Missouri State visits Delaware following Vance's 20-point outing

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Missouri State Bears (12-7, 4-2 CUSA) at Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (9-10, 3-4 CUSA)

Newark, Delaware; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Delaware takes on Missouri State after Trinity Vance scored 20 points in Delaware's 66-55 victory over the Western Kentucky Lady Toppers.

The Fightin' Blue Hens are 3-5 in home games. Delaware ranks ninth in the CUSA at limiting opponent scoring, allowing 65.2 points while holding opponents to 40.2% shooting.

The Bears are 4-2 in CUSA play. Missouri State ranks fourth in the CUSA with 34.2 rebounds per game led by Kaemyn Bekemeier averaging 8.3.

Delaware scores 66.5 points per game, 2.8 more points than the 63.7 Missouri State allows. Missouri State has shot at a 39.5% rate from the field this season, 0.7 percentage points below the 40.2% shooting opponents of Delaware have averaged.

The Fightin' Blue Hens and Bears match up Thursday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ande'a Cherisier is scoring 13.3 points per game and averaging 7.7 rebounds for the Fightin' Blue Hens. Ella Wanzer is averaging 2.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Bekemeier is averaging 17.6 points and 8.3 rebounds for the Bears. Lainie Douglas is averaging 12.4 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Fightin' Blue Hens: 4-6, averaging 65.0 points, 31.1 rebounds, 12.0 assists, 8.3 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 43.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.5 points per game.

Bears: 5-5, averaging 63.0 points, 32.3 rebounds, 10.4 assists, 6.9 steals and 2.1 blocks per game while shooting 39.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 63.9 points.

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