UMBC Retrievers and UMass-Lowell River Hawks meet in America East Tournament

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UMass-Lowell River Hawks (15-17, 10-7 America East) at UMBC Retrievers (22-8, 15-2 America East)

Baltimore; Tuesday, 6 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: UMBC takes on UMass-Lowell in the America East Tournament.

The Retrievers are 15-2 against America East opponents and 7-6 in non-conference play. UMBC leads the America East with 75.8 points and is shooting 47.1%.

The River Hawks' record in America East games is 10-7. UMass-Lowell is the America East leader with 33.9 rebounds per game led by Austin Green averaging 7.9.

UMBC is shooting 47.1% from the field this season, 1.0 percentage point higher than the 46.1% UMass-Lowell allows to opponents. UMass-Lowell averages 5.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.0 fewer made shot on average than the 6.8 per game UMBC gives up.

The teams meet for the third time this season. The Retrievers won 84-60 in the last matchup on Feb. 28. Jah'likai King led the Retrievers with 24 points, and JJ Massaquoi led the River Hawks with 17 points.

TOP PERFORMERS: King is scoring 14.0 points per game and averaging 3.4 rebounds for the Retrievers. DJ Armstrong is averaging 2.1 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Darrel Yepdo is averaging 10.2 points and 3.3 assists for the River Hawks. Angel Montas is averaging 21.9 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Retrievers: 10-0, averaging 78.0 points, 35.2 rebounds, 11.2 assists, 5.5 steals and 1.9 blocks per game while shooting 47.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 61.5 points per game.

River Hawks: 7-3, averaging 76.6 points, 34.7 rebounds, 13.3 assists, 5.1 steals and 2.2 blocks per game while shooting 47.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.3 points.

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