Sydnor, Manhattan Jaspers to host Ard and the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers

Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (9-5, 2-1 MAAC) at Manhattan Jaspers (7-6, 2-2 MAAC)

Riverdale, New York; Friday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Terrell Ard Jr. and Mount St. Mary's visit Will Sydnor and Manhattan in MAAC action Friday.

The Jaspers have gone 3-2 at home. Manhattan averages 11.5 turnovers per game and is 1-1 when it wins the turnover battle.

The Mountaineers are 2-1 in MAAC play. Mount St. Mary's has a 3-5 record against teams over .500.

Manhattan averages 77.3 points, 5.1 more per game than the 72.2 Mount St. Mary's gives up. Mount St. Mary's has shot at a 43.2% rate from the field this season, 1.4 percentage points less than the 44.6% shooting opponents of Manhattan have averaged.

The matchup Friday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Sydnor is scoring 15.4 points per game and averaging 6.7 rebounds for the Jaspers.

Dallas Hobbs is scoring 13.1 points per game and averaging 3.4 rebounds for the Mountaineers.

LAST 10 GAMES: Jaspers: 5-5, averaging 79.0 points, 32.0 rebounds, 14.6 assists, 6.1 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 44.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 79.7 points per game.

Mountaineers: 6-4, averaging 70.8 points, 31.9 rebounds, 14.9 assists, 8.0 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 41.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.6 points.

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