The Central Michigan Chippewas (13-10, 8-3 MAC) pay a visit to Norfolk, Virginia and the Chartway Arena on Saturday to play the Old Dominion Monarchs (6-18, 2-10 Sun Belt). Central Michigan was defeated by Akron 68-47 on Tuesday snapping a five-game winning streak for the Chippewas. Old Dominion was defeated by Southern Miss 78-73 on Thursday and the Monarchs have lost five of the last six. Central Michigan and Old Dominion do not have any players on their injury reports.
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Central Michigan is scoring an average of 67.1 points per game which is 327th in the nation. The Chippewas are shooting 43.1% (266th) overall and 30.9% (315th) from 3-point land. Central Michigan is making 67.9% of its free throws. Anthony Pritchard is the leading scorer for Central Michigan with an average of 14.1 points per game, and Brian Taylor is second with an average of 12.0 points per game. Central Michigan has one other player averaging double figures in scoring. Pritchard is the dish leader with an average of 4.5 assists per game.
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The Central Michigan defense is allowing an average of 71.6 points per game which is 178th. Central Michigan is allowing opponents to shoot 42.7% (134th) overall 30.6% (47th) from three point land. Central Michigan averages 34.9 rebounds per game led by Taylor with an average of 7.5 per contest. Taylor is also the rim protector with an average of 1.0 blocked shots per game and Pritchard is the leader in steals with an average of 1.7 per game.