Providence hosts Lilly and Brown

Published Dec. 10, 2023 3:42 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Brown Bears (3-8) at Providence Friars (7-2)

Providence, Rhode Island; Sunday, 12 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Friars -15.5; over/under is 139

BOTTOM LINE: Brown visits the Providence Friars after Kino Lilly Jr. scored 22 points in Brown's 67-64 victory over the Rhode Island Rams.

The Friars have gone 6-0 in home games. Providence averages 13.0 turnovers per game and is 2-1 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents.

The Bears are 1-4 on the road. Brown is the Ivy League leader with 39.3 rebounds per game led by Nana Owusu-Anane averaging 8.1.

Providence makes 46.4% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.4 percentage points higher than Brown has allowed to its opponents (44.0%). Brown has shot at a 41.4% rate from the field this season, 3.8 percentage points higher than the 37.6% shooting opponents of Providence have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Bryce Hopkins is scoring 15.8 points per game and averaging 7.9 rebounds for the Friars. Devin Carter is averaging 2.1 made 3-pointers for Providence.

Lilly is shooting 33.3% from beyond the arc with 3.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Bears, while averaging 19.4 points. Owusu-Anane is averaging 14.6 points and 8.2 rebounds over the past 10 games for Brown.

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