East Texas A&M Lions (4-9, 1-3 Southland) at UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros (7-8, 2-2 Southland) Edinburg, Texas; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UT Rio Grande Valley hosts East Texas A&M in a matchup of Southland teams.

BOTTOM LINE: Jamal West and Nicholls State take on Scooter Williams Jr. and East Texas A&M in Southland play. The Lions are 2-3 on their home court. East Texas A&M is 0-8 in games decided by 10 points or more.

East Texas A&M scores 63.5 points per game, 5.7 fewer points than the 69.2 Nicholls State allows. Nicholls State's 42.3% shooting percentage from the field this season is 7.2 percentage points lower than East Texas A&M has allowed to its opponents (49.5%).

COMMERCE — East Texas A&M is still looking for its first Southland Conference victory in men's basketball after falling 83-61 at home on Monday to Nicholls of Louisiana. The Lions dropped to 2-13 overall and 0-4 in conference play.

Jamal West and Michael Gray Jr. both scored 17 to guide Nicholls to an 83-61 victory over East Texas A&M on Monday night. West added eight rebounds and five blocks for the Colonels (9-6, 3-1 Southland Conference).