4 seed New Orleans (17-12, 12-6)Southland Conference Tourney Quarterfinals, Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, Texas; Thursday, 5 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: Lamar and New Orleans are prepared to match up in the quarterfinals of the Southland tournament. The Privateers have been led by Bryson Robinson and Scott Plaisance Jr., who have combined to score 20.7 points per outing. ACCOUNTING FOR ASSISTS: The Cardinals have recently converted baskets via assists more often than the Privateers. The New Orleans offence has turned the ball over on 22.3 per cent of its possessions (ranking the Privateers 331st, nationally). ——For more AP college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/AP–Top25——This was generated by Automated Insights, http://www.automatedinsights.com/ap, using data from STATS LLC, https://www.stats.com

Source: National Post March 14, 2019 11:48 UTC