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East Carolina Pirates (11-11, 4-5 AAC) at Charlotte 49ers (13-7, 7-1 AAC)
Charlotte, North Carolina; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: 49ers -7; over/under is 130
BOTTOM LINE: Charlotte takes on the East Carolina Pirates after Igor Milicic Jr. scored 22 points in Charlotte’s 75-71 victory against the Tulane Green Wave.
The 49ers are 9-1 in home games. Charlotte is 2-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
The Pirates are 4-5 in conference play. East Carolina is 6-5 in games decided by 10 points or more.
Charlotte averages 69.3 points per game, 1.2 more points than the 68.1 East Carolina allows. East Carolina averages 6.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, the same that Charlotte gives up.
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting this season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Lu’Cye Patterson is scoring 14.3 points per game and averaging 3.7 rebounds for the 49ers. Milicic is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Charlotte.
RJ Felton is shooting 41.3% and averaging 16.0 points for the Pirates. Brandon Johnson is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for East Carolina.
LAST 10 GAMES: 49ers: 8-2, averaging 72.8 points, 33.4 rebounds, 13.6 assists, 6.4 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 45.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.5 points per game.
Pirates: 4-6, averaging 63.7 points, 35.3 rebounds, 9.0 assists, 7.9 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 38.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.5 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.