New Hampshire takes on UMBC on 4-game skid

New Hampshire Wildcats (4-11, 0-2 America East) at UMBC Retrievers (8-6, 1-0 America East)

Baltimore; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: New Hampshire comes into the matchup against UMBC as losers of four in a row.

The Retrievers have gone 5-2 in home games. UMBC leads the America East with 25.3 defensive rebounds per game led by Anthony Valentine averaging 4.6.

The Wildcats are 0-2 in conference matchups. New Hampshire gives up 74.1 points to opponents while being outscored by 5.2 points per game.

UMBC scores 74.7 points per game, 0.6 more points than the 74.1 New Hampshire allows. New Hampshire’s 40.7% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.9 percentage points lower than UMBC has given up to its opponents (43.6%).

The Retrievers and Wildcats meet Saturday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jah’likai King is shooting 41.8% and averaging 14.9 points for the Retrievers. DJ Armstrong is averaging 12.2 points over the last 10 games.

Belal El Shakery is averaging 10.1 points and 7.3 rebounds for the Wildcats. Jack Graham is averaging 11.9 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Retrievers: 5-5, averaging 74.9 points, 33.3 rebounds, 14.4 assists, 4.7 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 47.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.5 points per game.

Wildcats: 2-8, averaging 66.7 points, 31.1 rebounds, 9.6 assists, 6.3 steals and 2.7 blocks per game while shooting 40.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 77.7 points.

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