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12/09 03:42 CST North Carolina Central faces Kentucky on 7-game road slide
North Carolina Central faces Kentucky on 7-game road slide
By The Associated Press
North Carolina Central Eagles (3-8) at Kentucky Wildcats (5-4)
Lexington, Kentucky; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wildcats -38.5; over/under is 147.5
BOTTOM LINE: North Carolina Central visits Kentucky looking to stop its
seven-game road slide.
The Wildcats have gone 5-1 at home. Kentucky ranks sixth in the SEC with 28.4
defensive rebounds per game led by Malachi Moreno averaging 4.6.
The Eagles have gone 0-7 away from home. North Carolina Central gives up 77.2
points to opponents and has been outscored by 6.1 points per game.
Kentucky's average of 8.8 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.7
fewer made shots on average than the 9.5 per game North Carolina Central
allows. North Carolina Central has shot at a 40.1% clip from the field this
season, 1.4 percentage points greater than the 38.7% shooting opponents of
Kentucky have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Otega Oweh is scoring 13.7 points per game with 3.9 rebounds
and 2.6 assists for the Wildcats. Denzel Aberdeen is averaging 12.9 points and
4.0 rebounds while shooting 46.2%.
Gage Lattimore is scoring 19.5 points per game with 3.6 rebounds and 2.6
assists for the Eagles. Khouri Carvey is averaging 13.6 points and 6.2 rebounds
over the past 10 games.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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