MAINE vs. MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY

Time, site: Thursday, 7 p.m.; RAC Arena, Baltimore, Md.

Records: Maine 3-2 (0-0 America East); UMBC 2-3 (0-0)

Series, last meeting: Maine leads 3-0, Maine 71-63 on 2/21/04

Key players: Maine – 6-2 G Ernest Turner (14.0 ppg, 3.8 rpg), 6-2 G Kevin Reed (10.4 ppg, 6.4 rpg, .464 3-pt. FG pct.), 6-3 G Chris Markwood (9.2 ppg, 3.8 apg), 6-7 F Joe Campbell (7.6 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 2.0 spg), 6-4 G/F Jermaine Jackson (6.6 ppg), 6-11 F Mark Flavin (5.6 ppg, 4.8 rpg); UMBC – 6-9 C Andrew Feeley (11.4 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 1.8 bpg), 6-1 G Rob Gogerty (10.4 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 4.2 apg), 6-6 F Cory McJimson (8.6 ppg, 4.0 rpg), 6-3 G Michael Knight (8.2 ppg, .824 FT pct.), 6-6 F John Zito (6.0 ppg)

Outlook: Coach Ted Woodward’s Bears seek their fourth straight win with an early-season America East game against the Retrievers. UMaine, which beat Harvard 79-66 Saturday, stays in Baltimore for a Saturday game against Morgan State and plays its next four on the road. The Bears need Flavin and David Dubois to contain Feeley and spearhead the rebounding effort. Turner has begun to find his shooting range and UMaine may be able to utilize its 3-point attack against a UMBC team that has been susceptible to 3-pointers, allowing eight per game on 39 percent accuracy in their first five contests. The Retrievers ended a three-game skid Dec. 4 with a win over Towson.