New Hampshire faces UMBC, looks to break home skid

UMBC Retrievers (7-7, 0-2 America East) at New Hampshire Wildcats (6-11, 0-4 America East)

Durham, New Hampshire; Thursday, 6 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: New Hampshire is looking to stop its three-game home slide with a win against UMBC.

The Wildcats are 2/3 on their home court. New Hampshire allows 61.1 points and has been outscored by 7.8 points per game.

The Retrievers have gone 0-2 against America East opponents. UMBC averages 59.6 points while outscoring opponents by 1.3 points per game.

New Hampshire is shooting 34.9% from the field this season, 3.4 percentage points lower than the 38.3% UMBC allows to opponents. UMBC averages 59.6 points per game, 1.5 fewer than the 61.1 New Hampshire gives up.

The Wildcats and Retrievers face off Thursday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Eva DeChent is shooting 24.4% from beyond the arc with 1.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Wildcats, while averaging 16.5 points and 1.5 steals.

Carmen Yanez is averaging 3.6 points and 3.4 assists for the Retrievers.

LAST 10 GAMES: Wildcats: 2-8, averaging 49.9 points, 27.1 rebounds, 7.8 assists, 6.3 steals and 2.7 blocks per game while shooting 33.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.4 points per game.

Retrievers: 5-5, averaging 59.6 points, 31.7 rebounds, 11.7 assists, 6.2 steals and 0.8 blocks per game while shooting 37.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 59.2 points.

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