Derrick Mercer scored a career-high 28 points, but the Eagles fell to UMBC, 83-68.
It was a case of a second-half collapse for AU (4-4), which led at the half and was up 43-36 early in the second when UMBC (6-1) reeled off a 9-0 run to take the lead, then began pulling away.
The Eagles, 23 of 52 for the game (49.2 percent) from the field, shot 34.8 percent after the break.
UMBC was 25 of 54 (46.3 percent) from the field, including 9 of 19 from the arc. The Retrievers were 24 of 28 at the foul line (AU 12-16).
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