UMKC hosts South Dakota after Stewart's 44-point game

The Coyotes have gone 2-4 against Summit League opponents. South Dakota has a 2-3 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

UMKC scores 71.6 points per game, 6.1 fewer points than the 77.7 South Dakota gives up. South Dakota averages 76.3 points per game, 4.8 more than the 71.5 UMKC gives up.

The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jamar Brown is averaging 14 points and 6.2 rebounds for the Kangaroos. Cameron Faas is averaging 2.4 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for UMKC.

Stewart is shooting 42.5% from beyond the arc with 2.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Coyotes, while averaging 15.6 points. Lahat Thioune is shooting 55.8% and averaging 12.4 points over the last 10 games for South Dakota.

LAST 10 GAMES: Kangaroos: 3-7, averaging 70.6 points, 39.2 rebounds, 13.6 assists, 4.9 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 40.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.1 points per game.

Coyotes: 2-8, averaging 71.5 points, 38.1 rebounds, 11.6 assists, 3.4 steals and 2.0 blocks per game while shooting 42.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 81.4 points.

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.