Pittsburgh hosts Davis and Hofstra

Hofstra Pride (5-4) at Pittsburgh Panthers (5-4)

Pittsburgh; Sunday, 4 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Hofstra takes on Pittsburgh after Cruz Davis scored 24 points in Hofstra’s 72-70 loss to the Columbia Lions.

The Panthers have gone 5-2 at home. Pittsburgh is 1-0 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Pride have gone 2-4 away from home. Hofstra ranks third in the CAA with 14.4 assists per game led by Preston Edmead averaging 5.3.

Pittsburgh’s average of 7.9 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.7 more made shots on average than the 7.2 per game Hofstra gives up. Hofstra has shot at a 45.7% clip from the field this season, 4.1 percentage points higher than the 41.6% shooting opponents of Pittsburgh have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Cameron Corhen is scoring 14.6 points per game and averaging 9.4 rebounds for the Panthers. Damarco Minor is averaging 2.1 made 3-pointers.

Davis is shooting 43.1% from beyond the arc with 2.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Pride, while averaging 19.6 points and 4.9 assists. Edmead is averaging 15 points and 5.3 assists.

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