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Quinnipiac visits Iona following Anthony’s 26-point outing

Quinnipiac Bobcats (5-3) at Iona Gaels (6-2)

New Rochelle, New York; Friday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Iona hosts Quinnipiac after CJ Anthony scored 26 points in Iona’s 89-66 win against the Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens.

The Gaels are 3-0 on their home court. Iona scores 85.1 points and has outscored opponents by 6.3 points per game.

The Bobcats have gone 2-2 away from home. Quinnipiac is the best team in the MAAC scoring 15.3 fast break points per game.

Iona makes 47.4% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.0 percentage points higher than Quinnipiac has allowed to its opponents (44.4%). Quinnipiac has shot at a 45.0% clip from the field this season, 1.1 percentage points higher than the 43.9% shooting opponents of Iona have averaged.

The Gaels and Bobcats meet Friday for the first time in MAAC play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Anthony is scoring 16.8 points per game and averaging 3.6 rebounds for the Gaels. Toby Harris is averaging 3.0 made 3-pointers.

Jaden Zimmerman is averaging 16.5 points for the Bobcats. Amarri Monroe is averaging 15.9 points.

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