Nicholls Colonels (11-6, 4-4 Southland) at UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros (9-10, 4-4 Southland) Edinburg, Texas; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Nicholls visits UT Rio Grande Valley after Tanita Swift scored 22 points in Nicholls' 75-71 win against the Stephen F.

A 17-point explosion in the second quarter from the West All-Stars proved to be the deciding factor in this year’s all-star game. The 17-10 victory over the

UT Rio Grande Valley comes into a matchup with Incarnate Word as winners of three games in a row. The teams square off Thursday for the first time this season.

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UT Rio Grande Valley leads the Southland with 17.9 assists. Trey Miller leads the Vaqueros with 4.1. Incarnate Word scores 76.8 points, 6.3 more per game than the 70.5 UT Rio Grande Valley allows.

BOTTOM LINE: Howard Fleming Jr. and UT Rio Grande Valley take on Jalin Anderson and Incarnate Word on Monday. The Cardinals are 7-3 on their home court. Incarnate Word is sixth in the Southland in team defense, allowing 69.2 points while holding opponents to 43.0% shooting.

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Agwa 11-15 3-6 26, Davis 7-10 0-0 16, Fleming 7-7 2-2 16, Miller 5-6 0-0 10, Thorn 2-7 0-0 4, Raimey 5-7 3-4 13, Destremau 0-0 0-0 0, Gankhuyag 0-0 0-0 0, Nance 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 37-53 8-12 85.

Kwo Agwa scored 26 points as UT Rio Grande Valley beat Incarnate Word 85-78 on Monday night. Agwa added four blocks for the Vaqueros (12-7, 4-4 Southland Conference). Cliff Davis added 16 points while going 7 of 10 (2 for 5 from 3-point range) while he also had three steals.