Saint Thomas Tommies (8-4) at UNC Asheville Bulldogs (4-6)
Asheville, North Carolina; Saturday, 2 p. m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: St. Thomas is heading to UNC Asheville after Nolan Minessale dropped 30 points in St. Thomas’ 80-56 win over the Saint John’s (MN) Jonnies.
The Bulldogs are 2-2 when playing at home. UNC Asheville has a record of 1-4 against teams with a winning record.
The Tommies are 2-3 on the road. St. Thomas scores an average of 77.8 points while beating opponents by about 6.5 points each game.
UNC Asheville makes 48.0% of its shots from the field this season, which is better than the 43.4% allowed by St. Thomas to its opponents. The Tommies have shot at a rate of 48.3% from the field this season, slightly higher than the 44.8% shooting that opponents of UNC Asheville have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Justin Wright leads the Bulldogs with an average of 18.3 points per game along with 2.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists. Toyaz Solomon contributes with an average of 17.8 points and 6.2 rebounds while hitting shots at a rate of 51.5%.
Minessale averages 21.9 points per game and collects about 4.5 rebounds for the Tommies, while Nick Janowski has been averaging around 14.3 points and grabbing about 4.9 rebounds over his last ten games.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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