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Jacksonville faces conference foe Austin Peay

Austin Peay Governors (8-2) at Jacksonville Dolphins (8-3)

Jacksonville, Florida; Thursday, 6:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Anovia Sheals and Austin Peay visit Priscilla Williams and Jacksonville in ASUN play Thursday.

The Dolphins are 6-0 on their home court. Jacksonville is 1-0 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Governors are 5-0 in road games. Austin Peay leads the ASUN with 12.6 offensive rebounds per game led by Jeanine Brandsma averaging 4.0.

Jacksonville’s average of 4.3 made 3-pointers per game is 1.1 fewer made shots on average than the 5.4 per game Austin Peay allows. Austin Peay has shot at a 45.2% rate from the field this season, 5.9 percentage points higher than the 39.3% shooting opponents of Jacksonville have averaged.

The Dolphins and Governors face off Thursday for the first time in ASUN play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Williams averages 1.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Dolphins, scoring 11.9 points while shooting 25.0% from beyond the arc. Mychal White is shooting 50.9% and averaging 10.3 points over the past 10 games.

Sheals is averaging 13 points and 6.1 rebounds for the Governors. Veronaye Charlton is averaging 10.5 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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