Whitlock leads Lehigh against Loyola (MD)

Lehigh Mountain Hawks (10-13, 6-4 Patriot League) at Loyola (MD) Greyhounds (8-15, 4-6 Patriot League)

Baltimore; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Lehigh plays Loyola (MD) after Nasir Whitlock scored 32 points in Lehigh's 77-76 overtime victory over the Colgate Raiders.

The Greyhounds are 6-4 on their home court. Loyola (MD) averages 11.6 turnovers per game and is 2-4 when it wins the turnover battle.

The Mountain Hawks have gone 6-4 against Patriot League opponents. Lehigh is 4-6 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 12.4 turnovers per game.

Loyola (MD) is shooting 43.5% from the field this season, 1.1 percentage points lower than the 44.6% Lehigh allows to opponents. Lehigh averages 8.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.7 more makes per game than Loyola (MD) gives up.

The Greyhounds and Mountain Hawks match up Wednesday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jacob Theodosiou is averaging 15.1 points, 3.6 assists and two steals for the Greyhounds. Braeden Speed is averaging 19.3 points and 4.9 rebounds while shooting 45.5% over the past 10 games.

Whitlock averages 2.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Mountain Hawks, scoring 20.1 points while shooting 41.4% from beyond the arc. Edouard Benoit is shooting 45.9% and averaging 15.2 points over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Greyhounds: 4-6, averaging 73.4 points, 31.7 rebounds, 12.2 assists, 5.8 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 41.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 75.7 points per game.

Mountain Hawks: 6-4, averaging 75.2 points, 28.9 rebounds, 14.0 assists, 7.3 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 46.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.8 points.

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