The UMBC Women's Basketball team closes the home portion of its non-conference schedule when it hosts Lafayette on Thursday 5:30 p.m. at Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena.

Scouting the Retrievers:

• UMBC (1-6) dropped its sixth straight contest on Sunday when St.Francis Brooklyn beat them, 63-51 at The 'Peake 
• This is the longest losing streak for the program since a 13 game slide in 2017-18.
• The Retrievers continued their strong defensive play on Sunday, holding the visiting Terriers to just 37.3% shooting, including only 28% from three 
• Keelah Dixon (Boston, Mass.) led the offense with 11 points, while Alexia Nelson (Brooklyn, N.Y.) had a season-high 10 points.
• Sunday was the first time all season that UMBC used a starting lineup for a second time (Settle, Nelson, Esadah, Marquez, Dixon)
• The Retrievers used a different starting lineup for each of the first six games of the season, with Esadah being the only player to start every game.  

Scouting the Leopards:

• Lafayette enters play on a two-game winning streak after defeating UMBC's America East rival NJIT, 71-64, on Saturday. 
• Local product Jessica Booth (Columbia, Md.) will make her homecoming as the leading scorer for the Leopards, coming off scoring a career-high 20 points against NJIT
• Booth is averaging 13.5 points per game, 4.5 rebounds and leads the team in assists (32) and steals (13) 
• Senioe Naomi Ganpo is averaging a team-best 8.6 rebounds, with 7.3 points per game and has a team-high 18 blocks. 

All-Time Series
UMBC leads the all-time series 3-0, with the Retrievers taking the last matchup, 65-58, in Easton, Pa. on 12/29/19.