North Florida Ospreys (4-2) at SIU-Edwardsville Cougars (5-3)
Edwardsville, Illinois; Friday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: SIU-Edwardsville will try to keep its three-game home win streak intact when the Cougars play North Florida.
The Cougars have gone 2-0 in home games. SIU-Edwardsville leads the OVC with 14.6 fast break points.
The Ospreys are 2-1 on the road. North Florida averages 88.2 points and has outscored opponents by 10.2 points per game.
SIU-Edwardsville is shooting 42.0% from the field this season, 4.9 percentage points lower than the 46.9% North Florida allows to opponents. North Florida has shot at a 46.7% clip from the field this season, 7.2 percentage points above the 39.5% shooting opponents of SIU-Edwardsville have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Ray’Sean Taylor is shooting 40.0% and averaging 16.6 points for the Cougars.
Liam Murphy is shooting 58.3% from beyond the arc with 3.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Ospreys, while averaging 13.7 points.
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