The American Eagles and the Loyola (MD) Greyhounds meet in college basketball action from Reitz Arena on Sunday evening.

The American Eagles will look to build off of a naritem 71-70 win over the Greyhounds in the first half of a back-to-back on Saturday. Stacy Beckton Jr. leads the Eagles in scoring with 16.7 PPG while Jamir Harris is right behind in 2nd with 16.3 PPG and 4.3 APG to lead American in assists and Johnny O’Neal has 13.7 PPG with a team-high 7.3 RPG to lead the Eagles on the glass this season, rounding out the group of double-digit scorers up to this point for American. Josh Alexander has 9.7 PPG with 6 RPG while Connor Nelson has 5 RPG for American this season. As a team, American is averaging 72 PPG on 47.3% shooting from the field, 38.8% from 3-point range and 69.8% from the foul line while allowing opposing teams to average 76 PPG on 43% shooting from the field and 33.3% from 3-point range this season.

The Loyola (MD) Greyhounds will look to bounce back from the naritem loss to American on Saturday. Santi Aldama leads the Greyhounds in scoring and rebounding with 19.3 PPG with 7.3 RPG while Brandon Bradsher has 12 PPG and Jaylin Andrew has 10.7 PPG with 6.7 RPG and a team-high 3.7 APG this season. Golden Dike has 10 PPG with 5.7 RPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for the Greyhounds coming into Sunday’s rematch with American. As a team, Loyola (MD) is averaging 71.7 PPG on 46.1% shooting from the field, 30.6% from 3-point range and 63.9% from the foul line while allowing opposing teams to average 73.3 PPG on 45% shooting from the field and 43.2% from 3-point range this season.

The first meeting the day prior was a one point win for American, and I’m leaning towards the same kind of result for Sunday’s matchup. These are two teams that are extremely similar in style and I think that we have a battle on our hands that comes down to the wire. In a game like that, I want the points in my pocket so give me American and the points here.