Wake Forest squares off against Maryland-Eastern Shore in NIT matchup

Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks (19-14, 12-4 MEAC) at Wake Forest Demon Deacons (14-17, 4-15 ACC)

Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Thursday, 6 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Wake Forest squares off against Maryland-Eastern Shore in the National Invitation Tournament.

The Demon Deacons have gone 4-15 against ACC teams, with a 10-2 record in non-conference play. Wake Forest averages 15.9 turnovers per game and is 5-0 when it wins the turnover battle.

The Hawks are 12-4 against MEAC teams. Maryland-Eastern Shore is 7-9 in games decided by 10 points or more.

Wake Forest makes 44.7% of its shots from the field this season, which is 6.2 percentage points higher than Maryland-Eastern Shore has allowed to its opponents (38.5%). Maryland-Eastern Shore averages 62.2 points per game, 4.4 fewer than the 66.6 Wake Forest gives up to opponents.

TOP PERFORMERS: Milan Brown is averaging nine points and 6.3 rebounds for the Demon Deacons. Grace Oliver is averaging 13.1 points over the last 10 games.

Ashanti Lynch is shooting 43.3% and averaging 12.2 points for the Hawks. Brianna Barnes is averaging 8.6 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Demon Deacons: 2-8, averaging 65.5 points, 28.8 rebounds, 16.7 assists, 6.2 steals and 2.2 blocks per game while shooting 44.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 78.4 points per game.

Hawks: 7-3, averaging 59.5 points, 31.7 rebounds, 10.2 assists, 12.3 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 36.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 53.7 points.

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