Ralph-Beyer and Sacred Heart host Mount St. Mary's

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Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (14-15, 10-8 MAAC) at Sacred Heart Pioneers (12-18, 8-11 MAAC)

Fairfield, Connecticut; Friday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Sacred Heart hosts Mount St. Mary's after Nyle Ralph-Beyer scored 21 points in Sacred Heart's 65-63 loss to the Marist Red Foxes.

The Pioneers have gone 7-5 at home. Sacred Heart is third in the MAAC scoring 75.5 points while shooting 43.5% from the field.

The Mountaineers are 10-8 in MAAC play. Mount St. Mary's allows 70.9 points to opponents and has been outscored by 2.6 points per game.

Sacred Heart scores 75.5 points per game, 4.6 more points than the 70.9 Mount St. Mary's allows. Mount St. Mary's has shot at a 44.1% rate from the field this season, 1.8 percentage points below the 45.9% shooting opponents of Sacred Heart have averaged.

The teams square off for the second time this season in MAAC play. Sacred Heart won the last matchup 87-80 on Dec. 4. Dashon Gittens scored 23 points points to help lead the Pioneers to the victory.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ralph-Beyer is shooting 43.5% from beyond the arc with 2.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Pioneers, while averaging 14 points. Anquan Hill is shooting 45.3% and averaging 18.4 points over the last 10 games.

Luke McEldon is averaging 11.4 points and 5.8 rebounds for the Mountaineers. Arlandus Keyes is averaging 12.5 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Pioneers: 5-5, averaging 74.6 points, 31.5 rebounds, 14.1 assists, 4.2 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 43.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.3 points per game.

Mountaineers: 7-3, averaging 69.3 points, 34.4 rebounds, 13.1 assists, 5.8 steals and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting 46.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.5 points.

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