UMBC Men’s Basketball Travels to Pittsburgh for Saturday Matchup with the Panthers

UMBC men’s basketball will hit the road to take on ACC foe Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon.

BALTIMORE-- UMBC men's basketball will hit the road to take on ACC foe Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon. The Retrievers are coming off a 98-67 win against American on Tuesday night. UMBC shot an NCAA season best single-game record 69.9 percent from three in the win. The previous best this year

Keondre Kennedy (Atlanta, Ga.) set a new career-high of 21 points in the win. Eight different Retrievers hit a three in the contest. UMBC is averaging 91.3 ppg in their three wins and just 57.5 ppg in their two losses.

Pitt Game Info:
What: UMBC Retrievers (3-2) at Pittsburgh Panthers (2-3)
Where: Petersen Events Center - Pittsburgh, Pa.
When: Saturday, November 27 - 2:00 P.M.
How to Watch: Live stream on ACC Network Extra and ESPN+, live stats at PittsburghPanthers.com
Social Media: @UMBC_MBB, @UMBCAthletics, #RetrieverNation, #AEHoops

Scouting the Retrievers:

UMBC comes into the Saturday matchup winners in three of their last four, most recently dispatching American 98-67 on Tuesday. The Retrievers shot an NCAA season best single-game record 69.9 percent from three. The previous record was set by Santa Clara at 68.8 percent.
The Retrievers are currently second in the NCAA in free throw percentage at 85.5 percent.
Kennedy leads the team in scoring at 14.6 ppg after netting a career-high 21 points last time out. The senior is shooting 56 percent from the field and 42.1 percent from three.
Darnell Rogers (Baltimore, Md.) is also in double figures at 13.0 ppg.

Scouting the Panthers:

Pitt comes into the contest after a 68-52 loss to Vanderbilt on Wednesday night. The Panthers were down by one at the half, but got outscored 44-29 in the second half, going 2-15 from three.
John Hugley leads the way for the Panthers averaging 13.0 ppg, shooting 43.4 percent from the floor. Hugley also leads the team on the glass with 7.2 rpg.
Femi Odukale is the only other Panther averaging double figures at 12.0 ppg. He sets the table on the offensive end, averaging 3.4 apg.

All-Time Series:

This will be the third meeting all-time between the two schools with the Panthers holding a 2-0 lead in the series.
The two have not met since the 2008-09 season where Pitt took a 91-56 victory.
The Retrievers are 1-19 all-time against current ACC opponents with the lone win coming against Virginia in the 2018 NCAA Tournament.

Milestone Watch:

Several Retrievers are approaching career milestones in 2021-22. L.J. Owens is approaching the 1,000 point mark, needing just 265 points to achieve the mark. He is also just 12 games away from 100 career games played.
Darnell Rogers needs 123 points to reach 500 career points.
Newcomer Ray Salnave needs just 193 points to reach 1,500 career points after scoring 1,266 during his time at Monmouth and DePaul.

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