Baruch Bearcats at Massachusetts-Dartmouth Corsairs

DARTMOUTH, Mass. (Interstat) — Baruch will visit Massachusetts-Dartmouth in a men’s NCAA Division III basketball game Saturday at Tripp Athletic Center. The Bearcats are the visiting team, and the Corsairs are the home team. Both programs enter with 0-1 records. The game is scheduled for Dartmouth, Mass., at the Corsairs’ home facility.

Baruch’s most recent result was a 71-67 loss to Emerson. Trevon Coppin, a forward, was one of Baruch’s most productive players in that game, finishing with 16 points and five rebounds in 29 minutes. Peter Douvres, a guard, scored 17 points and added three rebounds and one assist in 33 minutes. Nicholas Lam, a guard, contributed eight points, seven rebounds and two assists in 27 minutes. Coppin is the player to watch for the Bearcats. Douvres and Lam also were among Baruch’s most productive players in the game.

Massachusetts-Dartmouth’s most recent result was a 75-73 loss to SUNY Potsdam. Kordell Philemon, a forward, had 15 points, six rebounds and one block in 33 minutes. Danny Reyes, a guard, posted 11 points, eight rebounds and two assists in 25 minutes. Givel Nelson-Nunez, a forward, had four points, 14 rebounds and one assist in 29 minutes. Philemon is the player to watch for the Corsairs. Reyes and Nelson-Nunez also were among Massachusetts-Dartmouth’s most productive players in the game.

Baruch will seek its first victory of the season against a Massachusetts-Dartmouth team also seeking its first win. Both teams opened the season with losses and will play their second game of the season Saturday. Baruch’s upcoming schedule includes a visit to Farmingdale State, home games against Drew, Yeshiva and Kean, a visit to Yeshiva, and road games at Stevens Tech, Hunter, Albertus Magnus, Trinity (Conn.) and Eastern Connecticut State.

Massachusetts-Dartmouth’s upcoming schedule includes visits to Salve Regina, Babson, Wheaton (Mass.), Castleton and Massachusetts-Boston, along with home games against Worcester Polytechnic, Rhode Island College, Salem State, Thomas (Maine) and Eastern Connecticut State. The Thomas (Maine) game is scheduled for Springfield, Mass. The matchup gives both teams another opportunity in the early portion of their schedules. The game is an early-season matchup between two teams looking for their first win. The Corsairs will host the Bearcats at Tripp Athletic Center.

The Interstat game simulator projects Massachusetts-Dartmouth to defeat Baruch by a final score of 78-64. Interstat’s ELO system gives Massachusetts-Dartmouth an 88.1 percent probability to win.