Kolliegbo leads Delaware against Florida International after 20-point game

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Florida International Panthers (12-7, 5-3 CUSA) at Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (9-11, 3-5 CUSA)

Newark, Delaware; Sunday, 4 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Delaware hosts Florida International after Safiatu Kolliegbo scored 20 points in Delaware's 79-54 loss to the Missouri State Bears.

The Fightin' Blue Hens have gone 3-6 in home games. Delaware is seventh in the CUSA in rebounding averaging 32.6 rebounds. Aylasia Fantrov leads the Fightin' Blue Hens with 8.3 boards.

The Panthers are 5-3 in CUSA play. Florida International is 0-2 in one-possession games.

Delaware scores 65.9 points per game, 2.1 fewer points than the 68.0 Florida International allows. Florida International has shot at a 41.9% rate from the field this season, 1.5 percentage points above the 40.4% shooting opponents of Delaware have averaged.

The Fightin' Blue Hens and Panthers meet Sunday for the first time in CUSA play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ande'a Cherisier is averaging 13.5 points and 7.7 rebounds for the Fightin' Blue Hens. Kolliegbo is averaging 12.1 points over the last 10 games.

Rhema Collins is scoring 18.5 points per game with 9.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists for the Panthers. Parris Atkins is averaging 16.5 points and 2.5 steals over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Fightin' Blue Hens: 3-7, averaging 62.9 points, 31.3 rebounds, 10.8 assists, 7.6 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 41.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.8 points per game.

Panthers: 6-4, averaging 74.0 points, 31.9 rebounds, 12.2 assists, 12.0 steals and 2.1 blocks per game while shooting 41.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 63.3 points.

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