Demons vs Huskies

Gameday · SAT FEB 20

Northwestern StateVSHouston Christian

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Tip8:00 PM ET

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Sharp Gymnasium · Houston, TX

Win probability

1912 blend

46% NWSTHCU 54%

Adj. efficiency41%

59%

SRS40%

60%

Elo57%

43%

HCU +2.8

Proj. margin

154.8

Proj. total

71.5

Proj. pace

Home court counts 3 points. Blend of Adj. efficiency, SRS and Elo.

Projected starters

PPG

• 4K.Simpson4.3 RPG17.8
• 5A.Almuttar2.3 RPG7.0
• 1I.Vick5.5 RPG8.0
• 13N.OjukwuF · 2.3 RPG8.3
• 23K.TurnerF · 4.8 RPG6.3

• 1M.AlexanderG · 3.7 APG19.0
• 21M.MaraF · 8.3 RPG8.0
• 5D.SamuelsG · 1.3 APG6.3
• 8K.KeinysF · 4.0 RPG6.7
• 11C.MubiruG · 1.3 APG6.3

Ratings

CBBD · 2025-26

-11.0Adj. net rating-11.5

283rdAdj. net rank289th

102.5Adj. offense102.7

113.4Adj. defense114.1

69.6Pace73.5

-6.6SRS-6.7

1570Elo1521

1–3Record3–0

Season per game

2026-27 · 4 games / 2026-27 · 3 games

64.3Points89.7

77.8Opp points62.7

45.4%eFG%60.3%

20.0%TO%16.0%

23.9%OREB%27.1%

.48FT rate.36

31%3PA rate33%

49%Assisted FG%49%

Last five games

Northwestern State

W77-49vs Millsaps

L71-93@ MUR

L44-82@ MSST

L65-87@ BAY

L47-61@ NICH

Houston Christian

W87-76@ SDAK

W74-67vs WIU

W108-45vs Louisiana Christian

L60-73@ UNO

W75-53vs LAM

Head to head

Last 10 · 2017-18–2026-27

25-26HCU 53 · NWST 71Sat, 2/21

25-26NWST 80 · HCU 82Mon, 1/19

24-25HCU 56 · NWST 61Sat, 3/1

24-25NWST 64 · HCU 57Sat, 12/7

23-24NWST 86 · HCU 73Sat, 2/24

23-24HCU 64 · NWST 69Mon, 1/15

22-23NWST 94 · HCU 76Thu, 2/2

22-23HCU 63 · NWST 82Thu, 1/26

21-22HCU 76 · NWST 69Thu, 2/10

21-22NWST 97 · HCU 87Thu, 2/3

Game information

TipSaturday, Feb 20 · 8:00 PM ET

VenueSharp Gymnasium · Houston, TX

Abbreviations

Adj.Adjusted — points scored or allowed per 100 possessions, corrected for the strength of the opponents faced. Net is offense minus defense

SRSSimple Rating System — average scoring margin, adjusted for strength of schedule

EloA rating that moves after every result, by more when the opponent was strong

PacePossessions per 40 minutes

PPGPoints per game

eFG%Effective field goal percentage — made threes count one and a half field goals

TO%Turnovers per 100 possessions

OREB%The share of a team's own missed shots it rebounds

FT rateFree throws attempted per field goal attempted

3PA rateThe share of field goal attempts taken from three

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