UMBC plays in America East Tournament against the New Hampshire

New Hampshire Wildcats (9-20, 5-11 America East) at UMBC Retrievers (21-8, 14-2 America East)

Baltimore; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: UMBC plays in the America East Tournament against New Hampshire.

The Retrievers have gone 14-2 against America East teams, with a 7-6 record in non-conference play. UMBC ranks fourth in the America East with 12.3 assists per game led by Anthony Valentine averaging 4.0.

The Wildcats are 5-11 against America East teams. New Hampshire has a 1-4 record in games decided by less than 4 points.

UMBC averages 75.5 points per game, 1.2 more points than the 74.3 New Hampshire gives up. New Hampshire averages 8.1 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.4 more made shots on average than the 6.7 per game UMBC gives up.

The teams play each other for the third time this season. UMBC won the last meeting 85-63 on Feb. 14. Jah'likai King scored 17 to help lead UMBC to the win, and Reginald Kennedy Jr. scored 15 points for New Hampshire.

TOP PERFORMERS: DJ Armstrong is shooting 40.2% from beyond the arc with 2.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Retrievers, while averaging 12.8 points. King is averaging 12.4 points over the last 10 games.

Davide Poser is shooting 32.4% from beyond the arc with 1.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Wildcats, while averaging seven points. Jack Graham is shooting 40.2% and averaging 11.4 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Retrievers: 9-1, averaging 75.1 points, 35.1 rebounds, 10.8 assists, 5.5 steals and 2.1 blocks per game while shooting 45.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 61.0 points per game.

Wildcats: 2-8, averaging 66.6 points, 30.3 rebounds, 10.6 assists, 6.5 steals and 1.5 blocks per game while shooting 39.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.5 points.

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