2021–22 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team

The 2021–22 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Retrievers, led by first-year head coach Jim Ferry, played their home games at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena in Catonsville, Maryland as members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 18-14, 11-7 in America East Play to finish in 2nd place. They defeated UMass Lowell and Hartford to advance to the championship game of the America East tournament where they lost to Vermont. They received an invitation to The Basketball Classic where they withdrew due to UMBC having health concerns.

2021–22 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record18–14 (11–7 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Danny Lawson
  • Josh Pelletier
  • Evann BaKer
Home arenaChesapeake Employers Insurance Arena
Seasons
2021–22 America East Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Vermont 17 1   .944 28 6   .824
UMBC 11 7   .611 18 14   .563
Stony Brook* 10 8   .556 18 13   .581
New Hampshire 10 8   .556 15 13   .536
Hartford 9 9   .500 12 20   .375
Albany 9 9   .500 13 18   .419
Binghamton 8 10   .444 12 17   .414
UMass Lowell 7 11   .389 15 16   .484
NJIT 6 12   .333 11 18   .379
Maine 3 15   .167 6 23   .207
*Ineligible for the 2022 AmEast tournament due to changing conferences in 2022
2022 AmEast tournament winner

Previous season

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In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Retrievers finished the 2020–21 season 14–6, 10–4 in America East play to finish in a tie for first place. They lost to UMass Lowell in the semifinals of the America East tournament.

Following the season, head coach Ryan Odom left the school to accept the head coaching position at Utah State.[1] On April 12, 2021, the school named former Duquesne and Penn State head coach Jim Ferry as the team's new head coach.[2]

Roster

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2021–22 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G 0 Keondre Kennedy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Atlanta, Georgia
G 1 L.J. Owens 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Sr Annapolis, Maryland
G/F 2 Tre Edwards 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Hamilton, Ontario
G 3 Hakim Byrd 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 155 lb (70 kg) So Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
G 4 Ray Salnave 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Elmont, New York
G 5 Darnell Rogers 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Sr Baltimore, Maryland
F 10 Szymon Wojcik 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Wrocław, Poland
G 14 Kenny Sumpter 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Havre de Grace, Maryland
F 15 Yaw Obeng-Mensah 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 207 lb (94 kg) Jr Toronto, Ontario
G 20 JC Harris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Gaithersburg, Maryland
F 21 Anyang Garang 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Adelaide, Australia
G 24 Brendan Davis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) So Annapolis, Maryland
F 25 Nathan Johnson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Adel, Iowa
F 32 Dimitrije Spasojevic 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Vršac, Serbia
G 34 Matteo Picarelli 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Milan, Italy
G 41 Jacob Boonyasith 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Grand Rapids, Michigan
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: January 14, 2022

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2021*
7:30 pm, NESN+/ESPN+
at UMass L 60–77  0–1
Mullins Center (2,903)
Amherst, MA
November 15, 2021*
7:00 pm
Penn State York W 85–47  1–1
Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (1,411)
Catonsville, MD
November 19, 2021*
7:30 pm, ESPN+
vs. Western Carolina
Lancer Classic
W 91–75  2–1
Willett Hall (174)
Farmville, VA
November 20, 2021*
5:00 pm, ESPN+
at Longwood
Lancer Classic
L 55–82  2–2
Willett Hall (1,512)
Farmville, VA
November 23, 2021*
7:00 pm, MASN
American W 98–67  3–2
Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (2,051)
Catonsville, MD
November 27, 2021*
3:00 pm, ACCNX
at Pittsburgh W 87–77  4–2
Petersen Events Center (7,400)
Pittsburgh, PA
December 1, 2021*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Columbia W 98–60  5–2
Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (1,813)
Catonsville, MD
December 5, 2021*
2:00 pm, FloSports
at Delaware L 60–70  5–3
Bob Carpenter Center (1,434)
Newark, DE
December 8, 2021*
8:30 pm, FS1
at Georgetown L 71–100  5–4
Capital One Arena (3,021)
Washington, D.C.
December 13, 2021*
6:00 pm, ESPN+
at Princeton L 77–89  5–5
Jadwin Gymnasium (891)
Princeton, NJ
December 16, 2021*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
UNC Greensboro L 51–62  5–6
Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (1,162)
Catonsville, MD
December 22, 2021*
7:00 pm, NEC Front Row
at Mount St. Mary's Canceled due to COVID-19 issues Knott Arena 
Emmitsburg, MD
December 29, 2021*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Radford Canceled due to COVID-19 issues Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena 
Catonsville, MD
America East Conference regular season
January 8, 2022
5:30 pm, ESPN3
UMass Lowell L 64–66  5–7
(0–1)
Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (923)
Catonsville, MD
January 12, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at NJIT W 76–56  6–7
(1–1)
Wellness and Events Center (278)
Newark, NJ
January 15, 2022
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Vermont L 69–86  6–8
(1–2)
Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (1,028)
Catonsville, MD
January 17, 2022
4:00 pm, ESPN3
at Stony Brook
Rescheduled from January 6
L 51–65  6–9
(1–3)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,770)
Stony Brook, NY
January 19, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Albany L 54–66  6–10
(1–4)
Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (817)
Catonsville, MD
January 22, 2022
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at Maine W 88–46  7–10
(2–4)
Cross Insurance Center (656)
Bangor, ME
January 26, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+
NJIT W 73–69  8–10
(3–4)
Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (1,207)
Catonsville, MD
January 29, 2022
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Binghamton W 70–68  9–10
(4–4)
Binghamton University Events Center (2,113)
Vestal, NY
February 2, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Albany W 59–53  10–10
(5–4)
SEFCU Arena (1,648)
Albany, NY
February 5, 2022
5:30 pm, ESPN3
New Hampshire W 88–77  11–10
(6–4)
Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (1,935)
Catonsville, MD
February 9, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Hartford W 68–64  12–10
(7–4)
Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (1,287)
Catonsville, MD
February 12, 2022
5:00 pm, ESPN3
at UMass Lowell L 71–88  12–11
(7–5)
Tsongas Center (2,215)
Lowell, MA
February 14, 2022
4:00 pm, ESPN+
at New Hampshire
Rescheduled from January 2
L 62–68  12–12
(7–6)
Lundholm Gym (382)
Durham, NH
February 16, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Stony Brook W 95–84  13–12
(8–6)
Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (2,252)
Catonsville, MD
February 19, 2022
12:00 pm, ESPN3
at Vermont L 59–86  13–13
(8–7)
Patrick Gym (2,645)
Burlington, VT
February 23, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Hartford W 92–85  14–13
(9–7)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (362)
West Hartford, CT
February 26, 2022
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Maine W 93–79  15–13
(10–7)
Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (1,714)
Catonsville, MD
March 1, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Binghamton W 78–68  16–13
(11–7)
Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (2,712)
Catonsville, MD
America East tournament
March 6, 2022
1:00 pm, ESPN+
(2) (7) UMass Lowell
Quarterfinals
W 93–85 OT 17–13
Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (1,925)
Catonsville, MD
March 9, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+
(2) (4) Hartford
Semifinals
W 80–60  18–13
Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (3,249)
Catonsville, MD
March 12, 2022
11:00 am, ESPN2
(2) at (1) Vermont
Championship
L 43–82  18–14
Patrick Gym 
Burlington, VT
The Basketball Classic
March 16, 2022
7:30 pm, ESPN+
Merrimack
First Round
Canceled due to UMBC withdrawing for health concerns Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena 
Catonsville, MD
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Source[3]

References

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  1. ^ Gilbert, Pete (April 6, 2021). "Thanks for the memories, Coach Odom". WBAL. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  2. ^ Lee, Edward. "UMBC hires Jim Ferry, former Duquesne and Penn State coach, to lead men's basketball program". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule". UMBC. Retrieved December 1, 2020.