Pittsburgh takes on Villanova following Cummings' 34-point game

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Pittsburgh Panthers (5-5) at Villanova Wildcats (7-2)

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; Saturday, 4:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Pittsburgh faces Villanova after Brandin Cummings scored 34 points in Pittsburgh's 80-73 loss to the Hofstra Pride.

The Wildcats are 5-0 in home games. Villanova is 6-2 against opponents over .500.

The Panthers are 0-1 on the road. Pittsburgh is eighth in the ACC with 10.6 offensive rebounds per game led by Cameron Corhen averaging 3.1.

Villanova makes 46.8% of its shots from the field this season, which is 4.1 percentage points higher than Pittsburgh has allowed to its opponents (42.7%). Pittsburgh averages 8.1 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.1 fewer makes per game than Villanova gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Bryce Lindsay is scoring 16.4 points per game and averaging 2.2 rebounds for the Wildcats. Acaden Lewis is averaging 12.6 points and 3.6 rebounds while shooting 50.6%.

Damarco Minor is shooting 40.8% from beyond the arc with 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Panthers, while averaging 11.2 points and 1.5 steals. Corhen is averaging 13.8 points and 9.1 rebounds.

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