Therien and the Loyola (MD) Greyhounds visit conference foe Boston University

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Loyola (MD) Greyhounds (7-9, 3-2 Patriot) at Boston University Terriers (5-11, 1-4 Patriot)

Boston; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Lex Therien and Loyola (MD) take on Anete Adler and Boston University in Patriot action.

The Terriers are 2-5 in home games. Boston University gives up 60.8 points and has been outscored by 3.1 points per game.

The Greyhounds have gone 3-2 against Patriot opponents. Loyola (MD) is 1-6 against opponents with a winning record.

Boston University makes 43.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.7 percentage points higher than Loyola (MD) has allowed to its opponents (39.4%). Loyola (MD) averages 4.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, 4.1 fewer made shots on average than the 8.1 per game Boston University gives up.

The Terriers and Greyhounds square off Saturday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Adler is shooting 49.7% and averaging 13.6 points for the Terriers. Ines Monteagudo Pardo is averaging 1.6 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Therien is scoring 16.8 points per game and averaging 8.9 rebounds for the Greyhounds. Koi Sims is averaging 10.0 points and 8.1 rebounds over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Terriers: 2-8, averaging 58.8 points, 31.4 rebounds, 13.9 assists, 4.8 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 45.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 63.6 points per game.

Greyhounds: 7-3, averaging 60.1 points, 31.4 rebounds, 12.9 assists, 6.8 steals and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 42.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 57.9 points.

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