Loyola Marymount takes on Saint Louis after Jocius’ 22-point performance

Saint Louis Billikens (6-1) at Loyola Marymount Lions (7-2)

Los Angeles; Tuesday, 10 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Loyola Marymount hosts Saint Louis after Rokas Jocius scored 22 points in Loyola Marymount’s 71-68 loss to the Stony Brook Seawolves.

The Lions have gone 4-1 at home. Loyola Marymount ranks eighth in the WCC with 15.0 assists per game led by Jalen Shelley averaging 2.9.

The Billikens play their first true road game after going 6-1 with a 1-1 record in neutral-site games to begin the season. Saint Louis averages 89.4 points while outscoring opponents by 19.3 points per game.

Loyola Marymount makes 48.3% of its shots from the field this season, which is 11.9 percentage points higher than Saint Louis has allowed to its opponents (36.4%). Saint Louis averages 9.6 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.6 more made shots on average than the 7.0 per game Loyola Marymount gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Rodney Brown Jr. is shooting 40.6% from beyond the arc with 2.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Lions, while averaging 13.2 points. Myron Amey Jr. is shooting 44.7% and averaging 15.4 points.

Robbie Avila is scoring 12.7 points per game and averaging 5.1 rebounds for the Billikens. Dion Brown is averaging 12.4 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.