Alabama Crimson Tide (8-2) at North Dakota Fightin’ Hawks (4-8)
Grand Forks, North Dakota; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 6 Alabama plays North Dakota after Mark Sears scored 27 points in Alabama’s 83-75 victory over the Creighton Bluejays.
The Fightin’ Hawks have gone 2-1 at home. North Dakota is ninth in the Summit League with 10.4 assists per game led by Treysen Eaglestaff averaging 2.2.
The Crimson Tide have gone 1-1 away from home. Alabama averages 11.9 turnovers per game and is 2-0 when winning the turnover battle.
North Dakota averages 71.6 points per game, 6.2 fewer points than the 77.8 Alabama allows. Alabama has shot at a 46.8% rate from the field this season, 0.6 percentage points below the 47.4% shooting opponents of North Dakota have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Eaglestaff is averaging 18.6 points for the Fightin’ Hawks.
Sears is averaging 17.5 points and four assists for the Crimson Tide.
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