Texas A&M-Commerce visits Houston Christian following Mackey's 20-point game

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Texas A&M-Commerce Lions (1-7) at Houston Christian Huskies (2-6)

Houston; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Houston Christian faces Texas A&M-Commerce after Julian Mackey scored 20 points in Houston Christian's 78-71 loss to the UTSA Roadrunners.

The Huskies have gone 2-3 in home games. Houston Christian is 0-3 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Lions are 0-6 on the road. Texas A&M-Commerce is 0-5 against opponents over .500.

Houston Christian scores 68.1 points per game, 12.4 fewer points than the 80.5 Texas A&M-Commerce gives up. Texas A&M-Commerce's 41.1% shooting percentage from the field this season is 8.0 percentage points lower than Houston Christian has allowed to its opponents (49.1%).

The matchup Thursday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Mackey is scoring 13.4 points per game with 3.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists for the Huskies.

Scooter Williams Jr. is averaging 12.5 points for the Lions.

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