SMU Mustangs (8-0) at Vanderbilt Commodores (8-0)
Nashville, Tennessee; Wednesday, 9:15 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 17 Vanderbilt hosts SMU after Duke Miles scored 25 points in Vanderbilt’s 96-71 victory against the Saint Mary’s Gaels.
The Commodores are 4-0 in home games. Vanderbilt averages 8.9 turnovers per game and is 7-0 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents.
The Mustangs are 1-0 in road games. SMU ranks sixth in the ACC shooting 36.1% from 3-point range.
Vanderbilt makes 52.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 13.2 percentage points higher than SMU has allowed to its opponents (38.9%). SMU scores 18.5 more points per game (92.0) than Vanderbilt gives up (73.5).
TOP PERFORMERS: Tyler Nickel is shooting 46.3% from beyond the arc with 3.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Commodores, while averaging 13.5 points. Miles is shooting 54.2% and averaging 18.8 points.
Kevin Miller is scoring 21.3 points per game and averaging 3.4 rebounds for the Mustangs. Jaron Pierre Jr. is averaging 18.4 points and 6.4 rebounds.
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