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Eastern Kentucky visits Oday and Northern Kentucky
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Eastern Kentucky Colonels (1-4) at Northern Kentucky Norse (3-2)
Highland Heights, Kentucky; Monday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Northern Kentucky hosts Eastern Kentucky after Donovan Oday scored 20 points in Northern Kentucky’s 90-66 victory over the Central Michigan Chippewas.
The Norse have gone 2-0 at home. Northern Kentucky ranks second in the Horizon League with 18.6 assists per game led by Ethan Elliott averaging 5.2.
The Colonels are 0-2 on the road. Eastern Kentucky is eighth in the ASUN with 22.0 defensive rebounds per game led by Jalen Cooper averaging 4.4.
Northern Kentucky averages 10.6 made 3-pointers per game, 2.2 more made shots than the 8.4 per game Eastern Kentucky gives up. Eastern Kentucky’s 42.5% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.2 percentage points lower than Northern Kentucky has allowed to its opponents (44.7%).
TOP PERFORMERS: Kael Robinson is shooting 50.0% from beyond the arc with 3.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Norse, while averaging 14.4 points. Dan Gherezgher Jr. is shooting 43.2% and averaging 16.4 points.
Montavious Myrick is scoring 13.0 points per game and averaging 6.6 rebounds for the Colonels. Austin Ball is averaging 11.6 points and 5.6 rebounds.
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