UMBC hosts Buffalo following Sabol’s 21-point performance

By Canadian Press on December 9, 2025.

Buffalo Bulls (8-1) at UMBC Retrievers (6-3)

Baltimore; Tuesday, 5 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Buffalo faces UMBC after Ryan Sabol scored 21 points in Buffalo’s 77-69 loss to the Saint Bonaventure Bonnies.

The Retrievers have gone 4-0 at home. UMBC leads the America East with 25.8 defensive rebounds per game led by Jah’likai King averaging 4.6.

The Bulls are 2-0 on the road. Buffalo averages 10.1 turnovers per game and is 7-0 when turning the ball over less than opponents.

UMBC scores 75.1 points per game, 4.8 more points than the 70.3 Buffalo allows. Buffalo has shot at a 46.8% clip from the field this season, 3.6 percentage points above the 43.2% shooting opponents of UMBC have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: DJ Armstrong is shooting 45.5% from beyond the arc with 2.8 made 3-pointers per game for the Retrievers, while averaging 11.7 points. King is shooting 40.4% and averaging 14.3 points.

Daniel Freitag is scoring 19.8 points per game and averaging 4.2 rebounds for the Bulls. Sabol is averaging 15.6 points.

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

The Associated Press

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