Mercer Bears (3-5) at Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (2-4)
Daytona Beach, Florida; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Mercer visits Bethune-Cookman looking to break its four-game road slide.
The Wildcats have gone 2-0 in home games. Bethune-Cookman averages 14.0 assists per game to lead the SWAC, paced by Kayla White with 3.0.
The Bears are 0-4 on the road. Mercer is eighth in the SoCon with 6.9 offensive rebounds per game led by Ashlee Locke averaging 2.3.
Bethune-Cookman is shooting 39.6% from the field this season, 0.9 percentage points lower than the 40.5% Mercer allows to opponents. Mercer averages 2.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, 5.7 fewer made shots on average than the 7.7 per game Bethune-Cookman gives up.
TOP PERFORMERS: Shomari Phillips is shooting 28.6% from beyond the arc with 1.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Wildcats, while averaging 5.8 points.
Ariana Bennett is shooting 50.0% and averaging 9.0 points for the Bears.
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