UT Rio Grande Valley faces Houston Baptist following Johnson's 21-point game

Published Dec. 9, 2022 2:42 a.m. ET

Associated Press

UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros (5-4) at Houston Baptist Huskies (3-7)

Houston; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: UT Rio Grande Valley visits the Houston Baptist Huskies after Justin Johnson scored 21 points in UT Rio Grande Valley's 90-72 loss to the Western Illinois Leathernecks.

The Huskies have gone 3-3 in home games. Houston Baptist has a 0-5 record against teams over .500.

The Vaqueros are 0-4 on the road. UT Rio Grande Valley is fifth in the WAC with 15.2 assists per game led by Will Johnston averaging 3.3.

TOP PERFORMERS: Bonke Maring is scoring 14.2 points per game with 5.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists for the Huskies. Brycen Long is averaging 13.8 points and 2.5 rebounds while shooting 50.0% for Houston Baptist.

Johnson is scoring 19.0 points per game and averaging 4.2 rebounds for the Vaqueros. Johnston is averaging 14.0 points and 2.6 rebounds for UT Rio Grande Valley.

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