Bellarmine faces Eastern Illinois, looks to end home slide

Eastern Illinois Panthers (0-6) at Bellarmine Knights (2-5)

Louisville, Kentucky; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Bellarmine takes on Eastern Illinois looking to break its three-game home losing streak.

The Knights have gone 1-2 in home games. Bellarmine is ninth in the ASUN at limiting opponent scoring, giving up 71.4 points while holding opponents to 37.4% shooting.

The Panthers are 0-5 on the road. Eastern Illinois is ninth in the OVC with 30.5 rebounds per game led by Abbie Boutilier averaging 6.7.

Bellarmine is shooting 34.3% from the field this season, 12.2 percentage points lower than the 46.5% Eastern Illinois allows to opponents. Eastern Illinois averages 57.7 points per game, 13.7 fewer points than the 71.4 Bellarmine gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ava Smith is shooting 28.6% from beyond the arc with 1.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Knights, while averaging 7.9 points. Triniti Ralston is shooting 33.8% and averaging 13.3 points.

Ava Stoller is averaging 12.3 points and 3.2 assists for the Panthers. Nyah Hardy is averaging 7.0 points.

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