UMBC faces Maine following Tillman's 25-point game

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UMBC Retrievers (5-8, 0-1 America East) at Maine Black Bears (6-9, 1-1 America East)

Orono, Maine; Thursday, 6 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: UMBC visits Maine after Jade Tillman scored 25 points in UMBC's 80-75 loss to the NJIT Highlanders.

The Black Bears have gone 2-2 at home. Maine is seventh in the America East at limiting opponent scoring, allowing 63.2 points while holding opponents to 43.2% shooting.

The Retrievers are 0-1 in conference games. UMBC ranks seventh in the America East with 11.8 assists per game led by Carmen Yanez averaging 4.6.

Maine is shooting 39.8% from the field this season, 0.6 percentage points lower than the 40.4% UMBC allows to opponents. UMBC's 39.5% shooting percentage from the field this season is 3.7 percentage points lower than Maine has given up to its opponents (43.2%).

The matchup Thursday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Adrianna Smith is scoring 20.2 points per game with 9.4 rebounds and 4.5 assists for the Black Bears. Asta Blauenfeldt is averaging 10.4 points and 1.7 steals over the past 10 games.

Dagny Slomack averages 1.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Retrievers, scoring 5.0 points while shooting 36.8% from beyond the arc. Tillman is shooting 37.5% and averaging 13.7 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Black Bears: 5-5, averaging 58.7 points, 26.6 rebounds, 12.4 assists, 7.9 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 41.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 61.5 points per game.

Retrievers: 3-7, averaging 67.9 points, 35.1 rebounds, 11.9 assists, 10.1 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 39.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 60.4 points.

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