Wichita State faces Maryland-Eastern Shore, looks to stop home losing streak

Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks (5-5) at Wichita State Shockers (1-8)

Wichita, Kansas; Friday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Wichita State is looking to end its five-game home losing streak with a win over Maryland-Eastern Shore.

The Shockers have gone 1-3 in home games. Wichita State allows 65.4 points and has been outscored by 5.5 points per game.

The Hawks have gone 2-3 away from home. Maryland-Eastern Shore is 1-0 in games decided by less than 4 points.

Wichita State is shooting 37.0% from the field this season, 2.9 percentage points lower than the 39.9% Maryland-Eastern Shore allows to opponents. Maryland-Eastern Shore has shot at a 40.3% rate from the field this season, 1.9 percentage points greater than the 38.4% shooting opponents of Wichita State have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jaila Harding is shooting 38.9% from beyond the arc with 3.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Shockers, while averaging 13.1 points. Abby Cater is shooting 33.3% and averaging 9.2 points.

Ashanti Lynch is averaging 12.8 points and 2.9 steals for the Hawks. Brianna Barnes is averaging 11.5 points.

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