Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (5-3) at Detroit Mercy Titans (4-5)
Detroit; Thursday, 1 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mastodons -8; over/under is 148
BOTTOM LINE: Detroit Mercy hosts Purdue Fort Wayne after Grant Gondrezick II scored 22 points in Detroit Mercy's 98-89 overtime victory over the Eastern Michigan Eagles.
The Titans are 2-1 on their home court. Detroit Mercy ranks second in the Horizon League with 25.7 defensive rebounds per game led by Emmanuel Kuac averaging 3.2.
The Mastodons are 1-2 on the road. Purdue Fort Wayne is 2-3 against opponents over .500.
Detroit Mercy's average of 6.2 made 3-pointers per game is 1.7 fewer made shots on average than the 7.9 per game Purdue Fort Wayne allows. Purdue Fort Wayne has shot at a 48.1% rate from the field this season, 5.7 percentage points greater than the 42.4% shooting opponents of Detroit Mercy have averaged.
The Titans and Mastodons square off Thursday for the first time in Horizon League play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Orlando Lovejoy is scoring 14.0 points per game and averaging 4.2 rebounds for the Titans.
Jalen Jackson is scoring 18.9 points per game and averaging 4.3 rebounds for the Mastodons.
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.