North Texas hosts Brown and Mississippi Valley State

Sat, Dec 2, 2023
NCAAB News (AP)

Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils (0-7) at North Texas Mean Green (4-2)

Denton, Texas; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mean Green -27.5; over/under is 118.5

BOTTOM LINE: Mississippi Valley State plays the North Texas Mean Green after Rayquan Brown scored 24 points in Mississippi Valley State's 68-65 overtime loss to the Pacific Tigers.

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The Mean Green are 3-0 on their home court. North Texas averages 69.3 points and has outscored opponents by 11.1 points per game.

The Delta Devils are 0-7 in road games. Mississippi Valley State averages 14.7 turnovers per game and is 0-1 when committing fewer turnovers than opponents.

North Texas scores 69.3 points per game, 15.6 fewer points than the 84.9 Mississippi Valley State gives up. Mississippi Valley State's 35.3% shooting percentage from the field this season is 4.4 percentage points lower than North Texas has given up to its opponents (39.7%).

TOP PERFORMERS: Aaron Scott is scoring 15.7 points per game with 5.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists for the Mean Green. Jason Edwards is averaging 14.3 points and 1.8 rebounds while shooting 41.4% for North Texas.

Brown is averaging 16.3 points for the Delta Devils. Donovan Sanders is averaging 10.4 points and 2.1 steals for Mississippi Valley State.

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