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Overview:

On Tuesday, March 14th, the (19-15) Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers will take on the (20-11) New Orleans Privateers.

The Crowd:

“The Crowd” projects a final score of Mount St. Mary’s 74.3 – New Orleans 69.5 with an over/under of 143.8.

Statistics (2016-17 season):

Point differential: New Orleans +3.8 > Mount St. Mary’s -0.3 PPG

Points per game: New Orleans 73.1 PPG > Mount St. Mary’s 68.3 PPG

Points allowed per game: Mount St. Mary’s 68.6 > New Orleans 69.3 PPG

Field Goal Percentage Offense: New Orleans 47.1% > Mount St. Mary’s 44.4%

Field Goal Percentage Defense: New Orleans 43.9% > Mount St. Mary’s 44.8%

Three Point Percentage: Mount St. Mary’s 35.7% > New Orleans 32.2%

Turnovers per game: Mount St. Mary’s 13.1 > New Orleans 16.8

Rebounds per game: New Orleans 35.9 > Mount St. Mary’s 30.3

Assists per game: New Orleans 15.8 > Mount St. Mary’s 11.1

Summary:

Neither team played a difficult schedule and thus have zero wins versus ranked opponents.  Mount St. Mary’s actually started their season (1-11) before ripping off an (18-4) stretch to sneak into the tournament.  New Orleans ended the season (8-2) in their last ten games.  New Orleans is the more polished team offensively in nearly every category including efficiency.  New Orleans has a huge advantage on the glass where they average nearly six rebounds per game more than Mount St. Mary’s.  The weakness of New Orleans is their high rate of turnovers in fact they average the third most in the nation (16.8).  The extra possessions and perimeter shooting of Mount St. Mary’s should help to keep them in the game despite their lack of size on the interior.  If New Orleans can limit their turnovers they should win this game.

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