No. 21 Incarnate Word comes into D.L. Ligon Coliseum in desperate need of a win.
The Cardinals (15-5, 4-4) have lost their last three games and have struggled to a 4-4 record away from McDermott Center this season.
UIW relies heavily on its starters as each of them average double figures.
Senior forward Tracy Robinson leads the way with 16.8 points and 7.6 rebounds a game, while MSU killer Eric Stewart averages 11.3 points a contest.
Stewart, a 6-2 senior guard, connected on 4-of-5 from the arc to help the Cardinals to a 90-83 double OT win over the Mustangs on Jan. 22 and finished with a game-high 23 points. He has hit just 5-of-32 shots (.156) the rest of the season from beyond the arc.
Sophomore guard Kelcey Solomon (11.2 points, 4.0 rebounds), junior forward Chris Johnson (10.9 points, 6.5 rebounds) and junior guard Shaun Umeh (10.7 points, 3.7 rebounds) round out the Cardinals' starting tandem.
Just two other players have appeared in half of UIW's games for better than a 10-minute average per game as junior forward Jordan Roddy scores 6.8 points a game and senior guard Deleon Hines averages 6.7 points.
Incarnate Word scores 74.7 points a game and allows 68.7.
