Saint Peter's hosts Lipscomb and Mount St. Mary's

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Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (9-13, 5-6 MAAC) at Saint Peter's Peacocks (11-7, 8-2 MAAC)

Jersey City, New Jersey; Friday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Mount St. Mary's visits Saint Peter's after Xavier Lipscomb scored 20 points in Mount St. Mary's 71-61 victory against the Rider Broncs.

The Peacocks are 9-1 in home games. Saint Peter's is ninth in the MAAC with 12.7 assists per game led by Bryce Eaton averaging 3.8.

The Mountaineers are 5-6 in MAAC play. Mount St. Mary's ranks eighth in the MAAC giving up 72.6 points while holding opponents to 40.6% shooting.

Saint Peter's averages 71.4 points per game, 1.2 fewer points than the 72.6 Mount St. Mary's allows. Mount St. Mary's has shot at a 43.5% rate from the field this season, 1.8 percentage points above the 41.7% shooting opponents of Saint Peter's have averaged.

The Peacocks and Mountaineers square off Friday for the first time in MAAC play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Brent Bland is shooting 36.2% from beyond the arc with 2.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Peacocks, while averaging 14.2 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.6 steals. Zaakir Williamson is averaging 11.1 points and 6.1 rebounds over the past 10 games.

Luke McEldon is averaging 10.9 points and six rebounds for the Mountaineers. Arlandus Keyes is averaging 2.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Peacocks: 7-3, averaging 74.3 points, 35.7 rebounds, 13.5 assists, 9.1 steals and 4.8 blocks per game while shooting 42.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.2 points per game.

Mountaineers: 6-4, averaging 67.2 points, 34.8 rebounds, 12.3 assists, 7.3 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 43.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.2 points.

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