Portland Pilots take on the UMass Minutemen

UMass Minutemen (6-3) vs. Portland Pilots (6-7)

Honolulu; Saturday, 1:30 a.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Minutemen -6.5; over/under is 161.5

BOTTOM LINE: The Portland Pilots take on the UMass Minutemen at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The Pilots have a 6-7 record against non-conference oppponents. Portland ranks fourth in the WCC with 25.2 defensive rebounds per game led by Tyler Harris averaging 6.5.

The Minutemen are 6-3 in non-conference play. UMass is the leader in the A-10 scoring 14.0 fast break points per game.

Portland makes 45.8% of its shots from the field this season, which is 5.3 percentage points higher than UMass has allowed to its opponents (40.5%). UMass averages 7.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.4 fewer made shots on average than the 10.2 per game Portland gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Tyler Robertson is averaging 16.3 points and 4.2 assists for the Pilots. Vukasin Masic is averaging 12.1 points and 3.4 rebounds while shooting 46.2% over the past 10 games for Portland.

Josh Cohen is averaging 17.2 points and 7.3 rebounds for the Minutemen. Matt Cross is averaging 15.9 points for UMass.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.