorient is shooting 48.8% and averaging 10.5 points.

Lawson is averaging 14.4 points, 3.8 assists and 1.7 steals for the Trojans. Cameron Wallace is averaging 10.8 points.

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