Maine hosts Ciunys and UMBC
UMBC Retrievers (9-18, 4-8 America East) at Maine Black Bears (11-15, 3-8 America East)
Bangor, Maine; Thursday, 6 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: UMBC visits the Maine Black Bears after Regimantas Ciunys scored 22 points in UMBC’s 80-75 win over the Albany (NY) Great Danes.
The Black Bears have gone 5-4 at home. Maine is seventh in the America East with 12.5 assists per game led by Jaden Clayton averaging 4.1.
The Retrievers are 4-8 in America East play. UMBC is 4-8 in games decided by 10 or more points.
Maine averages 67.6 points per game, 14.9 fewer points than the 82.5 UMBC allows. UMBC averages 8.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.6 more made shots on average than the 5.7 per game Maine allows.
TOP PERFORMERS: Peter Filipovity is shooting 55.9% and averaging 13.3 points for the Black Bears.
Dion Brown is averaging 18.9 points and 7.2 rebounds for the Retrievers.
LAST 10 GAMES: Black Bears: 3-7, averaging 66.7 points, 33.2 rebounds, 12.0 assists, 8.4 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 42.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.0 points per game.
Retrievers: 4-6, averaging 81.2 points, 35.1 rebounds, 12.5 assists, 4.5 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 49.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 80.9 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.