Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers (15-14, 11-9 MAAC) vs. Merrimack Warriors (18-11, 15-5 MAAC)
Atlantic City, New Jersey; Saturday, 2:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Merrimack takes on Mount St. Mary’s in the MAAC Tournament.
The Warriors’ record in MAAC games is 15-5, and their record is 3-6 in non-conference play. Merrimack is second in the MAAC in rebounding with 34.9 rebounds. Madison Roman paces the Warriors with 10.8 boards.
The Mountaineers are 11-9 against MAAC opponents. Mount St. Mary’s is third in the MAAC with 33.5 rebounds per game led by Amber Bullard averaging 5.9.
Merrimack averages 68.3 points, 5.9 more per game than the 62.4 Mount St. Mary’s gives up. Mount St. Mary’s has shot at a 37.8% rate from the field this season, 0.4 percentage points less than the 38.2% shooting opponents of Merrimack have averaged.
The teams meet for the third time this season. The Warriors won 81-68 in the last matchup on Jan. 24. Molly Manion led the Warriors with 27 points, and Bullard led the Mountaineers with 10 points.
TOP PERFORMERS: Roman is averaging 13.5 points, 10.8 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.5 steals for the Warriors. Lydia Melaschenko is averaging 2.3 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
Bullard is averaging nine points and 5.9 rebounds for the Mountaineers. Alana Powell is averaging 12.4 points and 1.8 steals over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Warriors: 8-2, averaging 69.8 points, 32.8 rebounds, 16.9 assists, 9.1 steals and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 43.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 59.7 points per game.
Mountaineers: 6-4, averaging 63.2 points, 33.1 rebounds, 12.5 assists, 9.0 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 40.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 63.9 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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