Western Michigan hosts Wright and Valparaiso

Valparaiso Beacons (5-5, 0-1 MVC) at Western Michigan Broncos (3-7)

Kalamazoo, Michigan; Friday, 1 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Broncos -2.5; over/under is 151.5

BOTTOM LINE: Valparaiso visits Western Michigan after All Wright scored 22 points in Valparaiso's 95-73 loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes.

The Broncos are 2-2 in home games. Western Michigan has a 1-7 record against teams over .500.

The Beacons are 0-2 in road games. Valparaiso scores 78.2 points and has outscored opponents by 5.2 points per game.

Western Michigan is shooting 42.9% from the field this season, 2.6 percentage points lower than the 45.5% Valparaiso allows to opponents. Valparaiso averages 78.2 points per game, 4.9 more than the 73.3 Western Michigan allows to opponents.

TOP PERFORMERS: Brandon Muntu is shooting 41.5% from beyond the arc with 1.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Broncos, while averaging seven points.

Tyler Schmidt is averaging 12.3 points for the Beacons.

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