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North Carolina Central visits Queens (NC) following Jones-Grant’s 21-point outing

North Carolina Central Eagles (1-9) at Queens (NC) Royals (5-4)

Charlotte, North Carolina; Wednesday, 12:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Queens (NC) faces North Carolina Central after Brenae Jones-Grant scored 21 points in Queens (NC)’s 97-37 win over the Carolina University Bruins.

The Royals have gone 3-0 in home games. Queens (NC) gives up 68.1 points and has been outscored by 1.8 points per game.

The Eagles are 0-5 on the road. North Carolina Central is fifth in the MEAC scoring 56.5 points per game and is shooting 33.3%.

Queens (NC) averages 7.8 made 3-pointers per game, 1.9 more made shots than the 5.9 per game North Carolina Central allows. North Carolina Central’s 33.3% shooting percentage from the field this season is 5.5 percentage points lower than Queens (NC) has allowed to its opponents (38.8%).

TOP PERFORMERS: Ana Barreto is shooting 35.7% from beyond the arc with 2.8 made 3-pointers per game for the Royals, while averaging 12.2 points and 1.8 steals. Jones-Grant is shooting 61.8% and averaging 15.6 points.

Morgan Callahan is scoring 10.9 points per game and averaging 6.7 rebounds for the Eagles. Aniya Finger is averaging 9.1 points and 5.3 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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