Mount St. Mary's hosts Rider following Turco's 24-point performance
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2:42 AM on Wednesday, January 15
By The Associated Press
Rider Broncs (3-11, 1-4 MAAC) at Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (4-10, 2-3 MAAC)
Emmitsburg, Maryland; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Rider visits Mount St. Mary's after Gabby Turco scored 24 points in Rider's 79-59 victory over the Niagara Purple Eagles.
The Mountaineers are 1-4 in home games. Mount St. Mary's averages 18.1 turnovers per game and is 0-3 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents.
The Broncs are 1-4 in MAAC play. Rider is 0-7 against opponents over .500.
Mount St. Mary's is shooting 38.5% from the field this season, 1.0 percentage point lower than the 39.5% Rider allows to opponents. Rider's 39.0% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.5 percentage points lower than Mount St. Mary's has given up to its opponents (41.5%).
The Mountaineers and Broncs face off Thursday for the first time in MAAC play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Giana Hoddinott is averaging 4.3 points, 3.2 assists and 1.5 steals for the Mountaineers.
Aliya McIver is averaging 3.5 points and 3.4 assists for the Broncs.
LAST 10 GAMES: Mountaineers: 4-6, averaging 64.6 points, 29.6 rebounds, 13.2 assists, 7.5 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 42.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.8 points per game.
Broncs: 2-8, averaging 53.5 points, 25.9 rebounds, 12.5 assists, 9.3 steals and 3.1 blocks per game while shooting 38.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.8 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
