Lafayette faces George Washington following Chaikin's 20-point performance
Lafayette Leopards (5-5) at George Washington Revolutionaries (9-2)
Washington; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Revolutionaries -10.5; over/under is 141.5
BOTTOM LINE: Lafayette plays George Washington after Alex Chaikin scored 20 points in Lafayette's 77-73 victory against the Mercyhurst Lakers.
The Revolutionaries have gone 6-0 at home. George Washington is seventh in the A-10 in team defense, giving up 68.5 points while holding opponents to 41.2% shooting.
The Leopards are 1-4 on the road. Lafayette is fifth in the Patriot League with 22.9 defensive rebounds per game led by Mike Bednostin averaging 4.3.
George Washington makes 45.5% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.9 percentage points higher than Lafayette has allowed to its opponents (42.6%). Lafayette has shot at a 41.5% clip from the field this season, 0.3 percentage points above the 41.2% shooting opponents of George Washington have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Darren Buchanan Jr. is scoring 16.0 points per game with 8.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists for the Revolutionaries.
Chaikin is averaging 10.3 points for the Leopards.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
