Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks to face American Eagles on the road

Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks (4-7) at American Eagles (6-4)

Washington; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Maryland-Eastern Shore takes on American for a Division 1 Division matchup Saturday.

The Eagles are 6-1 on their home court. American ranks second in the Patriot League in rebounding averaging 32.2 rebounds. Julen Iturbe paces the Eagles with 5.5 boards.

The Hawks are 1-6 in road games. Maryland-Eastern Shore ranks sixth in the MEAC with 9.3 offensive rebounds per game led by Chris Flippin averaging 1.8.

American averages 9.2 made 3-pointers per game, 2.7 more made shots than the 6.5 per game Maryland-Eastern Shore allows. Maryland-Eastern Shore has shot at a 43.8% clip from the field this season, 1.5 percentage points higher than the 42.3% shooting opponents of American have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Geoff Sprouse averages 1.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Eagles, scoring 8.0 points while shooting 33.3% from beyond the arc. Madden Collins is shooting 52.0% and averaging 13.7 points.

Joseph Locandro is shooting 52.2% and averaging 11.7 points for the Hawks. Dorion Staples is averaging 1.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

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