Mercyhurst visits Syracuse on 6-game road slide

Mercyhurst Lakers (4-7) at Syracuse Orange (6-4)

Syracuse, New York; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Orange -21.5; over/under is 131.5

BOTTOM LINE: Mercyhurst will try to break its six-game road losing streak when the Lakers take on Syracuse.

The Orange are 5-1 on their home court. Syracuse is 1-1 in one-possession games.

The Lakers are 1-7 on the road. Mercyhurst ranks seventh in the NEC shooting 31.3% from 3-point range.

Syracuse makes 45.9% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.2 percentage points higher than Mercyhurst has allowed to its opponents (42.7%). Mercyhurst averages 65.5 points per game, 0.5 more than the 65.0 Syracuse allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Kiyan Anthony is scoring 10.8 points per game with 2.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists for the Orange. William Kyle III is averaging 10.4 points and 8.0 rebounds while shooting 71.4%.

Bernie Blunt averages 2.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Lakers, scoring 16.8 points while shooting 39.3% from beyond the arc. Jake Lemelman is shooting 41.8% and averaging 12.1 points over the past 10 games.

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