Small leads West Virginia against Mercyhurst after 27-point game

Dec 21, 2024, 08:54 am

Mercyhurst Lakers (6-8) at West Virginia Mountaineers (8-2, 1-0 Big 12)

Morgantown, West Virginia; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: West Virginia plays Mercyhurst after Javon Small scored 27 points in West Virginia's 84-61 victory against the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats.

The Mountaineers are 6-0 in home games. West Virginia averages 78.5 points while outscoring opponents by 12.9 points per game.

The Lakers have gone 2-7 away from home. Mercyhurst ranks sixth in the NEC shooting 32.6% from 3-point range.

West Virginia averages 78.5 points, 9.4 more per game than the 69.1 Mercyhurst allows. Mercyhurst has shot at a 44.0% rate from the field this season, 5.9 percentage points higher than the 38.1% shooting opponents of West Virginia have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Small is shooting 44.9% and averaging 19.8 points for the Mountaineers.

Jeff Planutis is scoring 14.9 points per game and averaging 2.0 rebounds for the Lakers.

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