Texas hosts White and New Orleans

Updated Dec. 18, 2024 3:43 a.m. ET
Associated Press

New Orleans Privateers (2-7, 0-1 Southland) at Texas Longhorns (9-2)

Austin, Texas; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: New Orleans visits Texas after James White scored 24 points in New Orleans' 104-57 loss to the Iowa Hawkeyes.

The Longhorns have gone 6-1 at home. Texas scores 83.9 points while outscoring opponents by 21.1 points per game.

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The Privateers are 1-5 on the road. New Orleans averages 13.2 turnovers per game and is 0-3 when committing fewer turnovers than opponents.

Texas averages 83.9 points per game, 0.7 more points than the 83.2 New Orleans gives up. New Orleans has shot at a 39.2% rate from the field this season, 0.4 percentage points fewer than the 39.6% shooting opponents of Texas have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Tre Johnson is averaging 19.9 points for the Longhorns.

White is scoring 19.1 points per game and averaging 7.3 rebounds for the Privateers.

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

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