Detroit Mercy Titans (1-6) at Niagara Purple Eagles (2-4)
Lewiston, New York; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Niagara plays Detroit Mercy after Justin Hawkins scored 22 points in Niagara’s 80-70 loss to the Howard Bison.
The Purple Eagles have gone 1-0 in home games. Niagara is 1-2 against opponents with a winning record.
The Titans are 0-5 on the road. Detroit Mercy has a 1-4 record against opponents over .500.
Niagara scores 63.0 points per game, 21.0 fewer points than the 84.0 Detroit Mercy gives up. Detroit Mercy averages 6.1 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.9 fewer made shots on average than the 9.0 per game Niagara allows.
TOP PERFORMERS: Trenton Walters is shooting 54.5% from beyond the arc with 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Purple Eagles, while averaging 11.2 points. Justin Page is shooting 37.9% and averaging 11.8 points.
Orlando Lovejoy is scoring 12.8 points per game and averaging 2.5 rebounds for the Titans. TJ Nadeau is averaging 12.3 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
By The Associated Press
