Towson visits Northeastern after Tejada's 22-point showing

Towson Tigers (8-9, 0-4 CAA) at Northeastern Huskies (5-10, 1-3 CAA)

Boston; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Towson visits Northeastern after Tyler Tejada scored 22 points in Towson's 78-67 loss to the Hofstra Pride.

The Huskies have gone 1-3 at home. Northeastern is 1-1 in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Tigers are 0-4 in CAA play. Towson is 1-1 in one-possession games.

Northeastern makes 47.2% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.5 percentage points higher than Towson has allowed to its opponents (43.7%). Towson averages 6.6 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.2 more makes per game than Northeastern gives up.

The Huskies and Tigers match up Saturday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: William Kermoury averages 2.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Huskies, scoring 9.9 points while shooting 44.7% from beyond the arc. Xavier Abreu is shooting 48.5% and averaging 13.2 points over the past 10 games.

Tejada is averaging 16.9 points and 5.9 rebounds for the Tigers. Dylan Williamson is averaging 13.4 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Huskies: 3-7, averaging 79.4 points, 25.7 rebounds, 17.3 assists, 6.9 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 49.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 84.1 points per game.

Tigers: 3-7, averaging 70.2 points, 34.4 rebounds, 11.2 assists, 5.9 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 41.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.0 points.

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