Vermont Catamount (18-5, 7-1 America East) vs. NJIT Highlanders (13-8, 4-4 America East)
Newark, N.J.; Saturday, 12 p.m. ET
Summary: Vermont will play NJIT after Nikola Priede scored 21 points in Vermont’s 69-47 win over the UMBC Retrievers.
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The Highlanders have a home record of 6-5. NJIT averages 15.4 turnovers per game and is 5-1 when committing fewer turnovers than its opponents.
The Catamounts are 7-1 in America East play. Vermont ranks sixth in college basketball, allowing 53.9 points per game while allowing opponents to shoot 38.7 percent from the field.
NJIT scored 67.2 points, 13.3 points higher than Vermont’s 53.9. Vermont is shooting 47.1 percent from the field this season, which is 8.2 percentage points better than NJIT’s opponent average of 38.9 percent.
Saturday’s game is the first conference meeting between the two teams this season.
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Top performer: Alejandra Zuniga averaged 17.9 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists for the Highlanders. Olivia Kurek has averaged 15.4 points and 5.2 rebounds in the past 10 games while shooting 48.1% from the field.
Pride averaged 17.1 points and 7.9 rebounds per game for the Catmounts. Kayla Hansen is averaging 14.6 points over the past 10 games.
Last 10 games: Highlanders: 5-5, averaging 67.3 points, 33.5 rebounds, 12.9 assists, 6.5 steals and 4.8 blocks while shooting 44.8% from the field. Their opponents average 66.6 points per game.
Catammons: 9 wins and 1 loss, averaging 68.7 points, 29.9 rebounds, 13.9 assists, 5.6 steals and 2.7 blocks per game, shooting 47.1% from the field. Their opponents average 54.9 points per game.
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The Associated Press produced this report using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
