Weber State visits Griffin and Wyoming

Published Dec. 15, 2023 3:43 a.m. ET

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Weber State Wildcats (5-4) at Wyoming Cowboys (6-3)

Laramie, Wyoming; Saturday, 9 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Wyoming faces the Weber State Wildcats after Sam Griffin scored 23 points in Wyoming's 78-70 victory over the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks.

The Cowboys are 4-0 on their home court. Wyoming averages 76.6 points while outscoring opponents by 6.8 points per game.

The Wildcats are 1-2 in road games. Weber State is eighth in the Big Sky scoring 28.2 points per game in the paint led by Dillon Jones averaging 10.0.

Wyoming makes 47.2% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.6 percentage points higher than Weber State has allowed to its opponents (43.6%). Weber State averages 8.1 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.1 more made shots on average than the 7.0 per game Wyoming allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Griffin is shooting 51.4% and averaging 19.0 points for the Cowboys. Kobe Newton is averaging 2.0 made 3-pointers for Wyoming.

Jones is scoring 18.9 points per game and averaging 10.5 rebounds for the Wildcats. Steven Verplancken Jr. is averaging 12.3 points and 2.9 rebounds for Weber State.

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

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