Bryant visits UMass-Lowell after Okojie's 22-point game

Bryant Bulldogs (8-16, 4-6 America East) at UMass-Lowell River Hawks (10-15, 5-5 America East)

Lowell, Massachusetts; Thursday, 6 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: UMass-Lowell hosts Bryant after Victor Okojie scored 22 points in UMass-Lowell's 89-79 win over the Albany (NY) Great Danes.

The River Hawks are 6-3 on their home court. UMass-Lowell is 3-8 against opponents over .500.

The Bulldogs are 4-6 in conference matchups. Bryant is sixth in the America East with 7.7 offensive rebounds per game led by Keegan Harvey averaging 1.3.

UMass-Lowell makes 46.3% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.4 percentage points higher than Bryant has allowed to its opponents (43.9%). Bryant averages 64.3 points per game, 13.3 fewer points than the 77.6 UMass-Lowell gives up.

The matchup Thursday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.

Timofei Rudovskii is shooting 40.7% and averaging 13.3 points for the Bulldogs. Aaron Davis is averaging 14.1 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: River Hawks: 5-5, averaging 71.8 points, 35.8 rebounds, 9.7 assists, 4.6 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 44.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.4 points per game.

Bulldogs: 4-6, averaging 63.9 points, 30.0 rebounds, 11.6 assists, 4.9 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 39.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.3 points.

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