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Le Moyne Dolphins (12-14, 7-5 NEC) at Long Island Sharks (6-19, 5-8 NEC)
New York; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Le Moyne faces the Long Island Sharks after Luke Sutherland scored 23 points in Le Moyne’s 75-67 win against the Stonehill Skyhawks.
The Sharks have gone 4-4 at home. LIU has a 3-2 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
The Dolphins are 7-5 against conference opponents.
LIU averages 66.6 points per game, 5.1 fewer points than the 71.7 Le Moyne allows. Le Moyne’s 43.5% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.2 percentage points lower than LIU has allowed to its opponents (45.7%).
TOP PERFORMERS: Tai Strickland is shooting 44.0% and averaging 14.0 points for the Sharks. Tana Kopa is averaging 3.1 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for LIU.
LAST 10 GAMES: Sharks: 3-7, averaging 71.5 points, 36.4 rebounds, 14.8 assists, 6.0 steals and 4.8 blocks per game while shooting 45.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.7 points per game.
Dolphins: 6-4, averaging 74.9 points, 34.3 rebounds, 16.2 assists, 6.2 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 44.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.5 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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