UMass-Lowell visits Cent. Conn. St. following Somerville’s 21-point showing

UMass-Lowell River Hawks (5-3) at Central Connecticut State Blue Devils (3-3)

New Britain, Connecticut; Sunday, 1 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: UMass-Lowell plays Cent. Conn. St. after Martin Somerville scored 21 points in UMass-Lowell’s 93-90 loss to the Saint Louis Billikens.

The Blue Devils have gone 2-0 in home games. Cent. Conn. St. is 1-2 in games decided by 10 or more points.

The River Hawks are 0-3 on the road. UMass-Lowell averages 14.1 turnovers per game and is 1-1 when turning the ball over less than opponents.

Cent. Conn. St.’s average of 7.0 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.6 fewer made shots on average than the 7.6 per game UMass-Lowell gives up. UMass-Lowell has shot at a 50.1% rate from the field this season, 6.1 percentage points higher than the 44.0% shooting opponents of Cent. Conn. St. have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jordan Jones is shooting 36.8% and averaging 13.8 points for the Blue Devils.

Quinton Mincey is averaging 16.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.1 assists for the River Hawks.

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