Iona Gaels (6-3, 0-1 MAAC) at Sacred Heart Pioneers (3-5, 1-0 MAAC)

Fairfield, Connecticut; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Sacred Heart hosts Iona after Dashon Gittens scored 23 points in Sacred Heart’s 87-80 win over the Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers.

The Pioneers have gone 2-0 in home games. Sacred Heart ranks third in the MAAC with 14.9 assists per game led by Mekhi Conner averaging 5.0.

The Gaels are 0-1 in conference matchups. Iona scores 83.2 points and has outscored opponents by 3.3 points per game.

Sacred Heart is shooting 43.6% from the field this season, 0.8 percentage points lower than the 44.4% Iona allows to opponents. Iona’s 46.3% shooting percentage from the field this season is 3.0 percentage points lower than Sacred Heart has allowed to its opponents (49.3%).

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