UMBC hosts New Hampshire after Pissis’ 30-point showing

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

Baltimore; Thursday, 6 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Retrievers -13.5; over/under is 152.5

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

The Retrievers are 6-3 in home games. UMBC scores 83.4 points while outscoring opponents by 7.5 points per game.

The Wildcats are 1-2 against America East opponents. New Hampshire averages 13.8 turnovers per game and is 0-3 when committing fewer turnovers than opponents.

UMBC makes 48.9% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.2 percentage points higher than New Hampshire has allowed to its opponents (45.7%). New Hampshire averages 65.3 points per game, 10.6 fewer points than the 75.9 UMBC allows.

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

TOP PERFORMERS: Anthony Valentine is averaging 9.4 points and 3.6 assists for the Retrievers.

Anthony McComb III is averaging 14.8 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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