Valparaiso Beacons (3-4) at Belmont Bruins (4-3)
Nashville, Tennessee; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Valparaiso visits the Belmont Bruins after Ben Krikke scored 23 points in Valparaiso's 81-79 overtime win against the James Madison Dukes.
The Bruins have gone 1-0 in home games. Belmont is the top team in the MVC shooting 38.9% from downtown, led by Derek Sabin shooting 100.0% from 3-point range.
The Beacons have gone 0-3 away from home. Valparaiso is ninth in the MVC scoring 67.6 points per game and is shooting 43.6%.
The Bruins and Beacons match up Thursday for the first time in conference play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Drew Friberg is shooting 47.1% from beyond the arc with 3.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Bruins, while averaging 13.4 points. Ben Sheppard is shooting 49.5% and averaging 20.3 points for Belmont.
Krikke is averaging 19.4 points and seven rebounds for the Beacons. Kobe King is averaging 17.3 points for Valparaiso.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
