Sami Pissis had 17 points in New Hampshire's 79-76 victory over UMBC on Thursday night. Pissis shot 6 for 18, including 4 for 12 from beyond the arc for the Wildcats (4-15, 2-2 America East Conference).

UMBC Retrievers (7-7, 0-2 America East) at New Hampshire Wildcats (6-11, 0-4 America East) Durham, New Hampshire; Thursday, 6 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: New Hampshire is looking to stop its three-game home slide with a win against UMBC.

UMBC makes 48.9% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.2 percentage points higher than New Hampshire has allowed to its opponents (45.7%). New Hampshire averages 65.

Point Goals_New Hampshire 13-31 (McComb 4-8, Pissis 4-12, Hamelin 2-3, Saunders 1-2, Siewruk 1-2, Poser 1-4), UMBC 12-31 (Johnson 6-10, Jordan 3-5, Sapp 1-2, Valentine 1-4, Banks 1-7, Ciunys 0-1, Harris 0-1,