Thomas and Hofstra host No. 22 Duke

Published Dec. 11, 2023 3:42 a.m. ET

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Hofstra Pride (6-3) at Duke Blue Devils (6-3, 0-1 ACC)

Durham, North Carolina; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Hofstra visits the No. 22 Duke Blue Devils after Tyler Thomas scored 29 points in Hofstra's 71-68 loss to the Saint Louis Billikens.

The Blue Devils have gone 5-1 at home. Duke is third in the ACC with 15.8 assists per game led by Tyrese Proctor averaging 4.8.

The Pride are 1-2 on the road. Hofstra leads the CAA with 16.9 assists. Jaquan Carlos leads the Pride with 6.8.

Duke makes 47.8% of its shots from the field this season, which is 8.9 percentage points higher than Hofstra has allowed to its opponents (38.9%). Hofstra averages 11.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 4.5 more made shots on average than the 6.7 per game Duke allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Kyle Filipowski is shooting 50.0% and averaging 17.3 points for the Blue Devils. Jared McCain is averaging 9.1 points for Duke.

Thomas is shooting 41.5% from beyond the arc with 4.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Pride, while averaging 23.6 points and 3.1 assists. Darlinstone Dubar is averaging 17.7 points and 6.4 rebounds for Hofstra.

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

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