Diakite leads East Texas A&M against Fairleigh Dickinson after 23-point game

Fairleigh Dickinson Knights (1-2) at East Texas A&M Lions (2-0) Commerce, Texas; Wednesday, 11:30 a.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: East Texas A&M hosts Fairleigh Dickinson after Mohamed Diakite scored 23 points in East Texas A&M's 72-71 victory against the Rice Owls. East Texas A&M went 11-21 overall last season while going 6-8 at home. The Lions averaged 70.2 points per game while shooting 43.3% from the field and 32.3% from deep last season. Fairleigh Dickinson finished 11-21 overall a season ago while going 3-15 on the road. The Knights averaged 5.1 steals, 1.5 blocks and 10.9 turnovers per game last season. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .