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Jackson, UTSA host Illinois St.

Two guards will be on display as Zach Copeland and Illinois State will face Jhivvan Jackson and UTSA on Saturday. The senior Copeland has scored 22 percent of the team’s points this season and is averaging 15.6 over his last five games. Jackson, a junior, is averaging 26.2 points over the last five games.

 

UTSA’s Jackson, Atem Bior and Byron Frohnen have combined to account for 44 percent of the team’s scoring this season, including 39 percent of all Roadrunners points over the last five games. Jackson has directly created 49 percent of all UTSA field goals over the last three games. The junior guard has 34 field goals and 10 assists in those games.

 

UTSA is 0-7 this year when it allows 72 points or more and 4-0 when holding opponents to fewer than 72.

 

The Roadrunners have recently gotten buckets via assists more often than the Redbirds. UTSA has 47 assists on 89 field goals (52.8 percent) across its past three outings while Illinois State has assists on 32 of 72 field goals (44.4 percent) during its past three games.

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