Cleveland State squares off against Duquesne in NIT
Duquesne Dukes (21-12, 10-10 A-10) at Cleveland State Vikings (25-9, 15-7 Horizon)
Cleveland; Friday, 7 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Cleveland State takes on Duquesne in the National Invitation Tournament.
The Vikings have gone 15-7 against Horizon teams, with a 10-2 record in non-conference play. Cleveland State is third in the Horizon in team defense, allowing 60.9 points while holding opponents to 36.6% shooting.
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The Dukes are 10-10 in A-10 play. Duquesne is fourth in the A-10 with 14.7 assists per game led by Megan McConnell averaging 5.1.
Cleveland State scores 75.2 points, 9.4 more per game than the 65.8 Duquesne allows. Duquesne averages 10.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.7 more made shots on average than the 7.5 per game Cleveland State allows.
TOP PERFORMERS: Mickayla Perdue is averaging 20.2 points and 3.4 assists for the Vikings. Jordana Reisma is averaging 14.8 points over the last 10 games.
McConell is shooting 33.5% from beyond the arc with 2.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Dukes, while averaging 18.6 points, 7.3 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 4.2 steals. Jerni Kiaku is averaging 12.1 points over the last 10 games.
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LAST 10 GAMES: Vikings: 6-4, averaging 72.4 points, 33.5 rebounds, 15.9 assists, 6.0 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 47.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 62.7 points per game.
Dukes: 6-4, averaging 68.1 points, 30.2 rebounds, 14.5 assists, 8.2 steals and 2.3 blocks per game while shooting 39.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 66.4 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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