No. 1 Houston Cougars and the Saint Mary's Gaels play in Fort Worth, Texas

Published Dec. 2, 2022 2:43 a.m. ET

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Saint Mary's Gaels (6-2) vs. Houston Cougars (7-0)

Fort Worth, Texas; Saturday, 9:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: The Saint Mary's Gaels and the No. 1 Houston Cougars square off in Fort Worth, Texas.

The Cougars are 7-0 in non-conference play. Houston averages 10.9 turnovers per game and is 5- when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents.

The Gaels have a 6-2 record in non-conference games. Saint Mary's (CA) is ninth in the WCC with 12.5 assists per game led by Logan Johnson averaging 3.9.

TOP PERFORMERS: Marcus Sasser averages 2.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Cougars, scoring 18.1 points while shooting 31.6% from beyond the arc. Tramon Mark is shooting 44.1% and averaging 10.6 points for Houston.

Mitchell Saxen is scoring 14.5 points per game and averaging 8.9 rebounds for the Gaels. Alex Ducas is averaging 14.5 points and 4.4 rebounds for Saint Mary's (CA).

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

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