Vermont visits Williams and UMBC

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Vermont Catamounts (17-5, 6-1 America East) at UMBC Retrievers (10-9, 5-2 America East)

Baltimore; Thursday, 6:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: UMBC plays Vermont after Heidi Williams scored 22 points in UMBC's 75-52 victory against the UMass Lowell River Hawks.

The Retrievers have gone 4-4 in home games. UMBC leads the America East in rebounding, averaging 33.3 boards. Jade Tillman leads the Retrievers with 6.6 rebounds.

The Catamounts are 6-1 in America East play. Vermont ranks fifth in the America East with 12.9 assists per game led by Jadyn Weltz averaging 4.4.

UMBC's average of 4.9 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.9 more made shots on average than the 4.0 per game Vermont allows. Vermont averages 6.7 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.1 more made shots on average than the 3.6 per game UMBC gives up.

The Retrievers and Catamounts face off Thursday for the first time in America East play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Tillman is shooting 33.8% from beyond the arc with 1.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Retrievers, while averaging 15.3 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.1 steals. Williams is averaging 11.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.4 steals over the past 10 games.

Nikola Priede is scoring 17.0 points per game and averaging 7.7 rebounds for the Catamounts. Keira Hanson is averaging 2.3 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Retrievers: 6-4, averaging 64.4 points, 32.2 rebounds, 10.7 assists, 10.3 steals and 2.7 blocks per game while shooting 39.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 54.0 points per game.

Catamounts: 8-2, averaging 66.3 points, 29.1 rebounds, 13.2 assists, 5.7 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 45.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 54.8 points.

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