North Dakota State Bison (5-2) at Arkansas State Red Wolves (4-3)
Jonesboro, Arkansas; Friday, 3 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Arkansas State hosts North Dakota State after Christian Harmon scored 21 points in Arkansas State’s 74-63 win over the Jacksonville State Gamecocks.
The Red Wolves have gone 2-0 at home. Arkansas State gives up 82.1 points to opponents and has been outscored by 3.5 points per game.
The Bison are 0-2 on the road. North Dakota State is 5-2 against opponents with a winning record.
Arkansas State averages 7.3 made 3-pointers per game, 1.2 more made shots than the 6.1 per game North Dakota State gives up. North Dakota State has shot at a 45.3% rate from the field this season, 1.9 percentage points fewer than the 47.2% shooting opponents of Arkansas State have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Harmon is shooting 25.5% from beyond the arc with 1.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Red Wolves, while averaging 10.1 points. TJ Caldwell is shooting 42.2% and averaging 11.1 points.
Markhi Strickland is scoring 15.4 points per game and averaging 3.1 rebounds for the Bison. Damari Wheeler-Thomas is averaging 12.0 points.
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