Denver Pioneers (6-14, 0-5 Summit League) at Saint Thomas Tommies (14-5, 4-0 Summit League)
Saint Paul, Minnesota; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: St. Thomas takes on Denver after Miles Barnstable scored 28 points in St. Thomas' 119-104 victory over the South Dakota Coyotes.
The Tommies are 8-0 in home games. St. Thomas averages 16.2 assists per game to lead the Summit League, paced by Drake Dobbs with 3.9.
The Pioneers are 0-5 in Summit League play. Denver allows 80.6 points to opponents and has been outscored by 7.0 points per game.
St. Thomas averages 11.3 made 3-pointers per game, 4.5 more made shots than the 6.8 per game Denver allows. Denver has shot at a 43.7% clip from the field this season, 0.4 percentage points above the 43.3% shooting opponents of St. Thomas have averaged.
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Kendall Blue is averaging 11.6 points for the Tommies.
Nicholas Shogbonyo is averaging 14.3 points for the Pioneers.
LAST 10 GAMES: Tommies: 9-1, averaging 89.3 points, 27.0 rebounds, 15.3 assists, 7.3 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 51.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 77.8 points per game.
Pioneers: 2-8, averaging 72.6 points, 24.7 rebounds, 11.9 assists, 7.1 steals and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 44.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 83.1 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
