Raflo and the Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers host conference foe Saint Peter’s
Saint Peter’s Peacocks (6-12, 4-5 MAAC) at Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers (9-10, 7-3 MAAC)
Emmitsburg, Maryland; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Jo Raflo and Mount St. Mary’s host Fatmata Janneh and Saint Peter’s in MAAC play Saturday.
The Mountaineers are 4-4 in home games. Mount St. Mary’s has a 4-8 record against opponents above .500.
The Peacocks are 4-5 against MAAC opponents. Saint Peter’s is 1-0 in one-possession games.
Mount St. Mary’s is shooting 39.4% from the field this season, 0.9 percentage points lower than the 40.3% Saint Peter’s allows to opponents. Saint Peter’s 35.4% shooting percentage from the field this season is 4.7 percentage points lower than Mount St. Mary’s has allowed to its opponents (40.1%).
The Mountaineers and Peacocks square off Saturday for the first time in conference play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Raflo is averaging 15.5 points and 5.4 rebounds for the Mountaineers. Anna Lemaster is averaging 14.4 points over the last 10 games.
Nikola Zdenkova averages 1.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Peacocks, scoring 6.0 points while shooting 32.6% from beyond the arc. Janneh is averaging 18.2 points, 11.1 rebounds and 1.5 steals over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Mountaineers: 7-3, averaging 72.2 points, 32.0 rebounds, 15.5 assists, 10.2 steals and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 42.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 63.8 points per game.
Peacocks: 5-5, averaging 53.0 points, 32.3 rebounds, 13.4 assists, 7.4 steals and 1.0 block per game while shooting 36.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 52.5 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.