UMBC Retrievers (12-7, 5-1 America East) at Vermont Catamounts (13-8, 5-1 America East)
Burlington, Vermont; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Vermont hosts UMBC after TJ Hurley scored 26 points in Vermont’s 62-52 win against the Bryant Bulldogs.
The Catamounts have gone 6-2 at home. Vermont has a 1-1 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
The Retrievers are 5-1 in conference play. UMBC ranks fifth in the America East with 31.6 rebounds per game led by Josh Odunowo averaging 5.1.
Vermont makes 46.9% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.7 percentage points higher than UMBC has allowed to its opponents (44.2%). UMBC averages 75.7 points per game, 4.7 more than the 71.0 Vermont gives up.
The matchup Thursday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Gus Yalden is scoring 16.6 points per game with 5.4 rebounds and 1.9 assists for the Catamounts. Hurley is averaging 15.6 points and 3.1 rebounds while shooting 46.1% over the past 10 games.
Odunowo is averaging 7.8 points and 5.1 rebounds for the Retrievers. DJ Armstrong is averaging 15.2 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Catamounts: 7-3, averaging 71.0 points, 32.9 rebounds, 10.7 assists, 4.5 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 45.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 66.3 points per game.
Retrievers: 6-4, averaging 76.3 points, 29.9 rebounds, 12.3 assists, 4.5 steals and 2.0 blocks per game while shooting 48.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.4 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
