Appalachian State Mountaineers (5-5) at East Carolina Pirates (3-6)
Greenville, North Carolina; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Pirates -3.5; over/under is 132.5
BOTTOM LINE: Appalachian State plays East Carolina after Jacari Brim scored 20 points in Appalachian State’s 133-45 win over the Virginia-Lynchburg Dragons.
The Pirates are 3-2 in home games. East Carolina is 2-5 against opponents over .500.
The Mountaineers have gone 1-3 away from home. Appalachian State has a 2-4 record against teams over .500.
East Carolina averages 68.9 points per game, 1.7 more points than the 67.2 Appalachian State allows. Appalachian State has shot at a 45.5% clip from the field this season, 0.6 percentage points less than the 46.1% shooting opponents of East Carolina have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Joran Riley is shooting 37.5% from beyond the arc with 1.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Pirates, while averaging 19.8 points and 1.8 steals. Giovanni Emejuru is shooting 52.7% and averaging 13.6 points.
Kasen Jennings is averaging 14.5 points for the Mountaineers. Alonzo Dodd is averaging 9.1 points.
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