Jimerson and Saint Louis host VCU

Saint Louis Billikens (19-10, 11-5 A-10) at VCU Rams (22-7, 13-3 A-10)

Morgantown, West Virginia; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Saint Louis visits the VCU Rams after Gibson Jimerson scored 21 points in Saint Louis’ 81-62 win against the Loyola Chicago Ramblers.

The Rams have gone 14-3 at home. VCU ranks eighth in the A-10 with 8.2 offensive rebounds per game led by Jalen DeLoach averaging 2.8.

The Billikens are 11-5 against conference opponents. Saint Louis is 7-1 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents and averages 11.3 turnovers per game.

TOP PERFORMERS: Adrian Baldwin Jr. is averaging 12.9 points, 5.8 assists and 2.5 steals for the Rams. Brandon Johns Jr. is averaging 11.1 points over the last 10 games for VCU.

Yuri Collins is averaging 11.3 points and 10.2 assists for the Billikens. Jimerson is averaging 14.7 points over the past 10 games for Saint Louis.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rams: 8-2, averaging 69.2 points, 32.6 rebounds, 12.7 assists, 8.3 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 45.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 59.7 points per game.

Billikens: 6-4, averaging 74.7 points, 33.2 rebounds, 15.7 assists, 5.8 steals and 4.1 blocks per game while shooting 48.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.3 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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