Kent State visits Portland following O’Donnell’s 32-point game

Kent State Golden Flashes (9-1) at Portland Pilots (6-4)

Portland, Oregon; Sunday, 5 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Portland hosts Kent State after James O’Donnell scored 32 points in Portland’s 104-87 victory against the Lewis & Clark Pioneers.

The Pilots are 6-2 in home games. Portland is second in the WCC scoring 84.4 points while shooting 51.1% from the field.

The Golden Flashes play their first true road game after going 9-1 to start the season. Kent State ranks second in the MAC shooting 40.0% from 3-point range.

Portland makes 51.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 9.1 percentage points higher than Kent State has allowed to its opponents (42.0%). Kent State has shot at a 51.2% clip from the field this season, 7.7 percentage points greater than the 43.5% shooting opponents of Portland have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Timo George is scoring 13.6 points per game and averaging 5.5 rebounds for the Pilots. Joel Foxwell is averaging 13.2 points and 5.2 rebounds while shooting 45.1%.

Delrecco Gillespie is averaging 19.2 points, 11.7 rebounds and 2.1 blocks for the Golden Flashes. Morgan Safford is averaging 16.4 points and 5.9 rebounds.

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