Loyola (MD) visits Lafayette after Therien's 21-point performance

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Loyola (MD) Greyhounds (5-7, 1-0 Patriot) at Lafayette Leopards (4-8, 0-1 Patriot)

Easton, Pennsylvania; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Loyola (MD) visits Lafayette after Lex Therien scored 21 points in Loyola (MD)'s 68-59 victory against the American Eagles.

The Leopards are 1-2 on their home court. Lafayette is 1-3 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents and averages 14.3 turnovers per game.

The Greyhounds have gone 1-0 against Patriot opponents. Loyola (MD) allows 63.4 points to opponents and has been outscored by 7.1 points per game.

Lafayette averages 62.6 points per game, 0.8 fewer points than the 63.4 Loyola (MD) gives up. Loyola (MD) has shot at a 41.5% rate from the field this season, 4.6 percentage points above the 36.9% shooting opponents of Lafayette have averaged.

The Leopards and Greyhounds meet Saturday for the first time in Patriot play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Talia Zurinskas is averaging 11.3 points and 3.3 assists for the Leopards. Teresa Kiewiet is averaging 14.6 points over the last 10 games.

Cristina Garcia is averaging 4.4 points for the Greyhounds. Therien is averaging 17.2 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Leopards: 4-6, averaging 65.5 points, 29.1 rebounds, 12.3 assists, 6.6 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 41.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.3 points per game.

Greyhounds: 5-5, averaging 59.0 points, 30.5 rebounds, 12.9 assists, 7.4 steals and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 43.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 61.0 points.

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