Lipscomb and the Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers take on conference foe Rider

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Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (11-15, 7-8 MAAC) at Rider Broncs (3-20, 2-12 MAAC)

Lawrenceville, New Jersey; Friday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Mount St. Mary's takes on Rider in MAAC action Friday.

The Broncs have gone 3-7 at home. Rider is eighth in the MAAC with 21.2 defensive rebounds per game led by Caleb Smith averaging 4.7.

The Mountaineers have gone 7-8 against MAAC opponents. Mount St. Mary's ranks seventh in the MAAC shooting 32.9% from 3-point range.

Rider is shooting 39.7% from the field this season, 1.1 percentage points lower than the 40.8% Mount St. Mary's allows to opponents. Mount St. Mary's 43.5% shooting percentage from the field this season is 3.0 percentage points lower than Rider has given up to its opponents (46.5%).

The matchup Friday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Smith is averaging 7.3 points and 7.1 rebounds for the Broncs. Zion Cruz is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Luke McEldon is averaging 11.2 points and 5.8 rebounds for the Mountaineers. Arlandus Keyes is averaging 12.7 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Broncs: 2-8, averaging 65.7 points, 30.5 rebounds, 11.6 assists, 4.5 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 41.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 77.9 points per game.

Mountaineers: 6-4, averaging 68.2 points, 35.0 rebounds, 11.7 assists, 5.1 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 43.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.0 points.

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