Rice leads Monmouth against West Virginia after 21-point performance

Monmouth Hawks (0-1) at West Virginia Mountaineers (1-0)

Morgantown, West Virginia; Friday, 7 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mountaineers -14; over/under is 143

BOTTOM LINE: Monmouth visits the West Virginia Mountaineers after Xander Rice scored 21 points in Monmouth's 72-61 loss to the George Mason Patriots.

West Virginia went 13-4 at home a season ago while going 19-15 overall. The Mountaineers gave up 70.9 points per game while committing 19.1 fouls last season.

Monmouth finished 3-15 on the road and 7-26 overall a season ago. The Hawks averaged 61.7 points per game last season, 12.4 on free throws and 12.3 from deep.

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