Purdue Fort Wayne hosts Robert Morris following Ross’ 27-point outing

Robert Morris Colonials (2-5) at Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (3-5)

Fort Wayne, Indiana; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Purdue Fort Wayne hosts Robert Morris after Lauren Ross scored 27 points in Purdue Fort Wayne’s 88-84 loss to the Furman Paladins.

The Mastodons have gone 1-0 at home. Purdue Fort Wayne is 1-5 against opponents over .500.

The Colonials are 1-3 in road games. Robert Morris has a 0-1 record in games decided by less than 4 points.

Purdue Fort Wayne averages 9.4 made 3-pointers per game, 2.5 more made shots than the 6.9 per game Robert Morris gives up. Robert Morris has shot at a 40.2% rate from the field this season, 2.1 percentage points above the 38.1% shooting opponents of Purdue Fort Wayne have averaged.

The Mastodons and Colonials meet Wednesday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ross averages 3.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Mastodons, scoring 17.0 points while shooting 46.4% from beyond the arc.

Noa Givon is shooting 20.0% from beyond the arc with 1.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Colonials, while averaging 11 points.

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