Slazinski and West Virginia host Drexel

Published Dec. 9, 2023 3:42 a.m. ET

Drexel Dragons (5-4) at West Virginia Mountaineers (3-5)

Morgantown, West Virginia; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mountaineers -3.5; over/under is 127.5

BOTTOM LINE: West Virginia plays the Drexel Dragons after Quinn Slazinski scored 22 points in West Virginia's 80-63 loss to the Pittsburgh Panthers.

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The Mountaineers are 3-3 in home games. West Virginia ranks ninth in the Big 12 at limiting opponent scoring, giving up 66.5 points while holding opponents to 40.7% shooting.

The Dragons are 2-3 on the road. Drexel is the CAA leader with 40.0 rebounds per game led by Amari Williams averaging 7.3.

West Virginia is shooting 38.7% from the field this season, 0.3 percentage points higher than the 38.4% Drexel allows to opponents. Drexel has shot at a 42.5% rate from the field this season, 1.8 percentage points higher than the 40.7% shooting opponents of West Virginia have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Slazinski is shooting 44.3% and averaging 17.4 points for the Mountaineers. Seth Wilson is averaging 1.4 made 3-pointers for West Virginia.

Luke House is shooting 36.4% from beyond the arc with 1.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Dragons, while averaging 6.8 points. Williams is averaging 11.7 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.2 blocks for Drexel.

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

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