UMass-Lowell hosts Sacred Heart after Ralph-Beyer’s 21-point game

By Canadian Press on December 16, 2025.

Sacred Heart Pioneers (4-6, 1-1 MAAC) at UMass-Lowell River Hawks (4-8)

Lowell, Massachusetts; Tuesday, 6 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Sacred Heart visits UMass-Lowell after Nyle Ralph-Beyer scored 21 points in Sacred Heart’s 65-49 win against the NJIT Highlanders.

The River Hawks are 3-1 on their home court. UMass-Lowell is ninth in the America East at limiting opponent scoring, giving up 78.9 points while holding opponents to 44.0% shooting.

The Pioneers have gone 2-5 away from home. Sacred Heart allows 78.7 points to opponents and has been outscored by 1.5 points per game.

UMass-Lowell is shooting 47.2% from the field this season, 0.4 percentage points higher than the 46.8% Sacred Heart allows to opponents. Sacred Heart averages 11.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.7 more made shots on average than the 8.7 per game UMass-Lowell allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Austin Green is scoring 14.0 points per game and averaging 7.4 rebounds for the River Hawks. Darrel Yepdo is averaging 1.6 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Ralph-Beyer averages 3.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Pioneers, scoring 12.9 points while shooting 51.1% from beyond the arc. Anquan Hill is averaging 14.7 points and 6.2 rebounds.

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

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