Game Day Preview: Men's Basketball Faces of Against Mercy at Home
| Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
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Mercy (2-16, 1-9) | 39 | 49 | 88 |
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Dist. Columbia (7-12, 5-5) | 56 | 57 | 113 |
WASHINGTON, DC- The University of the District of Columbia's men's basketball team hosts Mercy College at home.
Date: Saturdayday, January 28th
Location: Washington, DC (E.B Henderson Sports Complex)
Time: 3:00 PM
Scouting UDC
The Firebirds fell to STAC in their last match up and ehead into saturday's match up with a 4-5 record, ranking 6th in the league. Jahmir Marable-Williams is ranked first in the conference in assists and steals per game. Michael Aiken rankes fourth in the conference with 15.4 PPG and is fourth in 3-point shooting. Marable-Williams leads the conference with 5.7 assists per game and is first with 2.2 steals per game. Micah Campbell, who was named Defensive Player of the week earlier on this season, is fifth in the conference with 7.7 RPG and ranks fourth in the conference with 2 blocks per game. UDC is currently 6-12 on the season and 4-5 in conference play. They average 79.4 PPG and allow 80.8 PPG. They opened up conference play with a close tough loss to nationally ranked St Thomas Aquinas College 78-83 at the end of November. UDC entered the 2022-23 season voted to place fourth in the ECC preseason poll. They finished 9-20 last season and made a first round post season appearance in the conference tournament.
Scouting Mercy
The Mavericks are 1-8 in the league coming into saturday's match up. They head into this match up averaging 70.1 PPG and allow 83 PPG. They were voted to place 8th in the conference preseason poll after going 6-19, 6-12 in conference play.
History
UDC defeated Mercy earlier this season. The all-time record between these two teams is 13-9 in favor of the Firebirds