Western Carolina visits Bendinger and South Carolina Upstate

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Western Carolina Catamounts (4-4) at South Carolina Upstate Spartans (5-5)

Spartanburg, South Carolina; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Catamounts -1.5; over/under is 150.5

BOTTOM LINE: South Carolina Upstate hosts Western Carolina after Mason Bendinger scored 27 points in South Carolina Upstate's 85-78 overtime victory over the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers.

The Spartans have gone 4-1 in home games. South Carolina Upstate is 1-0 in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Catamounts are 0-4 on the road. Western Carolina leads the SoCon with 12.3 offensive rebounds per game led by Adbulai Fanta Kabba averaging 3.1.

South Carolina Upstate is shooting 45.6% from the field this season, 1.2 percentage points higher than the 44.4% Western Carolina allows to opponents. Western Carolina averages 8.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.0 more made shots on average than the 6.3 per game South Carolina Upstate gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Bendinger is scoring 16.2 points per game and averaging 2.5 rebounds for the Spartans. Karmani Gregory is averaging 14.9 points and 2.8 rebounds while shooting 42.0%.

Marcus Kell is scoring 13.9 points per game and averaging 5.8 rebounds for the Catamounts. Julien Soumaoro is averaging 13.9 points and 3.8 rebounds.

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