Western Illinois Leathernecks (5-1) at Drake Bulldogs (1-6)
Des Moines, Iowa; Sunday, 3 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Western Illinois visits Drake after Mia Nicastro scored 32 points in Western Illinois’ 90-55 win over the Saint Francis (IL) Fighting Saints.
The Bulldogs have gone 0-3 at home. Drake ranks fourth in the MVC with 25.1 defensive rebounds per game led by Maggie Taylor averaging 4.7.
The Leathernecks are 1-1 in road games. Western Illinois is 5-1 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents and averages 10.5 turnovers per game.
Drake is shooting 41.4% from the field this season, 0.8 percentage points lower than the 42.2% Western Illinois allows to opponents. Western Illinois averages 5.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.3 fewer made shots on average than the 9.1 per game Drake gives up.
TOP PERFORMERS: Abbie Aalsma is shooting 28.6% from beyond the arc with 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Bulldogs, while averaging 13.6 points. Grace Knutson is shooting 40.3% and averaging 11.7 points.
Nicastro is scoring 25.8 points per game and averaging 11.3 rebounds for the Leathernecks. Raegan McCowan is averaging 16.5 points and 6.7 rebounds.
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