Towson visits Fritz and Northeastern

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Towson Tigers (8-9, 0-4 CAA) at Northeastern Huskies (5-10, 1-3 CAA)

Boston; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tigers -1.5; over/under is 142.5

BOTTOM LINE: Northeastern hosts Towson after Youri Fritz scored 21 points in Northeastern's 87-78 loss to the UNC Wilmington Seahawks.

The Huskies are 1-3 on their home court. Northeastern is 3-4 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 11.8 turnovers per game.

The Tigers have gone 0-4 against CAA opponents. Towson is third in the CAA allowing 67.6 points while holding opponents to 43.7% shooting.

Northeastern makes 47.2% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.5 percentage points higher than Towson has allowed to its opponents (43.7%). Towson averages 69.3 points per game, 10.5 fewer points than the 79.8 Northeastern allows.

The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Xander Alarie is averaging 10.3 points and 7.4 rebounds for the Huskies. William Kermoury is averaging 3.1 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Tyler Tejada is scoring 16.9 points per game and averaging 5.9 rebounds for the Tigers. Dylan Williamson is averaging 13.4 points and 2.3 rebounds over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Huskies: 3-7, averaging 79.4 points, 25.7 rebounds, 17.3 assists, 6.9 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 49.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 84.1 points per game.

Tigers: 3-7, averaging 70.2 points, 34.4 rebounds, 11.2 assists, 5.9 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 41.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.0 points.

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