Kountz, N. Colorado visit Washington St.

Published Dec. 16, 2021 5:31 p.m. ET

Associated Press

Northern Colorado (6-6) vs. Washington State (7-4)

Wallis Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum, Pullman, Washington; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Two senior guards will be on display as Daylen Kountz and Northern Colorado will go up against Michael Flowers and Washington State. Kountz has scored 27 percent of the team's points this season and is averaging 23 over his last five games. Flowers is averaging 14.8 points over the last five games.

SUPER SENIORS: Northern Colorado has relied heavily on its seniors. Kountz, Matt Johnson II, Kur Jongkuch, Bodie Hume and Dru Kuxhausen have combined to account for 83 percent of the team's scoring this year and 109 percent of all Bears points over the last five games.

FACILITATING THE OFFENSE: Kountz has accounted for 42 percent of all Northern Colorado field goals over the last three games. The senior guard has 23 field goals and nine assists in those games.

STREAK STATS: Northern Colorado has lost its last five road games, scoring 69.6 points, while allowing 80 per game.

ASSIST-TO-FG RATIO: The Bears have recently gotten buckets via assists more often than the Cougars. Washington State has 37 assists on 83 field goals (44.6 percent) over its previous three outings while Northern Colorado has assists on 34 of 76 field goals (44.7 percent) during its past three games.

SECOND CHANCES: Washington State has posted an excellent offensive rebound percentage of 37.3 percent this year. That figure is the 18th-highest in the nation. The offensive rebound percentage for Northern Colorado stands at just 23.1 percent (ranked 309th).

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