Bryant and Maine play for the America East Championship

Associated Press

Maine Black Bears (20-13, 12-6 America East) in Bryant Bulldogs (22-11, 16-2 America East)

Smithfield, Rhode Island; Saturday, 11 a.m. Edt

BetmGM Sportsbook Line: Bulldogs -7.5; About/lower is 144

Conclusion: Bryant and Maine play for the America East Championship.

The Bulldogs are 16-2 against America-East opponents and 6-9 in non-conference game. Bryant leads the America East on average 6.0 with 26.1 defensive bumps per game under the direction of Earl Timberlake.

The black bears are 12-6 against America East teams. Maine is second in America costs and gives up 65.7 points and holds the opponents at 43.0% of the shootout.

Bryant did an average of 7.9 3 points per game, did 1.2 more than the 6.7 per game allows Maine. This season Maine shot a price of 46.5% from the field and averaged 4.9 percentage points over the 41.6% disk from Bryant.

The teams meet for the third time this season. The Bulldogs won 80-72 on March 1st in the last matchup. Rafael Pinzon led the Bulldogs with 28 points, and Quion Burns led the black bears with 15 points.

Top performers: Pinzon shoots the sheet with 2.8 3-converters per game for the Bulldogs over 39.1%, while an average of 18.7 points. Timberlake scored an average of 15.4 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 2.2 blocks in the last 10 games.

AJ Lopez scored 14.6 points per game with 2.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists for the black bears. Kellen Tynes achieves an average of 13.6 points and 4.8 rebounds, while he shoots 48.6% in the last 10 games.

Last 10 games: Bulldogs: 8-2, an average of 79.0 points, 38.7 rebounds, 14.9 assists, 5.9 steals and 7.2 blocks per game, while shooting 45.2% from the field. Her opponents achieved an average of 70.1 points per game.

Black bear: 6-4, an average of 69.4 points, 26.4 rebounds, 15.4 assists, 8.1 steals and 5.0 blocks per game, while shooting 45.9% from the field. Her opponents scored an average of 66.1 points.

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