Saint Peter's Peacocks take on the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers on 4-game losing streak
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4:43 AM on Friday, January 9
By The Associated Press
Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (6-8, 2-3 MAAC) at Saint Peter's Peacocks (3-12, 2-4 MAAC)
Jersey City, New Jersey; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Saint Peter's looks to break its four-game losing streak when the Peacocks play Mount St. Mary's.
The Peacocks have gone 1-6 at home. Saint Peter's gives up 66.0 points to opponents and has been outscored by 15.5 points per game.
The Mountaineers are 2-3 against MAAC opponents. Mount St. Mary's is ninth in the MAAC with 11.7 assists per game led by Giana Hoddinott averaging 2.6.
Saint Peter's averages 50.5 points per game, 12.6 fewer points than the 63.1 Mount St. Mary's gives up. Mount St. Mary's averages 59.5 points per game, 6.5 fewer points than the 66.0 Saint Peter's allows to opponents.
The Peacocks and Mountaineers match up Saturday for the first time in conference play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: De'Naya Rippey is shooting 37.2% and averaging 12.9 points for the Peacocks. Nikola Zdenkova is averaging 2.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
Gabrielle Kennerly is averaging 15.8 points and 2.1 steals for the Mountaineers. Berlynn Carlson is averaging 7.4 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Peacocks: 2-8, averaging 48.9 points, 29.2 rebounds, 8.2 assists, 8.7 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 32.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.4 points per game.
Mountaineers: 5-5, averaging 61.8 points, 34.1 rebounds, 12.3 assists, 10.8 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 37.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 63.8 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.