Mount St. Mary's faces Quinnipiac, looks for 5th straight home win

Quinnipiac Bobcats (10-4, 5-0 MAAC) at Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (6-7, 2-2 MAAC)

Emmitsburg, Maryland; Thursday, 11 a.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Mount St. Mary's hosts Quinnipiac trying to prolong its four-game home winning streak.

The Mountaineers have gone 5-1 at home. Mount St. Mary's is third in the MAAC in team defense, allowing 62.5 points while holding opponents to 36.5% shooting.

The Bobcats are 5-0 in conference play. Quinnipiac is 9-0 in games decided by 10 points or more.

Mount St. Mary's averages 6.9 made 3-pointers per game, 1.5 more made shots than the 5.4 per game Quinnipiac allows. Quinnipiac averages 5.8 more points per game (68.3) than Mount St. Mary's gives up to opponents (62.5).

The matchup Thursday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Gabrielle Kennerly is shooting 39.5% and averaging 16.3 points for the Mountaineers. Giana Hoddinott is averaging 1.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Paige Girardi is averaging four points and 3.2 assists for the Bobcats. Jackie Grisdale is averaging 13.8 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Mountaineers: 6-4, averaging 64.3 points, 35.7 rebounds, 13.0 assists, 10.7 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 38.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 61.5 points per game.

Bobcats: 8-2, averaging 71.6 points, 32.6 rebounds, 18.5 assists, 8.8 steals and 2.3 blocks per game while shooting 45.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 52.7 points.

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