Oakland visits Detroit Mercy after Townsend's 28-point game

Published Nov. 29, 2023 3:43 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Oakland Golden Grizzlies (4-3) at Detroit Mercy Titans (0-6)

Detroit; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Golden Grizzlies -7.5; over/under is 146.5

BOTTOM LINE: Oakland visits the Detroit Mercy Titans after Trey Townsend scored 28 points in Oakland's 78-76 victory over the Xavier Musketeers.

The Titans have gone 0-1 in home games. Detroit Mercy is 0-4 in games decided by 10 points or more.

The Golden Grizzlies are 1-2 on the road. Oakland ranks eighth in the Horizon League scoring 31.1 points per game in the paint led by Townsend averaging 8.0.

Detroit Mercy's average of 5.5 made 3-pointers per game is 1.8 fewer made shots on average than the 7.3 per game Oakland allows. Oakland's 44.9% shooting percentage from the field this season is 5.0 percentage points lower than Detroit Mercy has allowed to its opponents (49.9%).

The matchup Wednesday is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jayden Stone is scoring 21.7 points per game with 5.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists for the Titans. Marcus Tankersley is averaging 13.3 points and 3.7 rebounds while shooting 52.6% for Detroit Mercy.

Townsend is averaging 16.7 points, 8.3 rebounds, four assists and 1.6 steals for the Golden Grizzlies. Jack Gohlke is averaging 13.4 points for Oakland.

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