Western Michigan visits Valparaiso after Griffith’s 30-point game

Western Michigan Broncos (3-4) at Valparaiso Beacons (4-2)

Valparaiso, Indiana; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Western Michigan visits Valparaiso after Jalen Griffith scored 30 points in Western Michigan’s 83-60 win against the Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers.

The Beacons have gone 3-1 in home games. Valparaiso is 1-0 in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Broncos are 0-3 on the road. Western Michigan gives up 78.9 points to opponents and has been outscored by 1.6 points per game.

Valparaiso is shooting 37.3% from the field this season, 5.2 percentage points lower than the 42.5% Western Michigan allows to opponents. Western Michigan averages 7.0 more points per game (77.3) than Valparaiso gives up (70.3).

TOP PERFORMERS: Rakim Chaney is shooting 53.3% and averaging 16.0 points for the Beacons. Mark Brown Jr. is averaging 1.0 made 3-pointers.

Griffith is averaging 16.8 points and 1.5 steals for the Broncos. Jayden Brewer is averaging 14.6 points and 7.7 rebounds.

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