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Radford Highlanders (13-14, 3-9 Big South) at Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs (13-14, 8-4 Big South)
Boiling Springs, North Carolina; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Runnin’ Bulldogs -5; over/under is 143
BOTTOM LINE: Radford faces the Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs after Kenyon Giles scored 24 points in Radford’s 99-74 loss to the High Point Panthers.
The Runnin’ Bulldogs are 8-3 on their home court. Gardner-Webb averages 74.2 points while outscoring opponents by 1.2 points per game.
The Highlanders are 3-9 in Big South play.
Gardner-Webb’s average of 7.1 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.1 fewer made shots on average than the 7.2 per game Radford allows. Radford averages 7.7 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.9 more makes per game than Gardner-Webb gives up.
TOP PERFORMERS: Julien Soumaoro is shooting 35.0% from beyond the arc with 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Runnin’ Bulldogs, while averaging 12.9 points. DQ Nicholas is shooting 50.0% and averaging 15.7 points over the past 10 games for Gardner-Webb.
LAST 10 GAMES: Runnin’ Bulldogs: 8-2, averaging 75.5 points, 36.8 rebounds, 13.4 assists, 6.1 steals and 2.3 blocks per game while shooting 48.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.6 points per game.
Highlanders: 2-8, averaging 70.7 points, 32.6 rebounds, 11.6 assists, 5.3 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 45.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.7 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.