Niagara Purple Eagles and the Howard Bison play in Durham, North Carolina

Howard Bison (2-3) vs. Niagara Purple Eagles (2-3)

Durham, North Carolina; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bison -2.5; over/under is 144

BOTTOM LINE: Howard and Niagara square off in Durham, North Carolina.

The Purple Eagles are 2-3 in non-conference play. Niagara gives up 74.6 points to opponents and has been outscored by 13.0 points per game.

The Bison are 2-3 in non-conference play. Howard is 1-2 against opponents over .500.

Niagara is shooting 40.5% from the field this season, 5.9 percentage points lower than the 46.4% Howard allows to opponents. Howard averages 74.4 points per game, 0.2 fewer than the 74.6 Niagara allows to opponents.

TOP PERFORMERS: Reggie Prudhomme averages 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Purple Eagles, scoring 8.2 points while shooting 45.5% from beyond the arc. Justin Page is shooting 38.9% and averaging 12.4 points.

Bryce Harris is scoring 22.4 points per game and averaging 7.8 rebounds for the Bison. Alex Cotton is averaging 11.4 points.

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