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UMASS LOWELL
Record: 13-11 (5-4 America East)
Last 10: 6-4
Last Game: UMass Lowell 72, New Hampshire 62
Last Game with SBU: Stony Brook 75, UMass Lowell 63 on 1/5/19; SBU finished game on 11-2 run; Yeboah team-high 19 off the bench
Checkmate Unofficial Line: Stony Brook -8
Net Ranking: Stony Brook 148, UMass Lowell 254
KenPom RPI: Stony Brook 157, UMass Lowell 250
KenPom Prediction: Stony Brook 80, UMass Lowell 70
Yeboah Point Watch: 1,170
Division I: Currently 7th. Next up: Dave Coley (2010-14) 1,222
All-time: Currently 14th. Next up: Ricky Wardally (1989-93) 1,175
Listen/Watch:
TV: http://bit.ly/MBBGm25Vid
Stony Brook radio: http://bit.ly/WUSBSports
Notables:
6-5/200 rjr G Christian Lutete 18.8 ppg, 8.0 rpg, .542 FG%, .403 3-pt FG%
6-4/190 so G Obadiah Noel 15.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.3 spg, .526 FG%, .756 FT%
6-7/220 rsr F Josh Gantz 11.2 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 1.01 spg, .513 FG%, .389 3-pt FG%, .822 FT%
6-1/185 fr G Alex Rivera 10.6 ppg, 3.8 rpg
6-3/180 sr G Ryan Jones 9.4 ppg, 3.5 apg

What Lowell proved over the first half of the conference season is that they're capable of just about anything, and that includes coming into the Fed tomorrow night and coming away with a W. Duquette has a real nice mix of experience and youth that suggests that they'll be in the middle of the pack or better for a few more years.

Beyond this year, the River Hawks have one more year with Lutete, who's been an absolute blessing for them after playing minimally at Radford. And then two more with Noel, and THREE with heavy rotation guys like Rivera, Darius Henderson, Bryce Daley, Joey Glynn and, probably the most touted of them all, Allin Blunt. That's a great foundation to build off of. The freshmen are really some nice pieces. In Lowell's win over UNH on Wednesday, they played without Noel and Ryan Jones, so they ended up starting Lutete, Gantz and three first-year guys. And then two others off the bench. They didn't exactly fell a giant, but it's still a nice glimpse of the future.

We did a whale of a job on Lutete in the previous meeting. He had eight quick ones but then was held to just five the rest of the way. Lowell isn't just balanced but they're efficient, with the top three scorers all over 50 percent from the field on the season. And it's not like their wide bodies in the lane; all three can shoot it from deep. The three helped them build a two-point halftime lead in both teams' AE opener, but it failed them in the second. Altogether, they shot 9 for 35 from deep, getting virtually nothing inside.

Lowell has to be skeptical about the status of Noel or Jones; the absence of either would be a tough blow for the visitors. Jones, who's a calming influence at the point, missed some time this year with an ankle injury, played through it for a few games (ineffectively at that), and then missed the UNH game. Noel left the Vermont game with a leg injury after just one minute, and was listed as doubtful for the UNH tilt. He was a DNP. And it's too bad for the River Hawks because he had definitely turned into a formidable second option on offense, hitting double figures in all but three games prior to the Vermont exit, and six games at 20-plus.

In their absence against UNH, spare part Shawn Jones took on a lead role, pouring in a career-high 17. He entered the game with 22 points on the year.

A victory gets SBU to the 20-win plateau for the first time under Boals, and keeps us on pace to equal or surpass the single-season wins record of 26, set in 2015-16. It'll be close.

latimer's shorts lost a few more inches

First 15 points from Cornish and Olaniyi. Shots are falling for both teams.


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Too many uml uncontested shots.

Not watching this one as I'm out doing other things, but the halftime score concerns me, but doesn't surprise me. Uml is good.

Cornish and Elijah are both at their best when they are slashers.

Hope big Jeff is OK after that awkward landing; his minutes have been limited tonight,

another ho-hum double double for kwas (yawn).  he won this game for us with late boards.