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Queens Royals (5-5) at Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs (4-6)

Boiling Springs, North Carolina; Saturday, 2:00 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Runnin’ Bulldogs -5.5; Over/Under is 155.5

BOTTOM LINE: Gardner-Webb hosts Queens after Anthony Selden scored 25 points in Gardner-Webb’s 78-77 loss to the North Carolina Central Eagles.

The Runnin’ Bulldogs are 1-1 in home games. Gardner-Webb is 1-3 in games decided by 10 or more points.

The Royals lost 1:4 away. Queens ranks eighth in the ASUN, scoring 32.4 points per game in the paint, led by Malcolm Wilson’s 5.0 average.

Gardner-Webb is making 47.0% of his shots from the field this season, which is 4.3 percentage points more than Queens has allowed to its opponents (42.7%). Queens’ 41.4% shooting percentage from the field is 4.3 percentage points lower than Gardner-Webb’s opponents (45.7%) this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Darryl Simmons II averaged 2.0 points per game for the Runnin’ Bulldogs, scoring 14.2 points on 37.0% shooting from distance.

Chris Ashby is averaging 3.4 3-pointers per game for the Royals and scoring 11.3 points while shooting 34.3% from distance.

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