Cleveland State plays Bethune-Cookman after Perdue’s 27-point showing

Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (2-6) at Cleveland State Vikings (7-2, 2-0 Horizon)

Cleveland; Friday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Cleveland State plays Bethune-Cookman after Mickayla Perdue scored 27 points in Cleveland State’s 82-49 victory against the IUPUI Jaguars.

The Vikings are 4-0 in home games. Cleveland State is the top team in the Horizon with 15.9 assists per game led by Sara Guerreiro averaging 4.9.

The Wildcats are 0-5 in road games. Bethune-Cookman ranks third in the SWAC with 12.8 offensive rebounds per game led by Asianae Nicholson averaging 4.4.

Cleveland State’s average of 7.4 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.1 fewer made shots on average than the 7.5 per game Bethune-Cookman allows. Bethune-Cookman averages 67.1 points per game, 3.4 more than the 63.7 Cleveland State allows to opponents.

TOP PERFORMERS: Destiny Leo averages 3.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Vikings, scoring 11.9 points while shooting 45.0% from beyond the arc.

Nicholson is scoring 11.5 points per game and averaging 9.5 rebounds for the Wildcats.

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