Sacred Heart faces Iona following Gittens’ 23-point game
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Iona Gaels (6-3, 0-1 MAAC) at Sacred Heart Pioneers (3-5, 1-0 MAAC)
Fairfield, Connecticut; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Sacred Heart hosts Iona after Dashon Gittens scored 23 points in Sacred Heart’s 87-80 win over the Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers.
The Pioneers have gone 2-0 in home games. Sacred Heart ranks third in the MAAC with 14.9 assists per game led by Mekhi Conner averaging 5.0.
The Gaels are 0-1 in conference matchups. Iona scores 83.2 points and has outscored opponents by 3.3 points per game.
Sacred Heart is shooting 43.6% from the field this season, 0.8 percentage points lower than the 44.4% Iona allows to opponents. Iona’s 46.3% shooting percentage from the field this season is 3.0 percentage points lower than Sacred Heart has allowed to its opponents (49.3%).
The matchup Sunday is the first meeting this season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Gittens is scoring 16.6 points per game and averaging 3.9 rebounds for the Pioneers. Yann Farell is averaging 2.5 made 3-pointers.
CJ Anthony is averaging 16 points and 5.9 assists for the Gaels. Lamin Sabally is averaging 13.4 points, 8.4 rebounds, four assists and 2.4 steals.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.