Merrimack faces the Canisius Golden Griffins after Devon Savage scored 23 points in the Warriors' 72-68 victory against the Troy Trojans
Merrimack Warriors (2-6) at Canisius Golden Griffins (0-8)
Buffalo, New York; Friday, 7 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Warriors -7.5; over/under is 134.5
BOTTOM LINE: Merrimack plays Canisius after Devon Savage scored 23 points in Merrimack's 72-68 win against the Troy Trojans.
The Golden Griffins are 0-2 in home games. Canisius averages 12.0 turnovers per game and is 0-2 when it wins the turnover battle.
The Warriors have gone 1-4 away from home. Merrimack gives up 69.9 points to opponents while being outscored by 9.1 points per game.
Canisius' average of 8.4 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.8 more made shots on average than the 7.6 per game Merrimack allows. Merrimack's 39.8% shooting percentage from the field this season is 10.8 percentage points lower than Canisius has allowed to its opponents (50.6%).
The matchup Friday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Tana Kopa is shooting 39.7% from beyond the arc with 2.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Golden Griffins, while averaging 12 points.
Adam Clark is scoring 19.9 points per game and averaging 3.9 rebounds for the Warriors.
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.