No. 11 Michigan State Spartans and the East Carolina Pirates square off in Cypress Lake, Florida
East Carolina Pirates (2-3) vs. Michigan State Spartans (5-0)
Cypress Lake, Florida; Tuesday, 1 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Spartans -22.5; over/under is 144.5
BOTTOM LINE: East Carolina and No. 11 Michigan State square off in Cypress Lake, Florida.
The Spartans have a 5-0 record in non-conference games. Michigan State is 1-0 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
The Pirates are 2-3 in non-conference play. East Carolina averages 13.0 turnovers per game and is 1-1 when turning the ball over less than opponents.
Michigan State's average of 6.4 made 3-pointers per game is 4.2 fewer made shots on average than the 10.6 per game East Carolina gives up. East Carolina has shot at a 41.6% rate from the field this season, 2.8 percentage points higher than the 38.8% shooting opponents of Michigan State have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jaxon Kohler is scoring 15.2 points per game with 9.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists for the Spartans. Jeremy Fears Jr. is averaging 11.8 points and 4.0 rebounds while shooting 43.6%.
Joran Riley is scoring 18.5 points per game and averaging 5.8 rebounds for the Pirates. Giovanni Emejuru is averaging 17.0 points and 9.8 rebounds.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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