Holiman leads Georgia Southern against Drake after 20-point performance

Georgia Southern Eagles (5-2) at Drake Bulldogs (6-0)

Des Moines, Iowa; Saturday, 6 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Georgia Southern takes on Drake after Adante’ Holiman scored 20 points in Georgia Southern’s 64-54 win against the West Georgia Wolves.

The Bulldogs have gone 3-0 at home. Drake is 5-0 in games decided by at least 10 points.

The Eagles are 1-1 on the road. Georgia Southern leads the Sun Belt scoring 80.4 points per game while shooting 45.7%.

Drake makes 48.9% of its shots from the field this season, which is 6.6 percentage points higher than Georgia Southern has allowed to its opponents (42.3%). Georgia Southern averages 9.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 4.9 more made shots on average than the 4.5 per game Drake gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Bennett Stirtz is scoring 18.3 points per game and averaging 4.8 rebounds for the Bulldogs.

Holiman is averaging 15.9 points for the Eagles.

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