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Tennessee State takes on Little Rock after Harper's 30-point outing
By The Associated Press
Little Rock Trojans (9-11, 6-3 OVC) at Tennessee State Tigers (13-7, 7-3 OVC)
Nashville, Tennessee; Thursday, 8:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Tennessee State takes on Little Rock after Travis Harper II scored
30 points in Tennessee State's 96-86 win against the Lindenwood Lions.
The Tigers have gone 5-1 at home. Tennessee State is fourth in the OVC with
23.9 defensive rebounds per game led by Aaron Nkrumah averaging 3.9.
The Trojans are 6-3 against OVC opponents. Little Rock is eighth in the OVC
giving up 76.1 points while holding opponents to 46.7% shooting.
Tennessee State scores 81.4 points, 5.3 more per game than the 76.1 Little Rock
gives up. Little Rock averages 6.7 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.2
fewer makes per game than Tennessee State allows.
The matchup Thursday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in
conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Harper averages 2.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Tigers,
scoring 17.7 points while shooting 39.5% from beyond the arc. Nkrumah is
shooting 46.2% and averaging 17.1 points over the past 10 games.
Johnathan Lawson averages 2.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Trojans, scoring
17.0 points while shooting 37.9% from beyond the arc. Kachi Nzeh is shooting
56.7% and averaging 14.6 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 7-3, averaging 83.2 points, 31.4 rebounds, 14.3 assists,
8.8 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 48.2% from the field. Their
opponents have averaged 78.6 points per game.
Trojans: 7-3, averaging 77.5 points, 31.5 rebounds, 14.8 assists, 9.1 steals
and 4.9 blocks per game while shooting 46.4% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 72.2 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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