East Tennessee State Buccaneers face the Austin Peay Governors on 3-game win streak

Austin Peay Governors (4-3) at East Tennessee State Buccaneers (5-2)

Johnson City, Tennessee; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: East Tennessee State will try to continue its three-game win streak with a victory over Austin Peay.

The Buccaneers have gone 4-1 at home. East Tennessee State is fourth in the SoCon scoring 78.0 points while shooting 46.5% from the field.

The Governors are 1-2 on the road. Austin Peay is 1-0 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

East Tennessee State averages 78.0 points, 8.6 more per game than the 69.4 Austin Peay allows. Austin Peay has shot at a 41.5% clip from the field this season, 1.3 percentage points less than the 42.8% shooting opponents of East Tennessee State have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Quimari Peterson is shooting 53.5% and averaging 19.0 points for the Buccaneers.

LJ Thomas is scoring 20.0 points per game and averaging 4.7 rebounds for the Governors.

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