Mount St. Mary’s visits Mercyhurst, aims to stop road slide

Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers (1-6) at Mercyhurst Lakers (2-7)

Erie, Pennsylvania; Monday, 6 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Mount St. Mary’s hits the road against Mercyhurst looking to stop its four-game road losing streak.

The Lakers are 2-0 on their home court. Mercyhurst is third in the NEC in team defense, giving up 67.6 points while holding opponents to 43.3% shooting.

The Mountaineers are 0-4 on the road. Mount St. Mary’s is 0-3 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 15.4 turnovers per game.

Mercyhurst’s average of 7.3 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.3 more made shots on average than the 7.0 per game Mount St. Mary’s allows. Mount St. Mary’s 33.4% shooting percentage from the field this season is 9.9 percentage points lower than Mercyhurst has allowed to its opponents (43.3%).

TOP PERFORMERS: Bailey Kuhns is shooting 48.3% and averaging 19.4 points for the Lakers.

Gabrielle Kennerly is shooting 38.5% and averaging 11.4 points for the Mountaineers.

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