Mount St. Mary's plays Canisius on 3-game road skid

Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (6-12, 2-5 MAAC) at Canisius Golden Griffins (8-10, 3-4 MAAC)

Buffalo, New York; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Mount St. Mary's will try to stop its three-game road skid when the Mountaineers face Canisius.

The Golden Griffins have gone 6-2 in home games. Canisius is fourth in the MAAC in team defense, giving up 70.5 points while holding opponents to 44.0% shooting.

The Mountaineers have gone 2-5 against MAAC opponents. Mount St. Mary's ranks seventh in the MAAC with 9.1 offensive rebounds per game led by Trey Deveaux averaging 2.3.

Canisius scores 62.2 points per game, 11.9 fewer points than the 74.1 Mount St. Mary's gives up. Mount St. Mary's averages 67.3 points per game, 3.2 fewer than the 70.5 Canisius allows.

The Golden Griffins and Mountaineers face off Saturday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Michael Evbagharu is averaging 8.4 points and 6.3 rebounds for the Golden Griffins. Kahlil Singleton is averaging 14.6 points over the last 10 games.

Luke McEldon is averaging 10.9 points and six rebounds for the Mountaineers. Deveaux is averaging 10.1 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Golden Griffins: 4-6, averaging 62.2 points, 32.6 rebounds, 12.2 assists, 5.9 steals and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 37.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.7 points per game.

Mountaineers: 4-6, averaging 67.7 points, 34.4 rebounds, 13.6 assists, 8.6 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 41.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.7 points.

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