Army visits Therien and Loyola (MD)

Army Black Knights (10-3, 1-1 Patriot) at Loyola (MD) Greyhounds (5-8, 1-1 Patriot)

Baltimore; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Loyola (MD) hosts Army after Lex Therien scored 20 points in Loyola (MD)’s 63-52 loss to the Lafayette Leopards.

The Greyhounds are 2-3 on their home court. Loyola (MD) allows 63.4 points and has been outscored by 7.5 points per game.

The Black Knights have gone 1-1 against Patriot opponents. Army is 3-2 against opponents over .500.

Loyola (MD)’s average of 4.2 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.4 more made shots on average than the 3.8 per game Army allows. Army averages 7.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.3 more makes per game than Loyola (MD) allows.

The matchup Wednesday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Therien is averaging 16.8 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.5 steals for the Greyhounds. Koi Sims is averaging 9.3 points and 7.8 rebounds over the last 10 games.

Reese Ericson averages 2.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Black Knights, scoring 10.7 points while shooting 40.0% from beyond the arc. Kya Smith is averaging 16.1 points, 11.1 rebounds and 2.2 steals over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Greyhounds: 5-5, averaging 59.4 points, 30.1 rebounds, 13.5 assists, 7.1 steals and 2.2 blocks per game while shooting 43.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 60.9 points per game.

Black Knights: 7-3, averaging 68.0 points, 30.3 rebounds, 15.1 assists, 7.4 steals and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting 44.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 58.6 points.

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