Maryland-Eastern Shore faces Texas on 6-game skid

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Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks (4-12) at Texas Longhorns (8-4)

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

BOTTOM LINE: Maryland-Eastern Shore is looking to stop its six-game slide with a victory over Texas.

The Longhorns have gone 6-1 in home games. Texas ranks fourth in the SEC with 11.9 offensive rebounds per game led by Lassina Traore averaging 2.4.

The Hawks are 1-11 in road games. Maryland-Eastern Shore is 3-8 in games decided by 10 or more points.

Texas makes 49.7% of its shots from the field this season, which is 6.4 percentage points higher than Maryland-Eastern Shore has allowed to its opponents (43.3%). Maryland-Eastern Shore has shot at a 44.7% clip from the field this season, 3.4 percentage points higher than the 41.3% shooting opponents of Texas have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jordan Pope averages 2.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Longhorns, scoring 12.6 points while shooting 36.8% from beyond the arc. Matas Vokietaitis is shooting 67.1% and averaging 15.5 points over the past 10 games.

Michael Teal is averaging 3.4 points for the Hawks. Joseph Locandro is averaging 13.0 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Longhorns: 7-3, averaging 89.2 points, 39.3 rebounds, 14.3 assists, 6.1 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 51.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.1 points per game.

Hawks: 2-8, averaging 64.4 points, 30.3 rebounds, 15.2 assists, 4.6 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 46.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.8 points.

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