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UMBC @ UMass Lowell

Current Records: UMBC 12-10; UMass Lowell 12-11

What to Know

The UMBC Retrievers have enjoyed the comforts of home their last two games, but now they must head out on the road. UMBC and the UMass Lowell River Hawks will face off in an America East battle at 5 p.m. ET Saturday at Tsongas Center. The Retrievers will be strutting in after a victory while UMass Lowell will be stumbling in from a defeat.

It was a close one, but on Wednesday UMBC sidestepped the Hartford Hawks for a 68-64 win.

Speaking of close games: UMass Lowell was close but no cigar on Wednesday as they fell 87-85 to the Stony Brook Seawolves.

UMBC is expected to lose this next one by 3. Those betting on them against the spread shouldn't have high expectations for them since the team is 1-6 ATS when expected to lose.

It was close but no cigar for the Retrievers as they fell 66-64 to the River Hawks in the teams' previous meeting last month. Can UMBC avenge their loss, or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll soon find out.

How To Watch

  • When: Saturday at 5 p.m. ET
  • Where: Tsongas Center -- Lowell, Massachusetts
  • Follow: CBS Sports App

Odds

The River Hawks are a 3-point favorite against the Retrievers, according to the latest college basketball odds.

The oddsmakers were right in line with the betting community on this one, as the game opened as a 3-point spread, and stayed right there.

Over/Under: -110

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Series History

UMBC have won seven out of their last 13 games against UMass Lowell.

  • Jan 08, 2022 - UMass Lowell 66 vs. UMBC 64
  • Mar 06, 2021 - UMass Lowell 79 vs. UMBC 77
  • Feb 08, 2020 - UMBC 60 vs. UMass Lowell 50
  • Jan 04, 2020 - UMass Lowell 86 vs. UMBC 73
  • Feb 16, 2019 - UMBC 70 vs. UMass Lowell 66
  • Jan 12, 2019 - UMass Lowell 74 vs. UMBC 63
  • Mar 03, 2018 - UMBC 89 vs. UMass Lowell 77
  • Feb 24, 2018 - UMBC 83 vs. UMass Lowell 75
  • Jan 13, 2018 - UMBC 89 vs. UMass Lowell 62
  • Feb 18, 2017 - UMBC 108 vs. UMass Lowell 102
  • Jan 22, 2017 - UMBC 102 vs. UMass Lowell 86
  • Feb 14, 2016 - UMass Lowell 96 vs. UMBC 92
  • Jan 16, 2016 - UMass Lowell 95 vs. UMBC 89