Maryland-Eastern Shore takes on Longwood on 5-game slide

Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks (1-9) at Longwood Lancers (7-2)

Farmville, Virginia; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Maryland-Eastern Shore looks to break its five-game slide with a victory against Longwood.

The Lancers have gone 5-0 in home games. Longwood scores 77.7 points and has outscored opponents by 9.0 points per game.

The Hawks are 0-9 on the road. Maryland-Eastern Shore is eighth in the MEAC allowing 86.0 points while holding opponents to 47.2% shooting.

Longwood's average of 5.9 made 3-pointers per game is 3.5 fewer made shots on average than the 9.4 per game Maryland-Eastern Shore allows. Maryland-Eastern Shore's 38.8% shooting percentage from the field this season is 7.4 percentage points lower than Longwood has given up to its opponents (46.2%).

TOP PERFORMERS: K.J. McClurg is shooting 34.8% from beyond the arc with 1.8 made 3-pointers per game for the Lancers, while averaging 11.9 points.

Ketron Shaw is shooting 40.8% and averaging 17.7 points for the Hawks.

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