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Long Island Sharks and Chicago State Cougars play in NEC Tournament
By The Associated Press
Chicago State Cougars (7-24, 5-13 NEC) at Long Island Sharks (21-10, 15-3 NEC)
New York; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: LIU plays Chicago State in the NEC Tournament.
The Sharks' record in NEC games is 15-3, and their record is 6-7 in
non-conference play. LIU is third in the NEC in rebounding with 32.3 rebounds.
Greg Gordon leads the Sharks with 5.6 boards.
The Cougars are 5-13 in NEC play. Chicago State averages 9.6 turnovers per game
and is 7-14 when turning the ball over less than opponents.
LIU scores 74.1 points per game, 1.9 fewer points than the 76.0 Chicago State
gives up. Chicago State averages 65.5 points per game, 6.0 fewer points than
the 71.5 LIU gives up to opponents.
The teams square off for the third time this season. LIU won the last meeting
73-56 on Feb. 27. Jamal Fuller scored 24 to help lead LIU to the win, and
Stephen Byard scored 17 points for Chicago State.
TOP PERFORMERS: Fuller is scoring 16.6 points per game and averaging 5.2
rebounds for the Sharks. Malachi Davis is averaging 12.7 points and 3.6
rebounds over the last 10 games.
Braelon Bush is averaging 8.4 points and 3.2 assists for the Cougars. CJ Ray is
averaging 16.2 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Sharks: 8-2, averaging 72.4 points, 30.8 rebounds, 13.8 assists,
8.3 steals and 5.1 blocks per game while shooting 49.9% from the field. Their
opponents have averaged 64.1 points per game.
Cougars: 5-5, averaging 66.5 points, 27.5 rebounds, 14.4 assists, 8.2 steals
and 1.5 blocks per game while shooting 42.3% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 68.4 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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