Reneau leads Miami (FL) against Florida International after 22-point performance

Florida International Panthers (5-3) at Miami Hurricanes (9-2)

Coral Gables, Florida; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Miami (FL) hosts Florida International after Malik Reneau scored 22 points in Miami (FL)’s 104-79 victory over the UL Monroe Warhawks.

The Hurricanes have gone 7-0 in home games. Miami (FL) is fifth in the ACC at limiting opponent scoring, allowing 66.5 points while holding opponents to 39.7% shooting.

The Panthers are 0-2 on the road. Florida International ranks seventh in the CUSA with 34.5 rebounds per game led by Corey Stephenson averaging 7.6.

Miami (FL)’s average of 7.5 made 3-pointers per game is 1.3 fewer made shots on average than the 8.8 per game Florida International gives up. Florida International has shot at a 44.9% rate from the field this season, 5.2 percentage points above the 39.7% shooting opponents of Miami (FL) have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Reneau is shooting 56.9% and averaging 20.4 points for the Hurricanes. Timotej Malovec is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Stephenson is averaging 17.5 points and 7.6 rebounds for the Panthers. Julian Mackey is averaging 13.4 points.

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