Northern Iowa Panthers (16-9, 8-6 MVC) at Belmont Bruins (22-4, 12-3 MVC)
Nashville, Tennessee; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Northern Iowa takes on Belmont after Trey Campbell scored 22 points in Northern Iowa's 89-60 victory against the Murray State Racers.
The Bruins have gone 10-2 in home games. Belmont scores 83.4 points while outscoring opponents by 11.2 points per game.
The Panthers are 8-6 in MVC play. Northern Iowa ranks third in the MVC with 14.5 assists per game led by Campbell averaging 3.8.
Belmont averages 10.4 made 3-pointers per game, 4.6 more made shots than the 5.8 per game Northern Iowa allows. Northern Iowa has shot at a 46.1% clip from the field this season, 6.3 percentage points above the 39.8% shooting opponents of Belmont have averaged.
The matchup Thursday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Drew Scharnowski is averaging 11.6 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks for the Bruins. Tyler Lundblade is averaging 13.6 points over the last 10 games.