Mercyhurst Lakers (4-3) at California Golden Bears (5-1)
Berkeley, California; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Golden Bears -19.5; over/under is 139.5
BOTTOM LINE: Cal takes on Mercyhurst after Andrej Stojakovic scored 20 points in Cal’s 83-77 win against the Sacramento State Hornets.
The Golden Bears have gone 4-0 at home. Cal scores 79.7 points while outscoring opponents by 5.9 points per game.
The Lakers are 1-3 on the road. Mercyhurst ranks fourth in the NEC scoring 32.0 points per game in the paint led by Jeff Planutis averaging 7.0.
Cal is shooting 46.9% from the field this season, 0.3 percentage points higher than the 46.6% Mercyhurst allows to opponents. Mercyhurst averages 70.9 points per game, 2.9 fewer than the 73.8 Cal gives up.
TOP PERFORMERS: Stojakovic is shooting 41.0% and averaging 18.2 points for the Golden Bears.
Planutis is shooting 39.3% from beyond the arc with 1.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Lakers, while averaging 14.4 points and 1.7 steals.
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