Bucknell faces NJIT after Williamson's 26-point game

NJIT Highlanders (0-5) at Bucknell Bison (3-2)

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bison -13.5; over/under is 133.5

BOTTOM LINE: Bucknell hosts NJIT after Noah Williamson scored 26 points in Bucknell's 80-76 overtime victory over the Richmond Spiders.

The Bison have gone 1-1 at home. Bucknell has a 1-2 record against teams over .500.

The Highlanders are 0-3 on the road. NJIT ranks seventh in the America East shooting 32.2% from 3-point range.

Bucknell scores 80.2 points per game, 3.8 more points than the 76.4 NJIT gives up. NJIT's 39.8% shooting percentage from the field this season is 3.6 percentage points lower than Bucknell has given up to its opponents (43.4%).

TOP PERFORMERS: Williamson is shooting 49.2% and averaging 19.2 points for the Bison.

Tariq Francis is averaging 17.4 points and 5.4 assists for the Highlanders.

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