UMass-Lowell River Hawks (15-17, 10-7 America East) at UMBC Retrievers (22-8, 15-2 America East)Baltimore; Tuesday, 6 p.m. EDTBETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Retrievers -7.5; over/under is 146.5BOTTOM LINE: UMBC plays in the America East Tournament against UMass-Lowell.The Retrievers’ record in America East games is 15-2, and their record is 7-6 in non-conference play. UMBC ranks fourth in the America East with 12.3 assists per game led by Anthony Valentine averaging 4.0.The River Hawks’ record in America East action is 10-7. UMass-Lowell has a 4-10 record against teams over .500.UMBC’s average of 8.0 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.5 more made shots on average than the 7.5 per game UMass-Lowell gives up. UMass-Lowell has shot at a 46.4% clip from the field this season, 3.8 percentage points greater than the 42.6% shooting opponents of UMBC have averaged.The teams meet for the third time this season. UMBC won 84-60 in the last matchup on Feb. 28. Jah’likai King led UMBC with 24 points, and JJ Massaquoi led UMass-Lowell with 17 points.Popular ReadsTOP PERFORMERS: DJ Armstrong averages 2.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Retrievers, scoring 12.7 points while shooting 40.3% from beyond the arc. King is averaging 14 points over the past 10 games.Xavier Spencer is shooting 36.0% from beyond the arc with 1.6 made 3-pointers per game for the River Hawk …
