Bucknell Bison (2-7) at Akron Zips (6-2)
Akron, Ohio; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Zips -21.5; over/under is 161.5
BOTTOM LINE: Akron faces Bucknell after Amani Lyles scored 25 points in Akron's 105-81 victory against the Milwaukee Panthers.
The Zips have gone 4-0 at home. Akron is 0-1 in games decided by less than 4 points.
The Bison are 1-3 in road games. Bucknell averages 13.8 turnovers per game and is 1-1 when committing fewer turnovers than opponents.
Akron scores 96.1 points, 16.8 more per game than the 79.3 Bucknell gives up. Bucknell has shot at a 40.4% clip from the field this season, 1.6 percentage points below the 42.0% shooting opponents of Akron have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Tavari Johnson is scoring 18.0 points per game and averaging 2.4 rebounds for the Zips. Shammah Scott is averaging 2.6 made 3-pointers.
Amon Dorries is averaging 14.7 points for the Bison. Achile Spadone is averaging 8.7 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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