Orono, ME - The University of Maine men's basketball team will play host the the University of Maine at Fort Kent Bengals on Friday, Nov. 11.

HISTORY:

This will be the fifth matchup all-time between these two sides, with the latest matchup coming in the 2021-22 season, where the Black Bears got the victory 75-43.

ABOUT THE BLACK BEARS:

The Black Bears are coming off of an opening night loss against Big Ten opponent, the Cornhuskers of Nebraska, 79-66.

Maine put up an excellent fight against the Big Ten opponent, including a great UMaine debut by Gedi Juozapaitis. Juozapaitis dropped a team-high 20 points on 7 of 10 shooting, including 6 of 7 from 3-point range.

Kristian Feierbergs was solid in the season opener as well, where he dropped 16 points on 6 of 9 shooting and 3 of 6 from 3-point range. He scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half against Nebraska. He also brought in a team-high 6 rebounds.

Jaden Clayton was an efficient distributor of the basketball in his collegiate debut, dishing out 7 assists without turning over the ball in 34 minutes.

The Black Bears were the more efficient shooting team from the field in the losing effort, where they out-shot the Cornhuskers 47.3% to 46.2% from the field and 41.4% to 31.8% from 3-point range.

Maine forced 13 turnovers in the contest, leading to 7 steals. They also registered 7 blocks.

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