White leads New Orleans against Vanderbilt after 20-point outing

Published Dec. 29, 2024 3:42 a.m. ET

Associated Press

New Orleans Privateers (2-10, 0-2 Southland) at Vanderbilt Commodores (11-1)

Nashville, Tennessee; Monday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: New Orleans visits Vanderbilt after James White scored 20 points in New Orleans' 86-61 loss to the McNeese Cowboys.

The Commodores have gone 7-0 in home games. Vanderbilt has an 8-1 record in games decided by at least 10 points.

The Privateers are 1-8 in road games. New Orleans ranks sixth in the Southland with 10.1 offensive rebounds per game led by Michael Thomas averaging 3.4.

Vanderbilt is shooting 49.4% from the field this season, 1.9 percentage points higher than the 47.5% New Orleans allows to opponents. New Orleans averages 66.4 points per game, 0.5 fewer than the 66.9 Vanderbilt allows to opponents.

TOP PERFORMERS: A.J Hoggard is averaging 10.3 points and 4.1 assists for the Commodores.

Cedquavious Hunter is shooting 36.5% from beyond the arc with 1.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Privateers, while averaging 8.2 points.

LAST 10 GAMES: Commodores: 9-1, averaging 83.8 points, 30.5 rebounds, 15.6 assists, 10.7 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 50.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 66.4 points per game.

Privateers: 2-8, averaging 67.1 points, 32.1 rebounds, 11.3 assists, 6.9 steals and 2.1 blocks per game while shooting 38.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 85.2 points.

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