Woods leads VMI against Mercer after 20-point game

Mercer Bears (8-11, 1-5 SoCon) at VMI Keydets (5-14, 0-6 SoCon)

Lexington, Virginia; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: VMI -5; over/under is 140

BOTTOM LINE: VMI hosts the Mercer Bears after Asher Woods scored 20 points in VMI's 86-67 loss to the Wofford Terriers.

The Keydets are 5-2 on their home court. VMI gives up 76.3 points to opponents and has been outscored by 3.1 points per game.

The Bears are 1-5 against SoCon opponents. Mercer is 5-1 when it turns the ball over less than its opponents and averages 11.1 turnovers per game.

The Keydets and Bears match up Thursday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Woods is shooting 42.9% and averaging 14.8 points for the Keydets. Sean Conway is averaging 2.6 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for VMI.

Jalyn McCreary is averaging 14.5 points and 5.4 rebounds for the Bears. Kamar Robertson is averaging 1.6 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Mercer.

LAST 10 GAMES: Keydets: 2-8, averaging 71.3 points, 31.5 rebounds, 11.8 assists, 6.4 steals and 1.1 blocks per game while shooting 44.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.9 points per game.

Bears: 4-6, averaging 67.4 points, 30.3 rebounds, 13.2 assists, 5.5 steals and 2.0 blocks per game while shooting 45.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.3 points.

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