Western Kentucky Hilltoppers face the Cal Baptist Lancers, look for 6th straight win

Mon, Dec 18, 2023
NCAAB News (AP)

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (9-3) at Cal Baptist Lancers (7-3, 1-1 WAC)

Riverside, California; Tuesday, 10 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Western Kentucky will try to keep its five-game win streak intact when the Hilltoppers take on Cal Baptist.

The Lancers are 5-2 in home games. Cal Baptist has a 2-3 record against teams above .500.

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The Hilltoppers are 3-1 in road games. Western Kentucky is eighth in college basketball scoring 43.3 points per game in the paint led by Rodney Howard averaging 8.0.

Cal Baptist is shooting 42.7% from the field this season, 1.8 percentage points higher than the 40.9% Western Kentucky allows to opponents. Western Kentucky averages 6.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.7 more makes per game than Cal Baptist gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Dominique Daniels Jr. is scoring 17.3 points per game with 1.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists for the Lancers. Blondeau Tchoukuiengo is averaging 11.3 points and 2.7 rebounds while shooting 54.3% for Cal Baptist.

Don McHenry is shooting 48.2% and averaging 15.2 points for the Hilltoppers. Brandon Newman is averaging 10.0 points over the last 10 games for Western Kentucky.

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