Miami (OH) hosts Smith and Little Rock

Little Rock Trojans (2-4) at Miami (OH) RedHawks (1-4)

Oxford, Ohio; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Miami (OH) -3.5; over/under is 154.5

BOTTOM LINE: Little Rock plays the Miami (OH) RedHawks after D.J. Smith scored 20 points in Little Rock's 87-68 loss to the Indiana Hoosiers.

The RedHawks are 1-2 on their home court. Miami (OH) ranks ninth in the MAC with 22.0 defensive rebounds per game led by Julian Lewis averaging 4.5.

The Trojans are 0-4 on the road. Little Rock ranks fifth in the OVC shooting 32.5% from downtown. Daniel Egbuniwe paces the Trojans shooting 100% from 3-point range.

TOP PERFORMERS: Mekhi Lairy is scoring 15.6 points per game and averaging 3.2 rebounds for the RedHawks. Billy Smith is averaging 2.0 made 3-pointers for Miami (OH).

Myron Gardner is averaging 13 points, 9.8 rebounds, four assists and 2.2 steals for the Trojans. Deantoni Gordon is averaging 13.0 points for Little Rock.

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