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Northern Colorado visits Saine and Weber State
By The Associated Press
Northern Colorado Bears (13-10, 3-7 Big Sky) at Weber State Wildcats (11-12,
5-5 Big Sky)
Ogden, Utah; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Weber State hosts Northern Colorado after Tijan Saine scored 22
points in Weber State's 104-90 loss to the Sacramento State Hornets.
The Wildcats are 8-4 on their home court. Weber State is second in the Big Sky
scoring 82.9 points while shooting 47.0% from the field.
The Bears are 3-7 against Big Sky opponents. Northern Colorado is 5-2 in games
decided by 10 points or more.
Weber State is shooting 47.0% from the field this season, 1.4 percentage points
higher than the 45.6% Northern Colorado allows to opponents. Northern Colorado
averages 10.1 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.8 more made shots on
average than the 7.3 per game Weber State gives up.
The Wildcats and Bears match up Thursday for the first time in conference play
this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Saine is averaging 16.1 points and 4.4 assists for the
Wildcats. Viljami Vartiainen is averaging 12.2 points and 2.5 rebounds while
shooting 46.1% over the past 10 games.
Quinn Denker is averaging 17.9 points and seven assists for the Bears. Brock
Wisne is averaging 15.4 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Wildcats: 5-5, averaging 82.1 points, 32.1 rebounds, 13.1
assists, 7.6 steals and 1.4 blocks per game while shooting 45.6% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 82.3 points per game.
Bears: 3-7, averaging 78.2 points, 31.9 rebounds, 15.8 assists, 4.4 steals and
2.2 blocks per game while shooting 45.5% from the field. Their opponents have
averaged 80.2 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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