00yihya.com
The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season!
Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here.
Northeastern Huskies (10-16, 5-8 CAA) at Hofstra Pride (15-11, 8-5 CAA)
Hempstead, New York; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Hofstra hosts the Northeastern Huskies after Tyler Thomas scored 34 points in Hofstra’s 79-77 loss to the Drexel Dragons.
The Pride have gone 8-2 in home games. Hofstra is fifth in the CAA scoring 74.4 points while shooting 46.7% from the field.
The Huskies are 5-8 in CAA play. Northeastern averages 12.2 turnovers per game and is 3-4 when turning the ball over less than opponents.
Hofstra is shooting 46.7% from the field this season, 0.3 percentage points lower than the 47.0% Northeastern allows to opponents. Northeastern averages 6.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.0 fewer made shots on average than the 8.3 per game Hofstra gives up.
TOP PERFORMERS: Thomas averages 3.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Pride, scoring 22.3 points while shooting 36.8% from beyond the arc. Darlinstone Dubar is averaging 17.7 points and 6.7 rebounds over the past 10 games for Hofstra.
Chris Doherty is shooting 52.8% and averaging 13.4 points for the Huskies. Jared Turner is averaging 1.9 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Northeastern.
LAST 10 GAMES: Pride: 7-3, averaging 72.8 points, 32.6 rebounds, 14.0 assists, 5.0 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 47.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.0 points per game.
Huskies: 4-6, averaging 70.5 points, 33.3 rebounds, 12.8 assists, 6.5 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 46.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.2 points.
___
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.