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Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs (11-14, 6-4 Big South) at Charleston Southern Buccaneers (8-15, 4-6 Big South)
North Charleston, South Carolina; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Runnin’ Bulldogs -5; over/under is 143
BOTTOM LINE: Taje’ Kelly and the Charleston Southern Buccaneers host Caleb Robinson and the Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs in Big South action Wednesday.
The Buccaneers are 6-5 in home games. Charleston Southern averages 12.0 turnovers per game and is 2-3 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents.
The Runnin’ Bulldogs are 6-4 in Big South play. Gardner-Webb is 5-7 in games decided by 10 or more points.
Charleston Southern is shooting 43.4% from the field this season, 0.3 percentage points higher than the 43.1% Gardner-Webb allows to opponents. Gardner-Webb averages 73.8 points per game, 0.8 fewer than the 74.6 Charleston Southern allows.
TOP PERFORMERS: RJ Johnson is shooting 43.2% and averaging 16.4 points for the Buccaneers.
Robinson is scoring 13.9 points per game and averaging 6.3 rebounds for the Runnin’ Bulldogs.
LAST 10 GAMES: Buccaneers: 4-6, averaging 67.5 points, 36.4 rebounds, 8.3 assists, 4.2 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 41.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.8 points per game.
Runnin’ Bulldogs: 6-4, averaging 74.7 points, 34.2 rebounds, 12.7 assists, 5.6 steals and 1.8 blocks per game while shooting 48.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.5 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.