NJIT visits Eastern Michigan on 4-game road slide

NJIT Highlanders (3-5) at Eastern Michigan Eagles (4-3)

Ypsilanti, Michigan; Friday, 4 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Eagles -14.5; over/under is 142.5

BOTTOM LINE: NJIT travels to Eastern Michigan looking to break its four-game road skid.

The Eagles are 2-1 on their home court. Eastern Michigan ranks fourth in the MAC with 10.3 offensive rebounds per game led by Mohammad Habhab averaging 2.9.

The Highlanders are 2-4 in road games. NJIT is 2-5 in games decided by at least 10 points.

Eastern Michigan scores 71.3 points per game, 8.6 fewer points than the 79.9 NJIT allows. NJIT averages 8.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.7 more makes per game than Eastern Michigan allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Habhab is scoring 15.0 points per game and averaging 10.0 rebounds for the Eagles. Carlos Hart is averaging 14.3 points and 6.0 rebounds while shooting 44.4%.

David Bolden is scoring 12.8 points per game and averaging 3.3 rebounds for the Highlanders. Ari Fulton is averaging 11.4 points and 7.8 rebounds.

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