UMass hosts UMass-Lowell following Banks’ 29-point game

UMass-Lowell River Hawks (3-6) at UMass Minutemen (5-3)

Amherst, Massachusetts; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Minutemen -11.5; over/under is 154.5

BOTTOM LINE: UMass faces UMass-Lowell after Marcus Banks scored 29 points in UMass’ 78-71 win against the Harvard Crimson.

The Minutemen are 4-1 on their home court. UMass is eighth in the MAC in rebounding with 31.9 rebounds. Leonardo Bettiol leads the Minutemen with 8.4 boards.

The River Hawks are 1-5 in road games. UMass-Lowell allows 79.9 points to opponents and has been outscored by 4.8 points per game.

UMass scores 78.0 points per game, 1.9 fewer points than the 79.9 UMass-Lowell gives up. UMass-Lowell averages 75.1 points per game, 2.5 more than the 72.6 UMass allows to opponents.

TOP PERFORMERS: Banks is shooting 43.1% and averaging 17.3 points for the Minutemen. K’Jei Parker is averaging 10.8 points.

Darrel Yepdo is shooting 35.3% from beyond the arc with 1.3 made 3-pointers per game for the River Hawks, while averaging 8.6 points. JJ Massaquoi is averaging 14.6 points.

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