Mercyhurst plays Sacramento State, looks to break road losing streak

Mercyhurst Lakers (4-4) at Sacramento State Hornets (2-4)

Sacramento, California; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Mercyhurst will attempt to stop its three-game road slide when the Lakers visit Sacramento State.

The Hornets have gone 1-1 at home. Sacramento State has a 1-0 record in one-possession games.

The Lakers are 1-4 in road games. Mercyhurst is fifth in the NEC scoring 68.9 points per game and is shooting 42.4%.

Sacramento State is shooting 45.3% from the field this season, 2.3 percentage points lower than the 47.6% Mercyhurst allows to opponents. Mercyhurst has shot at a 42.4% rate from the field this season, 5.5 percentage points above the 36.9% shooting opponents of Sacramento State have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jacob Holt is scoring 14.7 points per game and averaging 5.8 rebounds for the Hornets.

Jeff Planutis is averaging 13.3 points and 1.5 steals for the Lakers.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

By The Associated Press