BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Musketeers -25.5; over/under is 146.5
BOTTOM LINE: No. 22 Xavier takes on South Carolina State in a matchup of Division 1 Division teams.
The Musketeers have gone 5-0 at home. Xavier averages 10.6 turnovers per game and is 5-0 when it turns the ball over less than its opponents.
The Bulldogs are 1-4 in road games. South Carolina State ranks second in the MEAC shooting 36.4% from 3-point range.
Xavier averages 78.4 points, 9.8 more per game than the 68.6 South Carolina State gives up. South Carolina State has shot at a 45.9% clip from the field this season, 3.8 percentage points above the 42.1% shooting opponents of Xavier have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Ryan Conwell is shooting 46.9% and averaging 17.6 points for the Musketeers.
Drayton Jones is shooting 63.0% and averaging 12.0 points for the Bulldogs.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.