Kennedy leads Merrimack against Mount St. Mary's after 21-point game

Merrimack Warriors (14-9, 10-2 MAAC) at Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (10-14, 6-7 MAAC)

Emmitsburg, Maryland; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Merrimack plays Mount St. Mary's after Kevair Kennedy scored 21 points in Merrimack's 75-58 victory over the Sacred Heart Pioneers.

The Mountaineers have gone 6-4 at home. Mount St. Mary's is seventh in the MAAC in team defense, allowing 72.0 points while holding opponents to 40.3% shooting.

The Warriors are 10-2 against MAAC opponents. Merrimack has a 6-8 record against teams over .500.

Mount St. Mary's averages 7.9 made 3-pointers per game, 2.6 more made shots than the 5.3 per game Merrimack allows. Merrimack has shot at a 41.0% rate from the field this season, 0.7 percentage points higher than the 40.3% shooting opponents of Mount St. Mary's have averaged.

The matchup Thursday is the first meeting this season between the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Arlandus Keyes is scoring 11.8 points per game with 3.2 rebounds and 2.9 assists for the Mountaineers. Trey Deveaux is averaging 11.0 points and 4.2 rebounds while shooting 43.2% over the last 10 games.

Kennedy is averaging 17.1 points, 3.9 assists and 1.8 steals for the Warriors. Ernest Shelton is averaging 17.4 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Mountaineers: 5-5, averaging 66.3 points, 34.4 rebounds, 11.0 assists, 5.3 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 41.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.2 points per game.

Warriors: 8-2, averaging 70.7 points, 26.4 rebounds, 12.4 assists, 8.8 steals and 5.0 blocks per game while shooting 44.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.2 points.

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