Niagara hosts Eastern Michigan after Thomasson's 24-point showing

Eastern Michigan Eagles (2-8) at Niagara Purple Eagles (4-4, 1-1 MAAC)

Lewiston, New York; Sunday, 1 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Niagara -6; over/under is 141.5

BOTTOM LINE: Niagara plays the Eastern Michigan Eagles after Noah Thomasson scored 24 points in Niagara's 64-60 victory over the Quinnipiac Bobcats.

The Purple Eagles have gone 1-0 in home games. Niagara has a 1-3 record in games decided by 10 or more points.

The Eagles have gone 1-3 away from home. Eastern Michigan ranks eighth in the MAC scoring 30.4 points per game in the paint led by Colin Golson Jr. averaging 6.7.

TOP PERFORMERS: Thomasson is shooting 44.4% and averaging 16.6 points for the Purple Eagles. Aaron Gray is averaging 1.5 made 3-pointers for Niagara.

Emoni Bates is shooting 36.6% from beyond the arc with 2.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Eagles, while averaging 20.1 points and 5.9 rebounds. Noah Farrakhan is averaging 13.1 points for Eastern Michigan.

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