East Tennessee State Buccaneers (8-2) at Austin Peay Governors (4-5)
Clarksville, Tennessee; Friday, 8 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Buccaneers -2.5; over/under is 142.5
BOTTOM LINE: Austin Peay faces East Tennessee State in a matchup of Division 1 Division opponents.
The Governors have gone 2-0 at home. Austin Peay is 2-4 against opponents with a winning record.
The Buccaneers are 1-2 in road games. East Tennessee State has a 7-1 record in games decided by at least 10 points.
Austin Peay averages 9.1 made 3-pointers per game, 1.1 more made shots than the 8.0 per game East Tennessee State allows. East Tennessee State has shot at a 49.5% rate from the field this season, 7.1 percentage points above the 42.4% shooting opponents of Austin Peay have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Tate McCubbin averages 2.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Governors, scoring 13.2 points while shooting 37.5% from beyond the arc. Collin Parker is shooting 48.1% and averaging 15.8 points.
Jaylen Smith is shooting 32.2% from beyond the arc with 1.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Buccaneers, while averaging 10.1 points and 2.3 steals. Brian Taylor II is averaging 13.2 points, 3.2 assists and 1.7 steals.
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