Delaware Fighting Blue Hens (11-10, 3-5 CAA) vs Hampton Pirates (4-16, 1-7 CAA)
Hampton, Virginia.Thursday, 7:00 PM ET
Bottom line: Delaware visit the Hampton Pirates after Jare Davis scored 28 points in overtime loss to the Drexel Dragons 77-74.
The Pirates are 3-4 in home games. Hampton has a record of 0-1 in games decided by 3 points or less.
Fighting Blue Hens are 3 vs 5 against CAA opponents. Delaware is his 4th in his CAA, where he scored 70.0 points per game and shooting percentage he has 44.5%.
Thursday’s matchup will be the first meeting between the two teams in conference play this season.
Top performer: Russell Dean is averaging 14.7 points and 4.3 assists for the Pirates. Jordan Nesbitt has averaged 13.8 points over his last 10 matches for the Hamptons.
Jameel Nelson Jr. averaged 1.7 3-pointers per game for the Fighting Blue Hens, scored 19.8 points and shot 31.5% over the arc. Davis has shot 48.4% and averaged 16.6 points over his last 10 games for Delaware.
Last 10 games: Pirates: 1-9, 67.1 points, 28.9 rebounds, 10.3 assists, 4.4 steals, 3.7 blocks, 39.8% shooting from the field. Opponents are scoring an average of 78.2 points per game.
Fightin’ Blue Hens: 4-6, averaging 67.6 points, 27.1 rebounds, 12.3 assists, 7.9 steals, 4.4 blocks, shooting 43.6% from the field. Opponents are scoring an average of 70.2 points.
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The Associated Press produced this article using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
