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Crews leads Missouri against Notre Dame after 20-point performance
Missouri Tigers (8-0) at Notre Dame Fighting Irish (5-3)
South Bend, Indiana; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Missouri visits Notre Dame after Jacob Crews scored 20 points in Missouri’s 86-59 win against the Cleveland State Vikings.
The Fighting Irish have gone 4-0 in home games. Notre Dame averages 75.4 points while outscoring opponents by 8.1 points per game.
The Tigers are 1-0 on the road. Missouri ranks ninth in the SEC with 27.0 defensive rebounds per game led by Shawn Phillips Jr. averaging 5.2.
Notre Dame makes 46.4% of its shots from the field this season, which is 7.7 percentage points higher than Missouri has allowed to its opponents (38.7%). Missouri has shot at a 55.5% rate from the field this season, 14.3 percentage points greater than the 41.2% shooting opponents of Notre Dame have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Markus Burton is scoring 20.1 points per game and averaging 2.9 rebounds for the Fighting Irish. Jalen Haralson is averaging 13.1 points and 3.1 rebounds while shooting 49.3%.
Mark Mitchell is averaging 17.1 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists for the Tigers. Crews is averaging 13.1 points and 5.6 rebounds.
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