UMBC visits Duncan and NJIT

UMBC Retrievers (8-8, 0-1 America East) at NJIT Highlanders (3-12)

Newark, New Jersey; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: NJIT hosts UMBC after Quentin Duncan scored 26 points in NJIT's 107-51 win against the Medgar Evers Cougars.

The Highlanders have gone 2-3 at home. NJIT has a 0-2 record in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Retrievers are 0-1 in America East play. UMBC has a 1-1 record in one-possession games.

NJIT is shooting 39.3% from the field this season, 5.3 percentage points lower than the 44.6% UMBC allows to opponents. UMBC averages 9.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.5 more made shots on average than the 5.7 per game NJIT gives up.

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

TOP PERFORMERS: Tariq Francis is averaging 18.6 points and 3.7 assists for the Highlanders.

Josh Odunowo is averaging 11.1 points and 5.4 rebounds for the Retrievers.

LAST 10 GAMES: Highlanders: 3-7, averaging 65.0 points, 34.4 rebounds, 10.2 assists, 5.4 steals and 5.1 blocks per game while shooting 39.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.9 points per game.

Retrievers: 5-5, averaging 84.0 points, 30.5 rebounds, 15.7 assists, 8.3 steals and 2.7 blocks per game while shooting 49.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 78.2 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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