Georgia Southern Eagles (8-8, 1-3 Sun Belt) at James Madison Dukes (12-4, 4-0 Sun Belt)
Harrisonburg, Virginia; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: JMU hosts Georgia Southern after Ashanti Barnes-Williams scored 25 points in JMU's 71-59 victory against the Marshall Thundering Herd.
The Dukes have gone 6-1 at home. JMU ranks third in the Sun Belt with 34.5 points per game in the paint led by Kseniia Kozlova averaging 7.3.
The Eagles are 1-3 against Sun Belt opponents.
JMU's average of 5.4 made 3-pointers per game is 1.4 fewer made shots on average than the 6.8 per game Georgia Southern allows. Georgia Southern has shot at a 39.2% rate from the field this season, 1.9 percentage points above the 37.3% shooting opponents of JMU have averaged.
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting this season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Peyton McDaniel is scoring 14.4 points per game with 7.9 rebounds and 1.4 assists for the Dukes.
McKenna Eddings averages 1.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Eagles, scoring 8.5 points while shooting 26.3% from beyond the arc.
LAST 10 GAMES: Dukes: 7-3, averaging 67.8 points, 36.4 rebounds, 10.3 assists, 8.7 steals and 1.6 blocks per game while shooting 40.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.4 points per game.
Eagles: 3-7, averaging 67.4 points, 36.9 rebounds, 13.8 assists, 8.3 steals and 2.2 blocks per game while shooting 39.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.5 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
