Jones, Central Connecticut State Blue Devils to face Curry, UMass Minutemen on Wednesday

Central Connecticut State Blue Devils (4-3) at UMass Minutemen (3-5)

Amherst, Massachusetts; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Minutemen -9.5; over/under is 138.5

BOTTOM LINE: UMass takes on Cent. Conn. St. in a matchup of Division 1 Division teams.

The Minutemen have gone 2-1 at home. UMass is 1-5 against opponents over .500.

The Blue Devils are 1-2 in road games. Cent. Conn. St. ranks fourth in the NEC scoring 31.1 points per game in the paint led by Darin Smith Jr. averaging 6.7.

UMass is shooting 41.8% from the field this season, 2.3 percentage points lower than the 44.1% Cent. Conn. St. allows to opponents. Cent. Conn. St. averages 6.7 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.3 fewer made shots on average than the 8.0 per game UMass gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jaylen Curry is shooting 35.0% and averaging 13.8 points for the Minutemen.

Jordan Jones is scoring 13.0 points per game and averaging 4.1 rebounds for the Blue Devils.

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