Appalachian State Mountaineers (4-3) at Mercer Bears (3-2)
Macon, Georgia; Wednesday, 2pm EST
BETMGM Sportsbook Line: Bears -6.5; over/under is 140.5
Bottom Line: Mercer takes on Appalachian State after Quinton Perkins II scores 20 points in Mercer’s 95-83 win over the Eastern Kentucky Colonels.
The Bears go 2-0 in home games. Mercer is fifth in the SoCon with 14.8 assists, leading Baraka Okojie with an average of 5.0.
Climbers 1-2 are on the road. Appalachian State ranks fourth in the Sun Belt with 10.1 offensive rebounds per game, led by Andre Njok, averaging 2.3.
Mercer makes 45.4% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.9 percentage points more than Appalachian State allows its opponents (41.5%). Appalachian State has shot 43.3% from the field this season, which is 0.6 percentage points lower than the 43.9% shooting average of Mercer’s opponents.
Top Performers: Perkins averaged 2.8 made 3-pointers per game for the Bears, scoring 15.2 points while shooting 45.2% from beyond the arc. Okojie is shooting 39.1% and averaging 15.8 points.
Kasen Jennings is shooting 44.0% and averaging 16.0 points for the Mountaineers. Alonzo Dodd is averaging 9.0 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by DataScrew and data from Sportradar.
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