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Queens visits Wake Forest following Mann’s 23-point outing

Queens Royals (5-5) at Wake Forest Demon Deacons (7-3)

Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Sunday, 5 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Queens plays Wake Forest after Nasir Mann scored 23 points in Queens’ 102-78 win over the South Carolina State Bulldogs.

The Demon Deacons have gone 5-1 in home games. Wake Forest is 7-2 when it turns the ball over less than its opponents and averages 11.6 turnovers per game.

The Royals are 0-4 on the road. Queens is fifth in the ASUN with 23.0 defensive rebounds per game led by Mann averaging 3.5.

Wake Forest is shooting 45.4% from the field this season, 0.4 percentage points higher than the 45.0% Queens allows to opponents. Queens has shot at a 48.4% clip from the field this season, 6.8 percentage points greater than the 41.6% shooting opponents of Wake Forest have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Juke Harris is scoring 20.7 points per game and averaging 6.9 rebounds for the Demon Deacons. Mekhi Mason is averaging 2.0 made 3-pointers.

Mann is scoring 15.9 points per game and averaging 5.9 rebounds for the Royals. Chris Ashby is averaging 12.8 points and 2.3 rebounds.

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

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