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Canisius takes on Maine, aims to stop 3-game skid

Canisius Golden Griffins (4-6, 0-2 MAAC) at Maine Black Bears (1-11)

Orono, Maine; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Black Bears -6.5; over/under is 123.5

BOTTOM LINE: Canisius comes into the matchup against Maine after losing three in a row.

The Black Bears have gone 0-2 in home games. Maine is ninth in the America East with 10.3 assists per game led by Bashir N’Galang averaging 1.8.

The Golden Griffins are 0-5 on the road. Canisius has a 2-5 record against teams over .500.

Maine is shooting 44.0% from the field this season, 0.2 percentage points lower than the 44.2% Canisius allows to opponents. Canisius averages 60.7 points per game, 9.6 fewer points than the 70.3 Maine gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: TJ Biel is averaging 12.1 points and 1.5 blocks for the Black Bears. Ryan Mabrey is averaging 1.3 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Kahlil Singleton is scoring 10.9 points per game and averaging 3.8 rebounds for the Golden Griffins. Bryan Ndjonga is averaging 10.9 points.

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

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