Gittens leads Sacred Heart against Towson after 26-point outing

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Sacred Heart Pioneers (5-7, 1-1 MAAC) at Towson Tigers (7-5)

Towson, Maryland; Monday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Sacred Heart visits Towson after Dashon Gittens scored 26 points in Sacred Heart's 85-63 win against the Dartmouth Big Green.

The Tigers are 4-0 on their home court. Towson is 1-0 in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Pioneers have gone 2-6 away from home. Sacred Heart has a 2-5 record against teams above .500.

Towson scores 71.6 points per game, 6.5 fewer points than the 78.1 Sacred Heart allows. Sacred Heart averages 11.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 4.0 more made shots on average than the 7.4 per game Towson gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Tyler Tejada is scoring 17.1 points per game with 5.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists for the Tigers. Dylan Williamson is averaging 15.6 points over the last 10 games.

Gittens is scoring 16.3 points per game with 4.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists for the Pioneers. Nyle Ralph-Beyer is averaging 11.4 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 6-4, averaging 74.4 points, 37.3 rebounds, 11.1 assists, 6.3 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 44.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.4 points per game.

Pioneers: 4-6, averaging 75.6 points, 28.9 rebounds, 14.9 assists, 7.9 steals and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting 42.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 79.9 points.

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