Rider faces Mount St. Mary’s on home losing streak
Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers (11-5, 4-1 MAAC) at Rider Broncs (5-11, 1-4 MAAC)
Lawrenceville, New Jersey; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mountaineers -2; over/under is 138.5
BOTTOM LINE: Rider takes on Mount St. Mary’s looking to break its four-game home skid.
The Broncs have gone 0-4 in home games. Rider has a 3-6 record against teams over .500.
The Mountaineers have gone 4-1 against MAAC opponents. Mount St. Mary’s is third in the MAAC scoring 72.8 points per game and is shooting 43.8%.
Rider’s average of 5.3 made 3-pointers per game is 2.0 fewer made shots on average than the 7.3 per game Mount St. Mary’s allows. Mount St. Mary’s 43.8% shooting percentage from the field this season is 3.6 percentage points lower than Rider has given up to its opponents (47.4%).
The matchup Thursday is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Ruben Rodriguez is averaging 3.4 points for the Broncs.
Dola Adebayo is shooting 48.6% and averaging 11.7 points for the Mountaineers.
LAST 10 GAMES: Broncs: 1-9, averaging 65.4 points, 29.1 rebounds, 11.2 assists, 4.9 steals and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting 42.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.4 points per game.
Mountaineers: 7-3, averaging 72.9 points, 32.1 rebounds, 16.0 assists, 8.0 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 43.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.8 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.