Marshall meets UMBC in NIT

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UMBC Retrievers (17-14, 11-7 America East) at Marshall Thundering Herd (23-9, 13-6 Sun Belt)

Huntington, West Virginia; Monday, 6 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Marshall squares off against UMBC in the National Invitation Tournament.

The Thundering Herd's record in Sun Belt games is 13-6, and their record is 10-3 in non-conference games. Marshall is sixth in the Sun Belt scoring 72.6 points while shooting 42.4% from the field.

The Retrievers' record in America East games is 11-7. UMBC leads the America East with 12.0 offensive rebounds per game led by Alaina Williams averaging 2.2.

Marshall scores 72.6 points, 14.4 more per game than the 58.2 UMBC allows. UMBC has shot at a 37.5% clip from the field this season, 1.9 percentage points less than the 39.4% shooting opponents of Marshall have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Timaya Lewis-Eutsey is averaging 19.3 points, 3.9 assists and 3.8 steals for the Thundering Herd. Peyton Ilderton is averaging 10.5 points and 2.1 rebounds while shooting 35.1% over the last 10 games.

Jade Tillman is averaging 15.8 points, 7.5 rebounds and two steals for the Retrievers. Carmen Yanez is averaging 1.6 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Thundering Herd: 6-4, averaging 73.4 points, 32.2 rebounds, 12.8 assists, 11.6 steals and 4.7 blocks per game while shooting 42.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.2 points per game.

Retrievers: 6-4, averaging 60.8 points, 33.3 rebounds, 8.4 assists, 9.4 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 37.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 57.9 points.

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