ORONO, ME - The University of Maine men's basketball team is on the road as they face the UNH Wildcats, presented by Buffalo Wild Wings, on Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 7:00 P.M.
Wednesday's game will be broadcast live on the ESPN 3. The game can also be heard worldwide on the Black Bears Sports Network and at goblackbears.com.
A LOOK AT THE BLACK BEARS:
The Black Bears will be looking to keep their momentum going as they picked up their first Conference win of the season on Monday, Jan. 24 against UNH, 71-64.
Vukasin Masic and Maks Klanjscek come in as players to watch out for as they both dropped career highs with 25 points a piece in the winning effort.
Masic shot 9-15 from the field, 5-9 from 3pt range as Klanjscek shot 10-16 and 5-6 from 3pt range.
A LOOK AT UNH
The Wildcats are coming off of a loss to the Black Bears back on Monday, 71-64.
Jayden Martinez (13 pts, 3 reb, 3a) Nick Guadarrama (20 pts, 5 reb, 2 a) and Marco Foster (17 pts, 7 reb) did most of the work for UNH in the losing effort.
The Wildcats come into the matchup as two second best team in terms of fewest turnovers in the country, averaging just 8.5 per contest (trails only Wisconsin).
HISTORY AGAINST UNH
The Black Bears face their border battle rival for the 199th time on Wednesday night, with Maine holding a big edge in the all-time matchup, 122-76. The last matchup on Monday, Jan. 24 resulted in a Maine win, 71-64 over their border battle rival. Vukasin Masic (25 pts) and Maks Klanjscek (25 pts), both Black Bears, lead all scorers in the contest. Nick Guadarrama (20 pts) led the Wildcats in scoring in the losing effort.
Tale of the Tape
| Maine (4-13, 1-5) |
Category |
UNH (7-7, 2-3) |
| 60.4 |
Points Per Game |
70.0 |
| 69.2 |
Opponent Points Per Game |
64.6 |
| -8.8 |
Scoring Margin |
+5.4 |
| 40.0 |
Field Goal Percentage |
43.6 |
| 27.2 |
3-Point Field Goal Percentage |
37.8 |
| 72.0 |
Free Throw Percentage |
67.5 |
| 33.2 |
Rebounds Per Game |
36.5 |
| -2.9 |
Rebound Margin |
+3.7 |
| 12.7 |
Assists Per Game |
12.4 |
| 13.8 |
Turnovers Per Game |
8.5 |
| 13.7 |
Turnovers Forced Per Game |
10.0 |
| 7.9 |
Steals Per Game |
4.9 |
| 1.9 |
Blocks Per Game |
2.9 |
-UMaine-
