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Toffali, Morehead State Eagles to visit Loden, Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles

Morehead State Eagles (4-7, 0-1 OVC) at Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles (7-2, 1-0 OVC)

Evansville, Indiana; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Laura Toffali and Morehead State visit Sophia Loden and Southern Indiana in OVC play Saturday.

The Screaming Eagles have gone 5-1 in home games. Southern Indiana is 2-1 against opponents over .500.

The Eagles are 0-1 against conference opponents. Morehead State gives up 74.5 points to opponents while being outscored by 10.3 points per game.

Southern Indiana’s average of 5.9 made 3-pointers per game is 2.1 fewer made shots on average than the 8.0 per game Morehead State allows. Morehead State has shot at a 39.2% clip from the field this season, 7.4 percentage points higher than the 31.8% shooting opponents of Southern Indiana have averaged.

The matchup Saturday is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Loden is scoring 14.3 points per game and averaging 9.1 rebounds for the Screaming Eagles. Ali Saunders is averaging 14.1 points and 2.3 rebounds while shooting 39.8%.

Marie Sepp is averaging 11.1 points and 5.8 assists for the Eagles. Katie Dike is averaging 14.2 points over the last 10 games.

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

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