Yahoo Sports New Hampshire takes on UMBC, looks to stop 4-game slide
UMBC Retrievers (7-7, 0-2 America East) at New Hampshire Wildcats (6-11, 0-4 America East)
Durham, New Hampshire; Thursday, 6 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: New Hampshire comes into the matchup against UMBC after losing four games in a row.
The Wildcats are 2-3 on their home court. New Hampshire is 3-10 in games decided by at least 10 points.
The Retrievers have gone 0-2 against America East opponents. UMBC is seventh in the America East with 11.2 assists per game led by Carmen Yanez averaging 3.4.
New Hampshire scores 53.3 points per game, 5.0 fewer points than the 58.3 UMBC allows. UMBC averages 59.6 points per game, 1.5 fewer than the 61.1 New Hampshire gives up.
The matchup Thursday is the first meeting this season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Eva DeChent is shooting 24.4% from beyond the arc with 1.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Wildcats, while averaging 16.5 points and 1.5 steals.
Jordon Lewis is shooting 41.9% and averaging 11.7 points for the Retrievers.
LAST 10 GAMES: Wildcats: 2-8, averaging 49.9 points, 27.1 rebounds, 7.8 assists, 6.3 steals and 2.7 blocks per game while shooting 33.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.4 points per game.
Retrievers: 5-5, averaging 59.6 points, 31.7 rebounds, 11.7 assists, 6.2 steals and 0.8 blocks per game while shooting 37.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 59.2 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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