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Eastern Illinois Panthers (8-11, 4-4 OVC) at Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles (4-14, 1-7 OVC)

Evansville, Indiana; Thursday, 8:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Southern Indiana takes on Eastern Illinois after Amaree Brown scored 20 points in Southern Indiana's 73-67 loss to the Tennessee State Tigers.

The Screaming Eagles are 2-5 on their home court. Southern Indiana ranks seventh in the OVC in team defense, allowing 74.7 points while holding opponents to 43.9% shooting.

The Panthers are 4-4 in conference play. Eastern Illinois is 4-6 in games decided by at least 10 points.

Southern Indiana averages 70.2 points per game, 0.2 fewer points than the 70.4 Eastern Illinois gives up. Eastern Illinois averages 67.6 points per game, 7.1 fewer points than the 74.7 Southern Indiana allows.

The matchup Thursday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ismail Habib averages 2.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Screaming Eagles, scoring 16.7 points while shooting 32.2% from beyond the arc. Cardell Bailey is shooting 42.4% and averaging 16.6 points over the last 10 games.

Kooper Jacobi is averaging 10.1 points and 5.9 rebounds for the Panthers. Preston Turner is averaging 1.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Screaming Eagles: 1-9, averaging 65.6 points, 31.5 rebounds, 8.8 assists, 6.5 steals and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 37.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.2 points per game.

Panthers: 6-4, averaging 72.9 points, 32.2 rebounds, 15.1 assists, 9.5 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 46.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.8 points.

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

South Alabama Jaguars (13-6, 4-3 Sun Belt) at James Madison Dukes (9-10, 2-5 Sun Belt)

Harrisonburg, Virginia; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: James Madison plays South Alabama after Cliff Davis scored 20 points in James Madison's 77-72 loss to the Marshall Thundering Herd.

The Dukes have gone 6-1 in home games. James Madison gives up 76.7 points and has been outscored by 2.5 points per game.

The Jaguars are 4-3 in conference games. South Alabama ranks seventh in the Sun Belt shooting 33.1% from 3-point range.

James Madison makes 43.8% of its shots from the field this season, which is 5.9 percentage points higher than South Alabama has allowed to its opponents (37.9%). South Alabama has shot at a 46.7% clip from the field this season, 2.8 percentage points greater than the 43.9% shooting opponents of James Madison have averaged.

The Dukes and Jaguars square off Thursday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Justin McBride is scoring 16.6 points per game and averaging 5.5 rebounds for the Dukes. Davis is averaging 3.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Adam Olsen is shooting 38.3% from beyond the arc with 3.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Jaguars, while averaging 16 points. Chaze Harris is shooting 54.8% and averaging 20.3 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Dukes: 4-6, averaging 71.8 points, 34.1 rebounds, 11.4 assists, 5.5 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 43.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 77.1 points per game.

Jaguars: 5-5, averaging 71.4 points, 31.2 rebounds, 10.2 assists, 8.5 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 46.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.4 points.

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