Appalachian State Mountaineers (4-3) — Mercer Bears (3-2)
Macon, Georgia; Wednesday 2:00 pm EST.
BOTTOM LINE: Mercer will face Appalachian State after Quinton Perkins II scored 20 points in Mercer's 95-83 win over the Eastern Kentucky Colonels.
The Bears were 2-0 in home games. Mercer ranks fifth in the SoCon with 14.8 assists per game, while Baraka Okojie averages 5.0.
The Mountaineers are 1-2 on the road. Appalachian State ranks fourth in the Sun Belt with 10.1 offensive rebounds per game, led by Andrin Njok with a 2.3 average.
Mercer is making 45.4 percent of its field goals this season, 3.9 percentage points higher than what Appalachian State allowed to its opponents (41.5 percent). Appalachian State has shot 43.3% from the field this season, 0.6 percentage points less than the 43.9% shooting average of Mercer's opponents.
Top scorers: Perkins averages 2.8 3-pointers per game for the Bears and scores 15.2 points on 45.2% shooting from beyond the arc. Okojie is shooting 39.1% and averaging 15.8 points.
Casen Jennings is shooting 44.0% and averaging 16.0 points for the Mountaineers. Alonzo Dodd is averaging 9.0 points.
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The Associated Press generated this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
