Men's Basketball 11/21/2025 1:25:00 PM

Men's Hoops Hosts Notre Dame (Maryland) on Monday Evening

The Retrievers are competing in their 58th season as well as their 40th season of D1 hoops in Baltimore.
UMBC has a record of 674-952 (.414) all-time.
The Retrievers are 477-679 (.412) at the DI level
UMBC was selected to finish seventh in the America East Preseason Poll.
Graduate student Josh Odunowo was named to the America East Preseason All-Conference Team after averaging 11.5 points and 5.1 rebounds per game last season.
The Retrievers have nine new faces in 2025-26.

PLAY THAT HIT AGAIN MR. DJ

DJ Armstrong's trey against Morgan State (11/11) was the first time UMBC hit a game-winner in the final five seconds since Craig Beaudion II. (11/20/22 vs. Central Conn.).
Armstrong Jr. followed that up with a buzzer-beater to defeat Wagner in overtime this past Sunday.
Armstong was named the America East Co-Player of the Week last Monday.
Armstrong Jr. was featured on #SCTop10 twice. Teammate Jah'Likai King also made the list after his crossover move and hoop against Penn State York.
Armstrong Jr. is eighth in the America East in scoring (14.0 ppg.) and is second in 3s per game (3.3) and three-point field goal percentage (.542). His 3-point accuracy ranks 46th in the country.

LAST TIME OUT - UMBC FALLS AT GW

UMB Jah'Likai King reached 1,000 career collegiate points on Wednesday evening in an 89-52 road loss to George Washington.
King needed four points to reach 1,000 for his career, reaching the milestone 48 seconds into the second half with a layup off an Ace Valentine assist. King scored 934 points in two seasons at New Haven before transferring to UMBC. The junior scored a team-high 11 points and grabbed five rebounds in the loss.
DJ Armstrong Jr. and Josh Odunowo each had eight points for the Retrievers, with Odunowo grabbing a team-high seven rebounds. After returning from injury on Sunday, Odunowo played his 100th career collegiate contest on Wednesday evening. Valentine recently crossed the 200-career assist threshold and added five more in tonight's contest.
The Revolutionaries continue an impressive start to the season, moving to 5-0. Reigning A-10 Co-Player of the Week Rafael Castro had 13 points and 15 rebounds to lead George Washington. Luke Hunger (13 points, 10 rebounds) added a double-double off the bench.

ABOUT NOTRE DAME (MD)

The Gators played a pair of games at the Wicomico Civic Center over the weekend. The squad took on Salisbury and Gettysburg and came away with a pair of wins.
Marlon Lewis is averaging a team-high 17.3 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.
Ricardo Lewis is adding 16.3 ppg.
The squad went 16-13 last season and reached the United East Tournament FInal after winning three games in the tournament.
The team returns seven players from last year's team.
The Gators play their first 15 games on the road until their home opener on Jan. 3.

SERIES HISTORY WITH NOTRE DAME (MD)

THE KING HITS A GRAND

Jah'Likai King went over the 1,000 mark for his career at GW on Wednesday night. King scored 934 points in his first two seasons at New Haven (DII) before coming to Baltimore this season.
King currently leads the squad in scoring at 14.6 ppg., which is currently fourth in the America East.
King became the first Retriever in the Jim Ferry era to draw 10 fouls in the game versus Wagner (11/16)

DICKERSON DELIGHTS

Junior forward Daylon Dickerson has been perhaps the biggest surprise for the Retrievers in the early going.
Dickerson has started the last three games for the first time in his career after averaging just 7.8 minutes per game in his first season in Baltimore in 24-25.
Dickerson recorded his first career double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds in the victory at Morgan State (11/11). Both were career highs.

A PROGRAM ON THR RISE

UMBC is enjoying their best stretch in program history as the Retrievers have gone a combined 165-154 (.517) over the past ten seasons. They are 83-79 (516) in AE Play.
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.
Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (formerly the UMBC Event Center) officially opened on Feb. 3, 2018, as the UMBC men's basketball team hosted the Vermont Catamounts before a capacity crowd of 4,753. Both the men's and women's basketball teams played their February and March games in the new facility, which included three post-season victories.
The on-campus facility can accommodate nearly 6,000 patrons for commencements, concerts, featured speakers, and other events. It includes spectator facilities, such as concessions, catering, hospitality, restrooms, security and guest services.

COACH FERRY

Jim Ferry is in his 26th season as a collegiate head coach and his fifth at UMBC.
Ferry own a 62-69 record in Baltimore,
Ferry led the Retrievers to consecutive 18-14 records as well as an appearance in the America East Finals in 2021-22.
Prior to his arrival in Baltimore, Ferry served in 2020-21 as the interim head coach at Penn State. He led the Nittany Lions to an 11-14 overall mark and a 7-12 Big Ten record that included wins over NCAA Tournament teams No. 14 Wisconsin, No. 15 Virginia Tech , Rutgers, and Maryland (twice).
Ferry spent 10 seasons as head coach at LIU Brooklyn, guiding the program to unprecedented levels of success. He led the Blackbirds to the Northeast Conference regular-season titles and tournament championships in 2011 and 2012, including their first NCAA Championship appearance in 14 years

AMERICA EAST PRESEASON POLL
Rank Team (First-Place Votes) Points

1 Vermont (7) 63
T-2 Maine (1) 47
T-2 UAlbany 47
4 UMass Lowell (1) 39
5. Binghamton 37
6. Bryant 35
7 UMBC 31
8. NJIT 13
9 New Hampshire 12

MILESTONE WATCH
1000 career points, Jah'Likai King (1,007)
200 career assists, Jah'Likai King (186)
500 career rebounds, Jah'Likai King (431)
800 career points, Josh Odunowo (779)
500 career rebounds, Josh Odunowo (414)
100 career blocks, Josh Odunowo (71)
500 career points, Cougar Downing (496)
500 career points, Ace Valentine, (491)
250 career assists, Ace Valentine (207)
500 career rebounds, Paul Greene (465)
500 career points , Paul Greene (491)