UMBC and Vermont meet in America East Championship

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Vermont Catamounts (22-11, 14-4 America East) vs. UMBC Retrievers (23-8, 16-2 America East)

Baltimore; Saturday, 11 a.m. EDT

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Retrievers -3.5; over/under is 136.5

BOTTOM LINE: UMBC and Vermont play for the America East Championship.

The Retrievers are 16-2 against America East opponents and 7-6 in non-conference play. UMBC scores 76.3 points while outscoring opponents by 9.0 points per game.

The Catamounts are 14-4 in America East play. Vermont averages 73.8 points while outscoring opponents by 5.4 points per game.

UMBC's average of 8.0 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.2 more made shots on average than the 7.8 per game Vermont gives up. Vermont averages 6.5 more points per game (73.8) than UMBC allows (67.3).

The teams meet for the third time this season. UMBC won 75-62 in the last matchup on Feb. 19. Jah'likai King led UMBC with 24 points, and TJ Long led Vermont with 21 points.

TOP PERFORMERS: King is scoring 14.3 points per game and averaging 3.5 rebounds for the Retrievers. DJ Armstrong is averaging 1.9 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

TJ Hurley is shooting 39.6% from beyond the arc with 2.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Catamounts, while averaging 15.2 points. Gus Yalden is averaging 16.9 points and 6.7 rebounds over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Retrievers: 10-0, averaging 80.3 points, 36.3 rebounds, 11.8 assists, 5.7 steals and 2.1 blocks per game while shooting 48.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 61.9 points per game.

Catamounts: 8-2, averaging 72.0 points, 31.5 rebounds, 13.0 assists, 5.3 steals and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting 46.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 63.1 points.

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