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Amadi and Mount St. Mary’s host Sacred Heart

Sacred Heart Pioneers (2-5) at Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers (2-6)

Emmitsburg, Maryland; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Mount St. Mary’s hosts Sacred Heart after Justin Amadi scored 21 points in Mount St. Mary’s 79-75 victory over the Howard Bison.

The Mountaineers are 1-1 on their home court. Mount St. Mary’s is third in the MAAC with 24.8 defensive rebounds per game led by Xavier Lipscomb averaging 4.8.

The Pioneers are 0-5 in road games. Sacred Heart is third in the MAAC with 14.9 assists per game led by Mekhi Conner averaging 4.7.

Mount St. Mary’s scores 66.8 points per game, 15.6 fewer points than the 82.4 Sacred Heart allows. Sacred Heart has shot at a 43.6% clip from the field this season, 0.3 percentage points fewer than the 43.9% shooting opponents of Mount St. Mary’s have averaged.

The matchup Wednesday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Arlandus Keyes is scoring 12.8 points per game with 2.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists for the Mountaineers. Luke McEldon is averaging 12.3 points and 6.5 rebounds while shooting 60.3%.

Yann Farell is shooting 44.7% from beyond the arc with 2.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Pioneers, while averaging nine points. Anquan Hill is averaging 16.9 points and 6.1 rebounds.

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