Mount St. Mary's visits Harris and Iona

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Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (10-15, 6-8 MAAC) at Iona Gaels (14-10, 6-7 MAAC)

New Rochelle, New York; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Iona faces Mount St. Mary's after Toby Harris scored 20 points in Iona's 79-72 loss to the Siena Saints.

The Gaels have gone 9-2 at home. Iona ranks seventh in the MAAC in rebounding averaging 31.6 rebounds. Lamin Sabally leads the Gaels with 7.8 boards.

The Mountaineers are 6-8 in MAAC play. Mount St. Mary's is third in the MAAC with 33.7 rebounds per game led by Luke McEldon averaging 5.9.

Iona makes 43.9% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.2 percentage points higher than Mount St. Mary's has allowed to its opponents (40.7%). Mount St. Mary's averages 7.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.6 more makes per game than Iona allows.

The matchup Saturday is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: CJ Anthony is averaging 14.1 points, 5.5 assists and 1.7 steals for the Gaels. Denver Anglin is averaging 12.0 points and 1.9 rebounds while shooting 42.0% over the last 10 games.

Arlandus Keyes is scoring 11.7 points per game with 3.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists for the Mountaineers. McEldon is averaging 10.5 points and 6.1 rebounds while shooting 63.5% over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Gaels: 5-5, averaging 65.8 points, 30.2 rebounds, 14.4 assists, 6.5 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 42.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.2 points per game.

Mountaineers: 5-5, averaging 66.8 points, 34.5 rebounds, 11.6 assists, 5.3 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 42.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.4 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.