UMBC faces Maine following Armstrong’s 31-point game

Maine Black Bears (2-14, 0-1 America East) at UMBC Retrievers (7-6)

Baltimore; Thursday, 6 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: UMBC faces Maine after DJ Armstrong scored 31 points in UMBC’s 93-59 victory over the Coppin State Eagles.

The Retrievers are 4-2 in home games. UMBC is seventh in the America East with 7.6 offensive rebounds per game led by Josh Odunowo averaging 2.0.

The Black Bears are 0-1 against America East opponents. Maine allows 69.4 points to opponents while being outscored by 8.6 points per game.

UMBC averages 8.7 made 3-pointers per game, 1.9 more made shots than the 6.8 per game Maine gives up. Maine has shot at a 43.9% rate from the field this season, 0.3 percentage points greater than the 43.6% shooting opponents of UMBC have averaged.

The matchup Thursday is the first meeting this season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jah’likai King is scoring 14.9 points per game with 4.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists for the Retrievers. Armstrong is averaging 12.5 points over the past 10 games.

TJ Biel is scoring 11.1 points per game and averaging 4.8 rebounds for the Black Bears. Logan Carey is averaging 10.4 points and 3.4 rebounds over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Retrievers: 5-5, averaging 75.1 points, 33.2 rebounds, 14.7 assists, 4.8 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 46.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.3 points per game.

Black Bears: 2-8, averaging 62.3 points, 26.2 rebounds, 11.9 assists, 8.5 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 45.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.0 points.

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