Mount St. Mary’s hosts Iona after Harris’ 26-point performance

Iona Gaels (9-4, 1-1 MAAC) at Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers (4-9, 0-2 MAAC)

Emmitsburg, Maryland; Monday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Iona visits Mount St. Mary’s after Toby Harris scored 26 points in Iona’s 83-78 victory against the Vermont Catamounts.

The Mountaineers have gone 2-2 in home games. Mount St. Mary’s has a 2-6 record against teams above .500.

The Gaels are 1-1 against MAAC opponents. Iona is the MAAC leader with 24.8 defensive rebounds per game led by Lamin Sabally averaging 5.5.

Mount St. Mary’s is shooting 44.2% from the field this season, 0.2 percentage points lower than the 44.4% Iona allows to opponents. Iona averages 80.5 points per game, 4.5 more than the 76.0 Mount St. Mary’s allows.

The Mountaineers and Gaels match up Monday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Xavier Lipscomb is averaging 10.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.6 steals for the Mountaineers. Arlandus Keyes is averaging 12.0 points and 3.0 rebounds while shooting 35.6% over the last 10 games.

CJ Anthony is averaging 16.4 points, 5.8 assists and 1.8 steals for the Gaels. Harris is averaging 13.1 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Mountaineers: 3-7, averaging 70.1 points, 31.8 rebounds, 15.8 assists, 6.6 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 44.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 77.9 points per game.

Gaels: 6-4, averaging 78.4 points, 32.7 rebounds, 13.3 assists, 8.0 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 44.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 78.5 points.

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