Pissis leads New Hampshire against UMBC after 30-point game

New Hampshire Wildcats (3-15, 1-2 America East) at UMBC Retrievers (9-8, 1-1 America East)

Baltimore; Thursday, 6 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: New Hampshire plays UMBC after Sami Pissis scored 30 points in New Hampshire’s 79-72 win against the Binghamton Bearcats.

The Retrievers are 6-3 on their home court. UMBC has a 1-1 record in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Wildcats are 1-2 against America East opponents. New Hampshire has a 3-8 record against opponents over .500.

UMBC averages 83.4 points, 7.0 more per game than the 76.4 New Hampshire gives up. New Hampshire averages 7.6 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.2 more made shots on average than the 6.4 per game UMBC allows.

The Retrievers and Wildcats meet Thursday for the first time in America East play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Bryce Johnson is scoring 16.9 points per game and averaging 3.5 rebounds for the Retrievers.

Caleb Middleton is averaging 5.4 points for the Wildcats.

LAST 10 GAMES: Retrievers: 6-4, averaging 85.6 points, 30.9 rebounds, 16.1 assists, 8.5 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 50.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 77.1 points per game.

Wildcats: 1-9, averaging 62.3 points, 29.3 rebounds, 10.6 assists, 6.2 steals and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting 40.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 75.6 points.

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