Men’s Basketball Travels North to Take on Maine

UMBC men’s basketball will hit the road to close out a busy week at Maine on Saturday afternoon.

BALTIMORE– UMBC men's basketball will hit the road to close out a busy week at Maine on Saturday afternoon. The Retrievers are coming off a 66-54 loss to UAlbany on Wednesday night in Baltimore. UMBC went back and forth with the Great Danes for most of the game, but UAlbany ended the game on an 11-0 run to hold off UMBC.

Maine Game Info:
What: UMBC Retrievers (6-10, 1-4 AE) at Maine Black Bears (3-12, 0-4 AE)
Where: Cross Insurance Center - Bangor, Maine
When: Saturday, January 22 - 12:00 P.M.
How to Watch: Live stream on ESPN3 and ESPN app, live stats at GoBlackBears.com
Social Media: @UMBC_MBB, @UMBCAthletics, #RetrieverNation, #AEHoops

Scouting the Retrievers:

UMBC is coming off a tough 66-54 loss against UAlbany on Wednesday night in Baltimore. UMBC went back and forth with the Great Danes for most of the game, but UAlbany ended the game on an 11-0 run to hold off UMBC.
Keondre Kennedy (Atlanta, Ga.) led the Retrievers on Wednesday with 14 points, and he leads the team in scoring at 13.2 ppg. Kennedy is also second on the team averaging 4.8 rpg.
Darnell Rogers (Baltimore, Md./Indian Land (SC)/New Mexico JC) is the only other Retriever in double figures at 10.7 ppg, dishing out 3.1 apg.
Yaw Obeng-Mensah (Toronto, Ontario) leads the team on the glass averaging 5.2 rpg.

Scouting the Black Bears:

Maine comes into the contest at 3-12, 0-4 AE having lost their last six games. Most recently, the Black Bears dropped a 71-62 decision to UMass Lowell on Wednesday.
LeChaun DuHart leads the Black Bears in scoring at 8.8 ppg with Vukasin Masic just behind him at 8.1 ppg. Five different Black Bears are averaging 6.0 ppg or better.
Stephane Ingo leads the team on the boards grabbing 6.5 rpg.

All-Time Series:

The Black Bears and Retrievers have met 36 times prior to the Saturday matchup with the Retrievers leading the series 22-14. Saturday will be the first time the two have met since 2020.
UMBC has had a stranglehold on the series in recent years, winning 11 of the last 12 dating back to 2015 and 13 of 15 since 2013. The last time the two met, both teams won on their home court.

Milestone Watch:

Several Retrievers are approaching career milestones in 2021-22. L.J. Owens is approaching the 1,000 point mark, needing just 144 points to achieve the mark. He is also just one game away from 100 career games played.
Darnell Rogers needs 28 points to reach 500 career points.
Newcomer Ray Salnave needs just 143 points to reach 1,500 career points after scoring 1,266 during his time at Monmouth and DePaul.

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