No. 15 Houston Cougars play the Texas A&M-CC Islanders on 3-game win streak

Texas A&M-CC Islanders (7-5, 1-1 Southland) at Houston Cougars (7-3)

Houston; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: No. 15 Houston comes into a matchup against Texas A&M-CC as winners of three games in a row.

The Cougars are 6-0 in home games. Houston is 7-3 against opponents with a winning record.

The Islanders are 0-4 in road games. Texas A&M-CC leads the Southland with 17.5 assists. Owen Dease paces the Islanders with 2.7.

Houston scores 77.1 points, 9.3 more per game than the 67.8 Texas A&M-CC allows. Texas A&M-CC has shot at a 51.9% rate from the field this season, 17.5 percentage points above the 34.4% shooting opponents of Houston have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Emanuel Sharp is shooting 48.2% from beyond the arc with 2.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Cougars, while averaging 14.4 points.

Garry Clark is averaging 14.4 points and 5.8 rebounds for the Islanders.

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