Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs (4-3) at Belmont Bruins (5-2)
Nashville, Tennessee; Friday, 5 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bruins -6.5; over/under is 150.5
BOTTOM LINE: Gardner-Webb visits Belmont after Anthony Selden scored 29 points in Gardner-Webb’s 79-64 win over the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats.
The Bruins are 2-1 in home games. Belmont is fourth in the MVC scoring 81.1 points while shooting 48.1% from the field.
The Runnin’ Bulldogs are 1-3 on the road. Gardner-Webb is eighth in the Big South scoring 71.7 points per game and is shooting 47.0%.
Belmont makes 48.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.8 percentage points higher than Gardner-Webb has allowed to its opponents (44.3%). Gardner-Webb averages 71.7 points per game, 2.4 fewer than the 74.1 Belmont gives up.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jonathan Pierre is shooting 45.8% and averaging 12.6 points for the Bruins.
Darryl Simmons II is shooting 49.4% and averaging 15.1 points for the Runnin’ Bulldogs.
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