King, UMBC Retrievers to host Curry, Army Black Knights

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Army Black Knights (4-7) at UMBC Retrievers (6-4)

Baltimore; Friday, 6 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: UMBC takes on Army in a matchup of Division 1 Division teams.

The Retrievers have gone 4-1 in home games. UMBC is fourth in the America East with 14.1 assists per game led by Anthony Valentine averaging 4.8.

The Black Knights are 1-3 on the road. Army is 1-0 in one-possession games.

UMBC makes 47.4% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.8 percentage points higher than Army has allowed to its opponents (44.6%). Army averages 73.5 points per game, 1.9 more than the 71.6 UMBC allows to opponents.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jah'likai King is scoring 14.8 points per game and averaging 4.7 rebounds for the Retrievers. DJ Armstrong is averaging 2.7 made 3-pointers.

Ryan Curry averages 2.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Black Knights, scoring 13.3 points while shooting 33.3% from beyond the arc. Jacen Holloway is averaging 10.1 points over the last 10 games.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.