Earnest leads Valparaiso against Saint Louis after 23-point showing

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Valparaiso Beacons (3-5) at Saint Louis Billikens (4-7)

St. Louis; Wednesday, 5 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Valparaiso visits Saint Louis after Leah Earnest scored 23 points in Valparaiso’s 67-54 victory against the Western Michigan Broncos.

The Billikens are 2-2 on their home court. Saint Louis is 1-0 in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Beacons are 0-3 on the road. Valparaiso is eighth in the MVC with 12.0 assists per game led by Earnest averaging 3.0.

Saint Louis’ average of 7.0 made 3-pointers per game is 1.4 fewer made shots on average than the 8.4 per game Valparaiso gives up. Valparaiso has shot at a 45.4% rate from the field this season, 1.4 percentage points higher than the 44.0% shooting opponents of Saint Louis have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Peyton Kennedy is shooting 35.9% and averaging 15.6 points for the Billikens.

Earnest is shooting 52.9% and averaging 18.1 points for the Beacons.

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

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Publish date : 2024-12-18 08:42:00

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