Mount St. Mary's faces conference rival Saint Peter's

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Saint Peter's Peacocks (7-5, 4-0 MAAC) at Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (5-11, 1-4 MAAC)

Emmitsburg, Maryland; Friday, 7 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mountaineers -0.5; over/under is 137.5

BOTTOM LINE: MAAC foes Mount St. Mary's and Saint Peter's face off on Friday.

The Mountaineers have gone 3-2 in home games. Mount St. Mary's is fifth in the MAAC in rebounding with 32.9 rebounds. Luke McEldon leads the Mountaineers with 5.7 boards.

The Peacocks are 4-0 in conference matchups. Saint Peter's averages 72.2 points while outscoring opponents by 3.6 points per game.

Mount St. Mary's is shooting 43.4% from the field this season, 0.4 percentage points higher than the 43.0% Saint Peter's allows to opponents. Saint Peter's averages 72.2 points per game, 2.9 fewer than the 75.1 Mount St. Mary's allows.

The Mountaineers and Peacocks match up Friday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: McEldon is shooting 60.7% and averaging 11.4 points for the Mountaineers. Arlandus Keyes is averaging 2.1 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Brent Bland is shooting 38.3% from beyond the arc with 3.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Peacocks, while averaging 14.9 points and 3.1 steals. Bryce Eaton is shooting 36.0% and averaging 11.9 points over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Mountaineers: 4-6, averaging 69.6 points, 33.0 rebounds, 14.9 assists, 8.2 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 43.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.3 points per game.

Peacocks: 6-4, averaging 72.3 points, 32.5 rebounds, 12.7 assists, 11.2 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 40.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 66.3 points.

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