Men's Basketball Set for Home Opener Saturday Afternoon Versus Marist

The Retrievers Have Won Seven Straight Home Openers

UMBC opened the season with a heartbreaking loss at Louisville on Monday night. The Retrievers led by as many as 13 points late in the opening half but eventually fell 94-93 in the closing seconds. Sophomore guard Dion Brown (career best 28 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals) and JR guard Bryce Johnson (21 points, 3-for-6, 3-pt range) delivered sensational performances. Graduate student forward Khydarius Smith added 13 points and five boards off the bench.
Brown's 28 points were the most scored by a Retriever on opening night since Nov. 9, 2012 (Ryan Cook, 28 pts at UPenn).
UMBC is enjoying their best stretch in program history as the Retrievers have gone a combined 136-88 (.614) over the past seven seasons. UMBC enjoyed three straight 20+ win seasons from 2016-17 to 2018-19. Their 25 victories in 2017-18 was a program high.
The Retrievers were picked sixth in the America East Preseason Coaches' Poll.
UMBC has won seven straight home openers.
Today begins a four-game home stretch before the Retrievers make the trip down to Maryland on Nov. 21.
The Retrievers have 11 new faces on the roster this season, which includes five freshmen.
Brown is UMBC's leading returning scorer at 7.7 points per game.
Graduate student forward Max Lorca-Lloyd led UPenn with 34 blocks last season and recorded three swats at Louisville.
Junior guard Bryce Johnson hit 57 treys last season at Chicago State in 22'-23'.
Smith averaged 7.8 ppg. at USC Upstate last season.
UMBC is 36-47 all-time against teams that are currently members of the MAAC.

A GLANCE AT THE RED FOXES

Marist earned a 71-55 victory at Army on Monday night. The Red Foxes had four players in double-figures scorers: Isaiah Brickman (13), Max Allen II (13), Jadin Collins (12), Jackson Price (10). Brickner also added five rebounds and five assists.
Brickner was named Preseason All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
Brickner is coming off a freshman season in which he was named to the MAAC All-Rookie Team and All-Championship Team. He led the Red Foxes in assists, steals, and free throw percentage while averaging 7.4 points per game. Against Quinnipiac in the MAAC quarterfinals, Brickner scored a career-high 21 points as he drained a career-high five three-pointers in six tries. He had consecutive made free throw streaks of 28 and 14 during the season.
As a team, Marist was picked to finish eighth in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll. The Red Foxes went 13-20 overall.

A PROGRAM ON THE RiSE

UMBC is enjoying their best stretch in program history as the Retrievers have gone a combined 136-88 (.614) over the past seven seasons. UMBC enjoyed three straight 20+ win seasons from 2016-17 to 2018-19. Their 25 victories in 2017-18 was a program-high.
UMBC became the first #16 seed to knock off a #1 seed when the Retrievers shocked Virginia, 74-54, in the 2018 NCAA Tournament.

COACH FERRY

Jim Ferry is in his 23rd season as a collegiate head coach and his third at UMBC.
Ferry has led the Retrievers to consecutive 18-14 records as well as an appearance in the America East Finals in 2021-22. The Retrievers finished fourth in the league a season ago.

UP NEXT

The Retrievers will host Penn State York at The Peake on Tuesday night at 6:00 p.m.
Senior forward Yaw Obeng-Mensah scored a career high 19 points, leading four Retrievers in double figures as UMBC defeated Penn State-York, 92-65, in the home opener of the 2022-23 season.
The Retrievers scored 52 second half points, hitting 22 of their first 33 shots from the floor in the period. Senior guard Jacob Boonyasith scored 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting, while graduate students Jarvis Doles and Colton Lawrence added 13 apiece.

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