ABOUT UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY • As of Friday morning, UT Rio Grande Valley has posted a 4-8 record, including an 0-7 mark on the road. • In its most recent action, Vaqueros claimed a 98-84 win over North Florida inside the UTRGV Fieldhouse on Monday night. • Against UNF, guard Antonio Green led the way with 24 points off eight 3-pointers, while guard Nick Dixon finished with 22 points and a game-high seven assists… Guard Lew Stallworth totaled 12 points, while Xavier McDaniel Jr. led UTRGV with eight rebounds. • This season, Dixon leads UTRGV with 18.4 points to stand only 0.2 points ahead of Green… Dixon is also tops with 5.5 rebounds per game, while Stallworth paces the Vaqueros with 3.5 assists per contest. • Head Coach Lew Hill is in his first season at UT Rio Grande Valley and as a collegiate head coach. • Has compiled a 4-8 record in his career entering Saturday’s game. • Previously served as an assistant coach at South Alabama (1990-92), Southeast Missouri State (1992-94), East Carolina (1994-98), Texas A&M (1998-04), UNLV (2004-11) and Oklahoma (2011-16). • Saturday’s game will be the first time that Hill has faced Houston Head Coach Kelvin Sampson during his career. • 1988 graduate of Wichita State.
UT-RGV are 5-8, but have won 3 in a row. They did lose to Memphis by 19 earlier in the season. Looks like they can score as they’ve only been held to less than 70 twice this season, but struggle on D as they’ve only held 2 teams to less than 80.