Hill leads Ball State against Lafayette after 21-point outing

Ball State Cardinals (2-4) at Lafayette Leopards (1-6)

Easton, Pennsylvania; Saturday, 4:30 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cardinals -1.5; over/under is 142.5

BOTTOM LINE: Ball State faces Lafayette after Davion Hill scored 21 points in Ball State's 80-73 loss to the Monmouth Hawks.

The Leopards have gone 1-2 at home. Lafayette averages 12.0 turnovers per game and is 1-2 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents.

The Cardinals are 0-2 on the road. Ball State allows 70.3 points to opponents while being outscored by 3.5 points per game.

Lafayette is shooting 40.3% from the field this season, 6.5 percentage points lower than the 46.8% Ball State allows to opponents. Ball State averages 7.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.1 fewer made shots on average than the 8.3 per game Lafayette gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Caleb Williams is scoring 17.1 points per game and averaging 4.1 rebounds for the Leopards. Andrew Phillips is averaging 16.9 points and 5.0 rebounds while shooting 44.1%.

Armoni Zeigler is averaging 12.2 points and 1.5 steals for the Cardinals. Hill is averaging 12 points.

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