Bryant Bulldogs (3-3) at Xavier Musketeers (3-2)
Cincinnati; Friday, 12 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Musketeers -17.5; over/under is 147.5
BOTTOM LINE: Division 1 Division foes Xavier and Bryant take the court.
The Musketeers are 2-0 in home games. Xavier ranks seventh in the Big East in team defense, allowing 65.0 points while holding opponents to 35.8% shooting.
The Bulldogs are 1-2 on the road. Bryant is the America East leader with 30.3 defensive rebounds per game led by Earl Timberlake averaging 7.7.
Xavier’s average of 5.6 made 3-pointers per game is 1.6 fewer made shots on average than the 7.2 per game Bryant gives up. Bryant has shot at a 44.4% clip from the field this season, 8.6 percentage points greater than the 35.8% shooting opponents of Xavier have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Desmond Claude is scoring 16.4 points per game and averaging 3.6 rebounds for the Musketeers. Quincy Olivari is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers for Xavier.
Sherif Kenney is averaging 17.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.2 assists for the Bulldogs. Timberlake is averaging 12.2 points for Bryant.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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