Lemaster and the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers visit conference foe Sacred Heart

Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (3-10, 1-3 MAAC) at Sacred Heart Pioneers (5-8, 1-3 MAAC)

Fairfield, Connecticut; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: MAAC foes Sacred Heart and Mount St. Mary's will play on Saturday.

The Pioneers are 3-2 in home games. Sacred Heart gives up 64.8 points to opponents and has been outscored by 7.1 points per game.

The Mountaineers are 1-3 in MAAC play. Mount St. Mary's is eighth in the MAAC with 21.2 defensive rebounds per game led by Jo Raflo averaging 4.1.

Sacred Heart averages 57.7 points per game, 10.8 fewer points than the 68.5 Mount St. Mary's allows. Mount St. Mary's averages 6.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.6 more made shots on average than the 5.3 per game Sacred Heart gives up.

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

TOP PERFORMERS: Ny'Ceara Pryor is averaging 18.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 3.5 steals for the Pioneers.

Raflo is averaging 12.8 points and 5.2 rebounds for the Mountaineers.

LAST 10 GAMES: Pioneers: 4-6, averaging 57.7 points, 32.7 rebounds, 10.7 assists, 9.2 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 36.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 60.9 points per game.

Mountaineers: 3-7, averaging 61.8 points, 29.3 rebounds, 12.0 assists, 7.2 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 39.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.0 points.

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