UMass Lowell River Hawks (2-13, 0-3 America East) at NJIT Highlanders (5-10, 2-0 America East) Newark, New Jersey; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: NJIT faces UMass Lowell after Trinity Williams scored 21 points in NJIT's 83-55 win over the UMBC Retrievers.

No matter the venue, Vermont continues to be a nemesis for the UMass Lowell men’s basketball team. Thursday night, before a rocking, sellout crowd of 957 at Costello Athletic Center in

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) TJ Hurley scored 23 points as Vermont beat UMass-Lowell 67-63 on Thursday night.

Team Rebounds: 2. Team Turnovers: 1. Blocked Shots: 5 (Bogues 2, Ayo-Faleye, Barnett, Fiorillo). Turnovers: 8 (Alamutu 4, Ayo-Faleye 2, Blake, Fiorillo).

UMass-Lowell will try to keep its 10-game home win streak intact when the River Hawks play Vermont. Thursday's matchup is the first this season for the teams.

UMass Lowell is 0-1 in one-possession games. Vermont's average of 5.8 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.5 more