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Bucknell Bison @ Maryland Terrapins
Present Data: Bucknell 4-3, Maryland 5-1
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Bucknell has loved a four-game homestand however will quickly must mud off their street jerseys. They are going to sq. off in opposition to the Maryland Terrapins at 4:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Xfinity Heart. The Bison are strutting in with some offensive muscle as they’ve averaged 76.4 factors per recreation this season.
Bucknell is headed into this one after the oddsmakers set final week’s over/underneath low at 141.5, however even that wound up being too excessive. They took a 57-53 hit to the loss column by the hands of Rider. The matchup marked the Bison’s lowest-scoring contest up to now this season.
In the meantime, Maryland dodged a bullet on Sunday and completed off Villanova 76-75. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Terrapins.
Maryland relied on the efforts of Derik Queen, who dropped a double-double on 22 factors and 11 rebounds, and Julian Reese, who dropped a double-double on 18 factors and ten rebounds. What’s extra, Reese additionally racked up six offensive rebounds, probably the most he is had since again in January.
Maryland was working as a unit and completed the sport with 17 assists. They simply outclassed their opponents in that division as Villanova solely posted 9.
Bucknell’s defeat dropped their report right down to 4-3. As for Maryland, their win bumped their report as much as 5-1.
Rebounding is prone to be a giant issue on this contest: Bucknell has been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 37 rebounds per recreation. Nonetheless, it is not like Maryland struggles in that division as they have been averaging 40.8. With each groups battling to corral missed pictures, we’ll see if one workforce can seize an edge.
Bucknell could not fairly end off Maryland of their earlier matchup again in November of 2017 and fell 80-78. Can Bucknell avenge their loss or is historical past doomed to repeat itself? We’ll discover out quickly sufficient.
Sequence Historical past
Maryland received the one recreation these two groups have performed within the final 7 years.
- Nov 18, 2017 – Maryland 80 vs. Bucknell 78