UMass-Lowell River Hawks (14-7, 3-3 America East) at NJIT Highlanders (4-17, 1-5 America East) Newark, New Jersey; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: River Hawks -9.5; over/under is 141.5 BOTTOM LINE: NJIT takes on UMass-Lowell after Tariq Francis scored 27 points in NJIT's 68-62 loss to the Albany (NY) Great Danes.

NJIT is shooting 39.4% from the field this season, 2.9 percentage points lower than the 42.3% UMass-Lowell allows to opponents. UMass-Lowell has shot at a 49.6% clip from the fiel

NJIT Highlanders (6-14, 3-4 America East) at UMass Lowell River Hawks (3-16, 1-6 America East) Lowell, Massachusetts; Thursday, 11 a.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: NJIT enters the matchup with UMass Lowell as losers of four games in a row.

UMass Lowell looks to stop its 5-game home losing streak with a victory over NJIT. Thursday's meeting is the first of the season between the teams.