Binghamton Bearcats (8-10, 0-5 America East) at Maine Black Bears (10-10, 2-3 America East)
Bangor, Maine; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Maine hosts the Binghamton Bearcats after Peter Filipovity scored 23 points in Maine's 81-73 victory over the Albany (NY) Great Danes.
The Black Bears are 4-2 on their home court. Maine is third in the America East in team defense, allowing 67.3 points while holding opponents to 44.1% shooting.
The Bearcats are 0-5 in conference games. Binghamton averages 12.0 turnovers per game and is 2-0 when winning the turnover battle.
Maine's average of 5.8 made 3-pointers per game is 2.1 fewer made shots on average than the 7.9 per game Binghamton allows. Binghamton has shot at a 45.9% clip from the field this season, 1.8 percentage points higher than the 44.1% shooting opponents of Maine have averaged.
The Black Bears and Bearcats match up Saturday for the first time in conference play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Filipovity is shooting 59.2% and averaging 14.1 points for the Black Bears. Kellen Tynes is averaging 12.3 points over the last 10 games for Maine.
Tymu Chenery is shooting 51.2% and averaging 14.7 points for the Bearcats. Armon Harried is averaging 12.4 points over the last 10 games for Binghamton.
LAST 10 GAMES: Black Bears: 4-6, averaging 67.8 points, 33.7 rebounds, 13.9 assists, 7.9 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 43.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.8 points per game.
Bearcats: 4-6, averaging 75.5 points, 40.3 rebounds, 14.7 assists, 4.9 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 46.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.7 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
