Rider hosts Benjamin and Mount St. Mary's

Rider Broncs (2-4) at Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (4-4, 1-0 MAAC)

Emmitsburg, Maryland; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mount St. Mary's -4; over/under is 140.5

BOTTOM LINE: Mount St. Mary's plays the Rider Broncs after Jalen Benjamin scored 28 points in Mount St. Mary's 73-58 win against the Saint Peter's Peacocks.

The Mountaineers have gone 1-0 at home. Mount St. Mary's is third in the MAAC with 14.1 assists per game led by Benjamin averaging 5.3.

The Broncs are 0-2 on the road. Rider has a 0-1 record in games decided by less than 4 points.

The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Benjamin is scoring 19.1 points per game and averaging 3.9 rebounds for the Mountaineers. Dakota Leffew is averaging 12.4 points and 2.4 rebounds while shooting 38.0% for Mount St. Mary's.

Dwight Murray Jr. is shooting 49.4% and averaging 19.3 points for the Broncs. Mervin James is averaging 10.7 points for Rider.

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