Niagara Purple Eagles (6-7, 1-1 MAAC) at Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers (8-5, 1-1 MAAC)
Emmitsburg, Maryland; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mountaineers -5.5; over/under is 138
BOTTOM LINE: Niagara visits Mount St. Mary’s after Jaeden Marshall scored 21 points in Niagara’s 88-69 win over the Le Moyne Dolphins.
The Mountaineers have gone 4-1 in home games. Mount St. Mary’s is 0-1 in one-possession games.
The Purple Eagles are 1-1 in MAAC play. Niagara is 3-1 when it turns the ball over less than its opponents and averages 10.5 turnovers per game.
Mount St. Mary’s averages 73.0 points per game, 1.9 more points than the 71.1 Niagara gives up. Niagara averages 8.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.0 more made shots on average than the 6.8 per game Mount St. Mary’s allows.
The matchup Sunday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Carmelo Pacheco averages 2.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Mountaineers, scoring 7.4 points while shooting 42.4% from beyond the arc.
Olumide Adelodun is averaging 11.2 points and 5.4 rebounds for the Purple Eagles.
LAST 10 GAMES: Mountaineers: 6-4, averaging 70.6 points, 33.2 rebounds, 14.3 assists, 7.8 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 41.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.2 points per game.
Purple Eagles: 5-5, averaging 65.3 points, 28.1 rebounds, 11.5 assists, 5.2 steals and 1.9 blocks per game while shooting 42.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.9 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
