Highlanders vs Retrievers

Gameday · SAT JAN 2

NJITVSUMBC

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Tip1:00 PM ET

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Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena · Baltimore, MD

Win probability

1912 blend

9% NJITUMBC 91%

Adj. efficiency9%

91%

SRS12%

88%

Elo6%

94%

UMBC +8.8

Proj. margin

153.2

Proj. total

71.4

Proj. pace

Home court counts 3 points. Blend of Adj. efficiency, SRS and Elo.

Projected starters

PPG

• 1D.BoldenG · 3.6 APG9.4
• 6V.Vanderstraeten6.2 RPG9.0
• 10M.CoffiF · 4.4 RPG7.8
• 2M.Tatum Jr.G · 0.4 APG4.6
• 12B.Stores Jr.G · 1.2 APG6.8

• 1F.BurtonG · 2.3 APG10.3
• 13D.CeaserG · 1.3 APG16.3
• 4A.Able3.3 RPG10.3
• 12J.RisticF · 7.7 RPG4.0
• 23R.JacobsF · 5.7 RPG11.7

Ratings

CBBD · 2025-26

-18.7Adj. net rating-2.5

337thAdj. net rank200th

95.6Adj. offense108.3

114.3Adj. defense110.8

67.5Pace75.3

-6.6SRS3.5

1407Elo1887

1–4Record2–2

Season per game

2026-27 · 5 games / 2026-27 · 4 games

54.8Points77.5

80.2Opp points75.3

35.8%eFG%48.9%

18.0%TO%18.0%

36.0%OREB%27.7%

.38FT rate.24

41%3PA rate46%

52%Assisted FG%54%

Last five games

NJIT

L49-87@ VCU

L64-101@ RUTG

W54-52vs SPU

L49-72@ IONA

L58-89@ DAY

UMBC

W91-61vs McDaniel

L80-88@ MRST

L54-82@ GMU

L83-86@ HOW

W74-59vs UVM

Head to head

Last 10 · 2017-18–2026-27

25-26UMBC 91 · NJIT 52Tue, 3/3

25-26NJIT 74 · UMBC 87Thu, 1/22

24-25NJIT 91 · UMBC 95Sat, 2/22

24-25UMBC 87 · NJIT 64Thu, 1/9

23-24UMBC 79 · NJIT 60Thu, 2/29

23-24NJIT 75 · UMBC 74Sat, 1/27

22-23NJIT 63 · UMBC 72Wed, 2/8

22-23UMBC 65 · NJIT 69Wed, 1/25

21-22NJIT 69 · UMBC 73Wed, 1/26

21-22UMBC 76 · NJIT 56Wed, 1/12

Game information

TipSaturday, Jan 2 · 1:00 PM ET

VenueChesapeake Employers Insurance Arena · Baltimore, MD

Abbreviations

Adj.Adjusted — points scored or allowed per 100 possessions, corrected for the strength of the opponents faced. Net is offense minus defense

SRSSimple Rating System — average scoring margin, adjusted for strength of schedule

EloA rating that moves after every result, by more when the opponent was strong

PacePossessions per 40 minutes

PPGPoints per game

eFG%Effective field goal percentage — made threes count one and a half field goals

TO%Turnovers per 100 possessions

OREB%The share of a team's own missed shots it rebounds

FT rateFree throws attempted per field goal attempted

3PA rateThe share of field goal attempts taken from three

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