The Valparaiso Beacons (11-19, 5-14 MVC) visit Murray, Kentucky on Sunday to play at the CFSB Center in a Missouri Valley Conference game against the Murray State Racers (15-14, 10-9 MVC). Valparaiso was defeated by the Bradley Braves 76-66 on Wednesday night. The Beacons have lost each of their last three and six of the last seven. Murray State was defeated by Missouri State 84-69 on Tuesday and the Racers have lost four of the last six. Preston Ruedinger is out for Valparaiso, while Murray State does not have any players listed on its injury report.
Valparaiso is allowing an average of 73.3 points per game which is 278th in the nation. The Beacons are allowing a field goal percentage of 44.8% and a 3-point shooting percentage of 33.7%, which are 260th and 178th respectively. Valparaiso’s offense cannot make up the difference, as the Beacons are scoring an average of only 69.3 points per game which is 237th in the country. Valparaiso is shooting 44.2% overall which is 211th and 30.5% from 3-point territory which is 337th.
Ben Krikke is the leading scorer for Valparaiso with an average of 19.5 points per game while shooting 54.8% overall and 28.8% from behind the three-point line. Kobe King is the second leading scorer with an average of 16.3 points per game but is shooting only 42.7% overall and 23.5% from long range. Four of the top five scorers for Val paraiso shoot between just 38.3% and 42.7%. Nick Edwards is the leader in assists with an average of 5.1 dishes per contest. On the boards, Valparaiso is averaging 33.9 rebounds per game led by Krikke with an average of 5.9 boards per contest. Krikke is also the rim protector with a team best 0.9 blocked shots per game while Edwards is the leader in steals with an average of 1.5 per contest.
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