South Alabama faces Mercer, looks to end road slide
South Alabama Jaguars (4-5) at Mercer Bears (2-5)
Macon, Georgia; Wednesday, 11 a.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bears -2.5; over/under is 132.5
BOTTOM LINE: South Alabama will look to stop its three-game road skid when the Jaguars face Mercer.
The Bears have gone 0-1 in home games. Mercer has a 0-2 record in games decided by at least 10 points.
The Jaguars have gone 1-3 away from home. South Alabama allows 76.9 points to opponents and has been outscored by 6.2 points per game.
Mercer’s average of 6.9 made 3-pointers per game is 1.0 fewer made shot on average than the 7.9 per game South Alabama allows. South Alabama’s 43.6% shooting percentage from the field this season is 4.8 percentage points lower than Mercer has given up to its opponents (48.4%).
TOP PERFORMERS: Jalyn McCreary is scoring 13.7 points per game and averaging 5.0 rebounds for the Bears. Robby Carmody is averaging 10.7 points and 2.1 rebounds while shooting 48.9% for Mercer.
Isiah Gaiter is averaging 15 points for the Jaguars. Maxwell Land is averaging 10.1 points for South Alabama.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.