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By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The future saved the UMass men’s basketball team’s present.Three freshmen combined for 40 points, as the Minutemen defeated Rhode Island 69-45 on Saturday in the Ryan Center to snap a five-game losing streak. It was UMass’ first Atlantic 10 road win...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Thursday’s UMass game at Rhode Island was a must-win game, in more ways than one. The Minutewomen were still looking for the No. 1 spot in the Atlantic 10 tournament, and a win against Rhode Island would bring them one stop closer. But more than that,...

By HANNAH BEVIS

KINGSTON, R.I. – The last time the Rhode Island and UMass women’s basketball teams faced off, the Rams outplayed the Minutewomen in just about every facet en route to a 75-68 win at the Mullins Center. It was just UMass’ second game in Atlantic-10...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

The Atlantic-10 Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament is still two weeks away, but Thursday night’s game between UMass and Rhode Island at the Thomas M. Ryan Center (6 p.m. ESPN-Plus) in Kingston, R.I. could very well be an A-10 title game...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Two last-second shots didn’t drop, and the UMass men’s basketball game fell 64-62 against Loyola Chicago on Tuesday at the Mullins Center.The Minutemen had the ball with 9 seconds remaining and didn’t call a timeout. T.J. Weeks Jr., who...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The Cage is dead. Long live the Cage.A $2 million gift from Dr. Jim and Ellen Hunt will serve as the lead gift in the UMass athletic department’s fundraising campaign to renovate Curry Hicks Cage, which last hosted a UMass basketball game in 2011 and...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Welcome to the Atlantic 10, Loyola Chicago.UMass’s next men’s basketball opponent will visit the Mullins Center on Tuesday (7 p.m. ESPN-Plus) for a battle of the league’s bottom two teams. The Ramblers (8-16, 2-10 Atlantic 10) joined the league this...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Another rerun.Just like at Fordham on Wednesday, the UMass men’s basketball team couldn’t hold a second-half lead Saturday at La Salle. The Explorers scored 53 points in the second half of an 86-72 victory over the Minutemen. That’s more points than...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – UMass men’s basketball 3.0 should drop soon.The Minutemen are discovering a new version of themselves for already the third time this season 24 games in ahead of Saturday’s visit to La Salle (2 p.m. ESPN-Plus). They’ve lost their last three...

By HANNAH BEVIS

AMHERST — With less than 15 seconds on the clock Wednesday night, Ber’Nyah Mayo went in for a layup, sent Asiah Dingle flying to the floor and rose up for a floater. The ball seemed to hang in midair for a second longer than usual before it fell...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Despite how long and how well she’s represented the UMass women’s basketball program, Sydney Taylor hasn’t run out of firsts yet.The senior from Long Island, N.Y., posted her first career double-double with 26 points and 10 rebounds in a 66-42 win at...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Davidson couldn’t be stopped in the second half of Saturday’s 93-78 victory over the UMass men’s basketball team. Not that the Minutemen provided the appropriate resistance.The Minutemen allowed a season-high 93 points. An opponent hadn’t...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The road remained a hostile place for the UMass men’s basketball team in Atlantic 10 play.George Mason took down the Minutemen 70-59 in Fairfax, Va., on Wednesday. It dropped UMass (13-9, 4-6 A-10) to 0-5 away from the Mullins Center in league play...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Just two games separate the No. 4 team in the Atlantic 10 Conference men’s basketball standings – surprising Fordham –  and No. 12 Rhode Island.UMass and its Wednesday opponent George Mason (7 p.m. ESPN-Plus) are among the glut of six teams with 4-5...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – RJ Luis turned out the lights, locked the door, and sent Duquesne home.The UMass freshman guard sank eight free throws in the final 1 minute, 13 seconds against the Dukes on Saturday, as the Minutemen sealed an 87-79 victory at the line....

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Wildens Leveque’s right index finger pointed to the Mullins Center roof twice in less than a second.Dyondre Dominguez eyed it through the Richmond defense as he pump faked a 3-pointer in the final two minutes of a tie game. After a dribble...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Richmond’s offense might be one of the last things a struggling UMass men’s basketball defense wants to see. The Spiders, which visit the Mullins Center at 7 p.m. Wednesday (NESN), use a version of the Princeton offense with constantly churning...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

It finally seems like the UMass women’s basketball team’s season is coming together on the court, which is a weird sentence to write considering the team has just four losses this season.A 15-4 record is nothing to sneeze at, especially considering...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The second half rolled away from the UMass men’s basketball team and snowballed against VCU at the Siegel Center on Tuesday. UMass fell 83-55, as it was outscored 43-22 after halftime in Richmond, Va. It was the Minutemen’s worst-ever loss against the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Noah Fernandes scored 15 points, but his last-second shot fell well short, as the UMass men’s basketball team dropped a 78-77 decision against La Salle on Wednesday at the Mullins Center.“I wasn’t sure what they were going to do defensively,...