Belmont hosts Gardner-Webb following Selden’s 29-point game
Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs (4-3) at Belmont Bruins (5-2)
Nashville, Tennessee; Friday, 5 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Gardner-Webb takes on Belmont after Anthony Selden scored 29 points in Gardner-Webb’s 79-64 win over the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats.
The Bruins have gone 2-1 in home games. Belmont is seventh in the MVC with 34.3 points per game in the paint led by Brody Peebles averaging 5.4.
The Runnin’ Bulldogs have gone 1-3 away from home. Gardner-Webb is 1-0 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 15.6 turnovers per game.
Belmont makes 48.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.8 percentage points higher than Gardner-Webb has allowed to its opponents (44.3%). Gardner-Webb has shot at a 47.0% rate from the field this season, 2.8 percentage points above the 44.2% shooting opponents of Belmont have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jonathan Pierre is shooting 45.8% and averaging 12.6 points for the Bruins.
Darryl Simmons II is averaging 15.1 points for the Runnin’ Bulldogs.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.