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5 6 9 13 21 ATLANTIC 10 ATLANTIC 10 NCAA NIT ATLANTIC 10 TOURNAMENT REG. SEASON APPEARANCES APPEARANCES FIRST TEAM TITLES TITLES SELECTIONS BASKETBALL FIVE THINGS TO KNOW MEDIA CENTER Sunday, December 13 | 12 p.m. 1. Sunday marks the 10th time in team history that WATCH NESN Boston, Mass. | Cabot Center UMass will play the same opponent in consec- Play-by-play: Alex Vispoli utive games during the regular season, and first Color: Adam Giardino time since 1982-83. Massachusetts (1-0, 0-0 Atlantic 10) 2. Tre Mitchell’s 31 points on Friday were tied for LISTEN WEEI (105.5 FM) | WCRN (830 AM) | Tune-In App VS the fourth most in a season opener in team his- Play-by-play: Jay Burnham tory, behind only Lou Roe (1994), Marcus Camby Northeastern Color: Frank Sullivan (1995) and Julius Erving (1970). (0-1, 0-0 CAA) 3. Javohn Garcia’s 23 points on Friday matched LIVE STATS UMassAthletics.com/MBBstats T.J. Weeks Jr’s total from last season as the most 2020-21 SCHEDULE points for a UMass freshman in a collegiate debut SOCIAL MEDIA UMassAthletics.com in the last 20 years. Facebook /UMassBasketball DECEMBER (1-0, 0-0 Atlantic 10) Twitter @UMassBasketball 11 NORTHEASTERN W, 94-79 4. Captain Carl Pierre is fourth all-time in made Instagram @umassbasketball 13 at Northeastern 12 p.m. three-point field goals in UMass history (251). YouTube /UMassAthletics 16 at La Salle * 1 p.m. 5. UMass is tied for 12th in the NCAA with just four Join the conversation using #Flagship 30 GEORGE MASON * TBA upperclassmen on its roster this season.

JANUARY (0-0, 0-0 Atlantic 10) PROBABLE STARTERS (FROM LAST GAME) 2 at Saint Louis * 6:30 p.m. 6 at George Washington * TBA # NAME POS. YR MPG PPG RPG (APG) [BLK] {STL} NOTES 9 LA SALLE * 4 p.m. 3 Kolton Mitchell G So. 15.0 2.0 3.0 Fifth on team in assists in 2019-20 17 at Fordham * 4:30 p.m. 11 Noah Fernandes G So. 17.0 5.0 5.0 Transfer from Wichita State 12 Carl Pierre G Sr. 28.0 14.0 3.0 4th all-time at UMass in career 3pt FGs (251) 20 SAINT LOUIS * TBA 13 Ronnie DeGray III F Fr. 26.0 4.0 4.0 Played two seasons at Woodstock Acad. 24 DAVIDSON * TBA 33 Tre Mitchell C So. 35.0 31.0 11.0 A-10 Preseason All-Conference First Team 27 at VCU * TBA OFF THE BENCH 30 at George Mason * TBA 00 Brady Antonopoulos G Sr. - - - Former manager; walked on to team in Fall ‘20 1 Javohn Garcia G Fr. 33.0 23.0 4.0 Played 2019-20 at Brewster Academy 2 Preston Santos G/F So. - - - Away from team (personal reasons) FEBRUARY (0-0, 0-0 Atlantic 10) 4 Dyondre Dominguez F Fr. 13.0 4.0 1.0 Played 2019-20 at Woodstock Academy 3 FORDHAM * TBA 5 Cairo McCrory G Fr. 3.0 0.0 0.0 Played 2019-20 at Woodstock Academy 6 at Rhode Island * TBA 10 Mark Gasperini C Gr. 5.0 0.0 (1.0) Transfer from American 20 Ryan Marcus G Fr. 1.0 0.0 0.0 Walk on 9 DAYTON * TBA 23 T.J. Weeks G R-Fr. 24.0 11.0 2.0 Missed final 21 games (injury) in 2019-20 14 ST. BONAVENTURE * 2 P.M. 24 Dibaji Walker F Jr. - - - Shot 40.6% in A-10 play in 2019-20 20 at Duquesne * 6 p.m. 24 at Saint Joseph’s * TBA 27 RHODE ISLAND * TBA

MARCH (0-0, 0-0 Atlantic 10) 3 RICHMOND * TBA

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• Team manager who joined the team as a walk-on BRADY ANTONOPOULOS PTS REB MIN October 22, 2020 Senior Guard - - - • Was a team captain and SWCL League All-Star at Quaboag Regional High School 0 6-1 | 165 FG% 3FG% FT% West Brookfield, Mass. • Played AAU for Central Mass Swarm - - -

• 23 points in UMass debut, tying T.J. Weeks Jr. (2019) JAVOHN GARCIA PTS AST MIN for most points in a collegiate debut in the last 20 Freshman years Guard 23.0 4.0 33.0 1 • Played for Brewster Academy, helping the program to 6-2 | 180 FG% 3FG% FT% a National Prep Championship in 2020 Columbus, Ohio .692 .667 .600 • Three-star recruit according to 247Sports and the No. 8 player from Ohio

PRESTON SANTOS PTS STL MIN • Currently away from the team (personal reasons) Sophomore • Started the final 12 games of the 2019-20 season - - - Guard | Forward • Shot 57.1% (56-of-98) from the floor and reached double figures six times as a freshman in 2019-20 2 6-6 | 185 FG% 3FG% FT% Providence, R.I. - - -

• Creator of “One Team, One Voice,” a team video KOLTON MITCHELL PTS REB MIN speaking out against racial injustice: Sophomore UMassAthletics.com/OneVoice Guard 2.0 3.0 15.0 3 • Played in 19 games, including 10 starts at PG in 6-3 | 185 FG% 3FG% FT% 2019-20 Fort Myers, Fla. .000 - .500 • 12.8 mpg and was fifth on the team with 29 assists

• Played at Woodstock Academy with teammates Cairo DYONDRE DOMINGUEZ PTS REB MIN McCrory and Ronnie DeGray III Freshman Forward 4.0 1.0 13.0 • Helped Woodstock to a 29-8 record and National Prep Championship tournament berth 4 6-8 | 205 FG% 3FG% FT% Providence, R.I. • Three-star recruit according to 247Sports and the .500 .500 .500 No. 9 player from Rhode Island

• Played at Woodstock Academy with teammates CAIRO MCCRORY PTS REB MIN Dyondre Dominguez and Ronnie DeGray III Freshman Guard 0.0 0.0 3.0 • Helped Woodstock to a 29-8 record and National Prep Championship tournament berth 5 6-5 | 190 FG% 3FG% FT% Hartford, Conn. • Three-star recruit according to 247Sports and the - - - No. 15 player from Connecticut

MARK GASPERINI PTS AST MIN • Graduate transfer from American (Patriot League) Graduate Student • Started all 30 games, averaging 21.3 mpg, 8.9 ppg 0.0 1.0 5.0 10 Center and 5.1 rpg at American in 2019-20 6-10 | 255 FG% 3FG% FT% • Played AAU for Mass Rivals and attended Brimmer Moscow, Russia and May School in Chestnut Hill, Mass. .000 - -

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NOAH FERNANDES PTS AST MIN • Five assists, zero turnovers in UMass debut (Dec. 11) Sophomore • Transfer from Wichita State (AAC), and received a 5.0 5.0 17.0 11 Guard waiver to play immediately on Sept. 16, 2020 5-11 | 175 FG% 3FG% FT% • Played the 2018-19 season at Woodstock Academy Mattapoisett, Mass. with teammates Tre Mitchell, T.J. Weeks, Preston San- .333 .333 1.000 tos and Ronnie DeGray III

CARL PIERRE PTS REB MIN • Team captain Senior • Has started 85 straight games, dating back to Dec. 14.0 3.0 28.0 12 Guard 22, 2017 6-4 | 190 FG% 3FG% FT% • Hit 250th career 3pt field goal vs. Northeastern on Boston, Mass. Dec. 11. Is fourth all-time at UMass in career 3pt FGs .333 .286 1.000

• Played two seasons at Woodstock Academy (2018- RONNIE DEGRAY III PTS REB MIN 19, 2019-20) with teammates Tre Mitchell, T.J. Weeks, Freshman Preston Santos, Noah Fernandes, Cairo McCrory and 4.0 4.0 26.0 13 Forward Dyondre Dominguez 6-7 | 220 FG% 3FG% FT% • Three-star recruit according to 247Sports and the No. Parker, Colo. 8 player from Colorado .500 .000 .000

RYAN MARCUS PTS REB MIN • Walked on to the team in 2020-21 Freshman • Two-year captain at Wakefield High School, where he Guard - - 1.0 was a two-time Middlesex League All-Star 20 6-3 | 185 FG% 3FG% FT% Wakefield, Mass. - - -

T.J. WEEKS JR. PTS REB MIN • Missed the final 21 games of 2019-20 with an injury R-Freshman • Father, Tyrone Weeks Sr., scored over 1,000 points Guard 11.0 2.0 24.0 for UMass from 1994-98 and played in four consecutive NCAA Tournaments 23 6-4 | 185 FG% 3FG% FT% Warwick, R.I. • Played at Woodstock Academy with teammates Tre .273 .200 1.000 Mitchell, Preston Santos, Noah Fernandes and Ronnie DeGray

• Played in 19 games in 2019-20 after receiving a DIBAJI WALKER PTS REB MIN waiver from the NCAA in January 2020 Junior Forward - - - • Averaged 6.3 points per game and 2.5 rebounds per game off the bench 24 6-9 | 200 FG% 3FG% FT% Columbus, Ohio - - -

• Scored 31 points vs. Northeastern (Dec. 11), tied for TRE MITCHELL PTS REB MIN the fourth most in a season opener in program history. Sophomore Center 31.0 11.0 35.0 • 2021 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award 33 watch list and A-10 Preseason All-Conference First- 6-9 | 240 FG% 3FG% FT% Team Pittsburgh, Pa. .722 1.000 .500 • Has double-doubles in five of his last eight games, dating back to last season.

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• Move the Minutemen to 2-0 for the third straight The new normal Picking up where he left off season On November 17, the Massachusetts men’s bas- Tre Mitchell wasted no time in confirming that ketball team paused all team activities following a the hype is real on Friday with 31 points and 11 • Give UMass seven straight wins vs. Northeastern positive COVID-19 test result among the program’s rebounds in his season debut, including 19 points Tier 1 personnel, which consists of coaches, stu- and six boards in the first half alone. • Give the Minutemen three wins in their last four dent-athletes, team managers and support staff. road games, dating back to last season. Results were detected during COVID-19 surveil- Mitchell’s performance put him on a list with some lance testing, which is conducted three times a of the UMass greats, tying him for the fourth most week in accordance with NCAA guidelines. points in a season opener in program history:

2019-20 (T)REVIEW Due to a pause in team activities, UMass did not Name Points...... Opponent (Year) participate in the Multiple Team Event at Mohegan Lou Roe 34...... No.1 Arkansas (1994) • On Mar. 9, 2020, Tre Mitchell became the first Sun previously scheduled for Thanksgiving week- Marcus Camby 32...... No. 1 Kentucky (1995) Minuteman since Rashaun Freeman in 2003- Julius Erving 32...... St. Anselm (1970) end. UMass returned to practice on December 5. Tre Mitchell 31...... Northeastern (2010) 04 to earn A-10 Rookie of the Week honors six times in a season, and first player in team Anthony Gurley 31...... Rider (2010) Friday’s game vs. Northeastern marked the latest history to win the award in five consecutive weeks. He was also the first A-10 player to the team started a season since 1947-48, when the Mitchell is one of only 46 players in the country win five straight since Rhode Island’s Lamar team’s first game was held on December 12, 1947. with a 30-point game this season. Odom in 1998-99. The series with Northeastern Garcia dazzles in UMass debut • Mitchell was 47th in the NCAA, and third Massachusetts and Northeastern will be meeting Javohn Garcia’s 23-point performance against among rookies, with 206 field goals. On Mar. 4, for the 57th time in program history on Sunday, Northeastern on Friday tied T.J. Weeks Jr.’s night he broke the UMass freshman record for made with UMass leading the series, 39-17, with the field goals in a season, previously held by Jim last season as the most points for a Minuteman McCoy (193, 1988-89). Minutemen winning each of the last six matchups. in his collegiate debut in more than 20 seasons.

• Mitchell’s 548 points were fourth in the nation Sunday marks the 10th time in team history that Since 1999, only 10 players have scored at least among NCAA freshmen, and eight away from UMass will play the same opponent in consecutive 23 points in the season opener: breaking the UMass rookie record for points in games during the regular season, and first time a season, held by Jim McCoy (555, 1988-98). since 1982-83. Player Season Points Tre Mitchell 2020-21...... 31 • He averaged 19.3 points per game, 7.5 re- Polling data bounds per game and shot 48% from the floor Javohn Garcia 2020-21...... 23 against NCAA NET top-100 opponents last In what is projected to be one of the strongest T.J. Weeks Jr. 2019-20...... 23 season (16 games). years for the Atlantic 10 in recent years, the Minute- Trey Davis 2014-15...... 28 men were picked to finish eighth in the conference Cady Lalanne 2013-14...... 27 • Mitchell was tied for 16th in the country at the Atlantic 10’s Virtual Media Day. Anthony Gurley 2010-11...... 31 among rookies with 7.2 rebounds per game. Freddie Riley 2010-11...... 28 His season total of 222 was 17 shy of tying No. Team (FPV)...... Points Ricky Harris 2007-08...... 23 Horace Neysmith’s UMass freshman record of 1. Richmond (19)...... 380 239, set in 1981-82. 2. Saint Louis (7)...... 364 Rashaun Freeman 2005-06...... 25 3. Dayton (2)...... 318 Micah Brand 2001-02...... 23 • Mitchell had a career-high 34 points on Mar. 4. St. Bonaventure...... 307 7 vs. Rhode Island, and was sixth in the Atlan- 5. Duquesne...... 278 He gets buckets tic 10 and first among rookies averaging 17.1 6. Rhode Island...... 246 Redshirt-freshman T.J. Weeks Jr. is back in the points per game last season. 7. Davidson...... 229 lineup for the Minutemen after missing the final 21 8. Massachusetts...... 192 games of last season due to injury. At the time of his • Mitchell’s 34-point night against the Rams 9. VCU...... 175 were the most for a UMass freshman since Jim 10. George Mason...... 133 injury last season, Weeks Jr. was 15th in the NCAA McCoy scored 35 on Mar. 4, 1989, and third 11. George Washington...... 113 with 32 made three-point field goals, and finished highest for a UMass freshman all-time. 12. Saint Joseph’s...... 85 the year shooting 48.5% from beyond the arc. 13. La Salle...... 80 • Mitchell’s averaged 22.9 points and 9.4 re- 14. Fordham...... 40 Weeks Jr. is the son of former UMass great Tyrone bounds in his last nine games. Weeks Sr., who scored over 1,000 points for UMa- In addition, Tre Mitchell was named to the A-10 ss from 1994-98 and played in four consecutive • He was one of 17 players in the Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference First Team. NCAA Tournaments. to have a 30-point game last season, and the only freshman to do so.

• Mitchell was one of nine players in the A-10 with a 30-point game in conference play. ATLANTIC 10 STANDINGS

• He had five 25+ point nights last season. ------ATLANTIC 10 ------OVERALL ------UMass had six as a team in 2018-19. Record Pct. Record Pct. Streak Richmond 0-0 0.000 4-0 1.000 W4 • Mitchell had 11 20+ point nights last season. Saint Louis 0-0 0.000 4-0 1.000 W4 UMass 0-0 0.000 1-0 1.000 W1 • Mitchell’s second half double-double (15 points, 11 rebounds) at Fordham on Feb. 22 Dayton 0-0 0.000 2-1 0.667 W1 marked the first double-double for a Minuteman George Mason 0-0 0.000 2-1 0.667 W1 in a half since Terrell Vinson had 11 points and VCU 0-0 0.000 4-2 0.667 W2 11 rebounds in the second half against Ford- Davidson 0-0 0.000 3-2 0.600 W2 ham on Jan. 5, 2012. Duquesne 0-0 0.000 1-1 0.500 W1 Rhode Island 0-0 0.000 3-3 0.500 L1 • He pulled down a season-high 19 rebounds La Salle 0-0 0.000 1-3 0.250 W1 at Fordham on Feb. 22, tied for the fourth-most George Washington 0-0 0.000 1-4 0.200 L2 in the Atlantic 10 last season and the most in a game for a Minuteman since Antwan Space had Fordham 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 --- 17 on Feb. 14, 2016 at Duquesne (OT). St. Bonaventure 0-0 0.000 0-0 0.000 --- Saint Joseph’s 0-0 0.000 0-2 0.000 L2

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Mitchell named to Malone Award Watch List Ball security ’19-20.. ’20-21 Scoring 80+ points 4-3...... 1-0 Tre Mitchell, who took the Atlantic 10 by storm UMass finished the 2019-20 season with 407 turn- Scoring 70-79 points 5-2...... 0-0 en route to conference Rookie of the Year honors overs, the third fewest in a season in team history. Scoring 60-69 points 4-7...... 0-0 last season, is back for more in 2020-21. On Nov. Scoring 50-59 points 1-4...... 0-0 Scoring less than 50 points 0-1...... 0-0 5, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame The Minutemen continued to take care of the ball announced that the sophomore is one of 20 players on Friday vs. Northeastern with just nine turnovers. Giving up 80+ points 0-9...... 0-0 Giving up 70-79 points 3-6...... 1-0 named to the watch list for the 2021 Karl Malone Dating back to last season, UMass has recorded Giving up 60-69 points 7-1...... 0-0 Power Forward of the Year Award. 10 or fewer turnovers in four of its last six games. Giving up 50-59 points 2-1...... 0-0 Giving up less than 50 points 2-0...... 0-0 Mitchell, who burst onto the scene in Amherst Youth movement Shooting 55% or better from the field 1-0...... 0-0 with one of the top freshman seasons in program The Minutemen welcome eight newcomers, in- Shooting 50-54% from the field 3-0...... 1-0 Shooting 45-49% from the field 6-3...... 0-0 history in 2019-20. Mitchell, who was also named cluding five freshmen, to the program in 2020-21. Shooting 40-44% from the field 2-2...... 0-0 to the A-10 Second Team and to the league’s rookie Shooting 35-39% from the field 1-8...... 0-0 team, finished the year averaging 22.9 points per “It’s a very talented group,” McCall said. “We Shooting under 35% from the field 1-4...... 0-0 game and 9.4 rebounds per game over his final needed this class to elevate and help get us to Opponents shooting 50% or better 1-8...... 1-0 nine games. The Pittsburgh, Pa. native became the top of the league, and we feel like we’ve done Opponents shooting 45-49% 3-5...... 0-0 Opponents shooting 40-44% 2-3...... 0-0 the first rookie since Marcus Camby in 1994 to that with this group. This group coming in will have Opponents shooting 35-39% 5-1...... 0-0 be named to the Atlantic 10’s First, Second or a year or two of prep school that will be ready to Opponents shooting under 35% 3-0...... 0-0 Third team. play from Day One, and I don’t look at those guys Shooting better than opponent 11-2...... 0-0 like freshmen.” Shooting worse than opponent 3-15...... 1-0 O Captain, My Captain Shooting more FT 7-4...... 0-0 Last season, senior captain Carl Pierre became the Common threads Teams shoot same number of FT 1-0...... 0-0 52nd player in team history to reach 1000 career Eight members of the Minutemen (Ronnie DeGray Opponents shoot more FT 6-13...... 1-0 points, and enters 2020-21 in a tie for 31st on III, Dyondre Dominguez, Noah Fernandes, Cairo Out-rebounding opponent 6-1...... 0-0 UMass’ all-time scoring list: McCrory, Tre Mitchell, Preston Santos, Dibaji Teams have equal number of rebounds 0-0...... 0-0 Walker, T.J. Weeks Jr.) played at least one year of Opponents out-rebound UMass 8-16...... 1-0 Rank Player (Years)...... Career Points prep school at Woodstock Academy: Having fewer turnovers than opponent 9-8...... 1-0 t-27. Anthony Anderson (2001-05)...... 1211 Teams have same number of turnovers 2-1...... 0-0 Having more turnovers than opponent 3-8...... 0-0 Jim Town (1974-77)...... 1211 2019-20: DeGray III, Dominguez, McCrory 29. Carmelo Travieso (1993-97)...... 1186 Recording more points in the paint 6-2...... 1-0 30. John Murphy (1972-75)...... 1184 Recording same points in the paint 2-1...... 0-0 31. Carl Pierre (2017-pr.)...... 1177 2018-19: DeGray III, Fernandes, T. Mitchell, San- Recording fewer points in the paint 6-14...... 0-0 tos, Weeks Jr. Recording more points off turnovers 13-4...... 1-0 Pierre is also fourth all-time at UMass in career Recording the same points off turnovers 1-0...... 0-0 three-point field goals made, and hit his 250th on 2017-18: T. Mitchell, Walker Recording fewer points off turnovers 0-13...... 0-0 Friday vs. Northeastern: Recording more 2nd chance points 5-5...... 1-0 Veteran leadership Recording the same 2nd chance points 0-2...... 0-0 Rank Player (Years)...... Career 3-pt FGs UMass’ four upperclassmen (Brady Antonopoulos, Recording fewer 2nd chance points 9-10...... 0-0 1. Monty Mack (1997-01)...... 331 Mark Gasperini, Carl Pierre, Dibaji Walker) make 2. Ricky Harris (2006-10)...... 276 Recording more fastbreak points 8-2...... 0-0 the Minutemen tied for 12th in the nation for the Recording the same fastbreak points 0-0...... 0-0 3. Anthony Anderson (2001-05)...... 275 fewest upperclassmen on an NCAA roster this Recording fewer fastbreak points 6-15...... 1-0 4. Carl Pierre (2017-pr.)...... 251 season. Recording more bench points 11-4...... 1-0 Recording the same bench points 0-1...... 0-0 Fernandes receives NCAA waiver It’s the second straight year that UMass has had Recording fewer bench points 3-12...... 0-0 The NCAA announced Wednesday that the leg- four or fewer upperclassmen. Leading at halftime 10-4...... 1-0 islative relief waiver for UMass men’s basketball Tied at halftime 1-0...... 0-0 transfer Noah Fernandes has been approved. Trailing at halftime 3-13...... 0-0 Fernandes, a Mattapoisett, Mass. native, is im- The game goes to overtime 0-2...... 0-0 mediately eligible for competition for the 2020-21 season. The margin is five points or less 3-4...... 0-0 The margin is 6-10 points 6-4...... 0-0 The margin is 11-15 points 3-3...... 0-0 Fernandes transferred to the Minutemen from The margin is 16-20 points 0-0...... 1-0 Wichita State following his freshman season in The margin is 21+ points 2-6...... 0-0 2019-20. There he appeared in 21 games, including Playing on TV 10-11...... 1-0 three starts, averaging 1.4 points in 9.9 minutes Playing on NESN 9-3...... 1-0 Playing on CBSSN 0-3...... 0-0 of action per game. He posted season highs of Playing on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU 0-2...... 0-0 seven points on 3-of-8 shooting from the floor in 25 Playing on NBCSN 1-4...... 0-0 minutes at UCF on Feb. 13 and had a season-high Playing on Fox Sports (FS1) 0-0...... 0-0 Playing on SEC Network (SEC) 0-0...... 0-0 six assists against UT Martin on Nov. 16. Playing on Stadium/Other RSN 0-0...... 0-0 Coming off a win 7-7...... 0-0 Coming off a loss 6-10...... 0-0 In white jerseys 11-5...... 1-0 In maroon jerseys 3-12...... 0-0 Playing with an Adidas ball -...... 1-0

BY THE NUMBERS 2020-21 HONOR ROLL

TRE MITCHELL Players in the NCAA Consecutive starts • Karl Malone Award Watch List with a 30-point game by senior Carl Pierre, • Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference First Team this season. dating back to Dec. 46 85 22, 2017

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UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Washington named sports performance coach Location Amherst, Mass. Head coach Matt McCall announced in August that Founded 1863 Josh Washington has been named the program’s Enrollment 28,635 sports performance coach. Washington arrives Nickname Minutemen in Amherst following a stint at Auburn University. Primary Colors Maroon (PMS 506) and White Secondary Colors Black and Gray Washington spent the last two years at Auburn Conference Atlantic 10 working as a strength and conditioning graduate assistant with the men’s basketball program while President Martin Meehan working towards his Master of Science in exercise Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy physiology. While with the Tigers, Washington Athletic Director Ryan Bamford assisted with all aspects of training implementa- Home Venue (Capacity) Mullins Center (9,493) tion with the men’s basketball program including strength training, conditioning, rehabilitation, TEAM HISTORY nutrition supplementation, pre-practice warm-up Program Founded 1899-1900 and more. All-Time Program Record 1,302-1,171 (.526) All-Time A-10 Record 489-373 (.567) In his two seasons at Auburn, the Tigers reached NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last 9/2014 the 2019 Final Four and were the No. 2 seed in the Record In NCAA Tournament 11-9 (.550) SEC Tournament with a 25-6 record in 2020 before NIT Appearances/Last 13/2013 the season was halted due to COVID-19. Record In NIT Competition 13-14 (.481)

COACHES AND STAFF Brian Mathews signs NLI Head Coach Matt McCall (Florida ’04) UMass added more size to its roster for 2021-22 as Record at UMass / Years 39-58 / Fourth season Brian Mathews (Chicago, Illinois) signed a National Career Record / Years 87-76 / Sixth season Letter of Intent on Nov. 11 during the start of the early signing period. Assistant Coach Tony Bergeron Kings College ’94) / Second season Mathews, a 6-9, 215-pound center will arrive in Amherst from DePaul College Prep, where Assistant Coach Lucious Jordan Mathews helped the team to a 26-6 mark during Albany ’06 / Fourth season the 2019-20 season and an appearance in the Sectional Playoffs. Assistant Coach Tyson Wheeler “Brian is a high character kid,” said head coach Rhode Island ’98 / Second season Matt McCall. “He’s a big, physical frontcourt player who has a high skillset. He’s very young, we believe TEAM INFORMATION his best days of basketball are in front of him. His 2019-20 Overall Record 14-17 ceiling as a player is tremendously high.” 2019-20 Atlantic 10 Record/Finish 8-10 / 8th Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 6/7 Newcomers (Transfers) 8 (2)

UMASS ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Men’s Basketball Contact Matt Houde Email [email protected] Cell Phone 978-766-2423 Website UMassAthletics.com Twitter @UMassBasketball Facebook Facebook.com/ UMassMensBasketball Instagram @UMassBasketball Mailing Address 250 Boyden Building 131 Commonwealth Dr.; Amherst, Mass. 01003

UMASS SPORTS NETWORK Director of Broadcasting Jay Burnham Where To Listen WEEI 105.5 FM (Springfield/Amherst) WEEI 1440 AM (Springfield/Amherst) WCRN 830 AM (Worcester) WATD 95.5 AM (South Shore)

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OPPONENT 1 2 3 4 5 RESULT No. Team (FPV) Record Pts LW Northeastern Fernandes K. Mitchell Pierre DeGray III T. Mitchell W, 94-79 1 Gonzaga (54) 3-0 1,518 1 2 Baylor (7) 3-0 1,470 2 3 Iowa 3-0 1,385 3 4 Michigan State 5-0 1,296 8 5 Kansas 4-1 1,195 7 6 Illinois 3-1 1,104 5 7 Houston 4-0 1,090 10 8 Creighton 3-0 1,068 9 9 Villanova 4-1 1,033 12 10 Duke 2-1 954 6 11 West Virginia 4-1 918 11 12 Tennessee 0-0 767 13 13 Wisconsin 3-1 750 4 Texas 4-1 750 17 15 Virginia Tech 4-0 688 16 16 North Carolina 3-1 547 14 17 Texas Tech 4-1 541 17 18 Virginia 3-1 474 15 19 Richmond 2-0 419 19 20 Florida State 1-0 350 22 21 Rutgers 3-0 293 24 22 Ohio State 3-0 287 23 23 Arizona State 3-1 218 25 24 San Diego State 4-0 123 NR 25 Louisville 4-0 122 NR

Receiving Votes: Michigan 107, Saint Louis 94, Florida 90, Indiana 40, Oregon 26, Oklahoma St. 26, Marquette 22, Missouri 19, UConn 12, Xavier 9, Clemson 7, Alabama 5, Washington St 3, Maryland 2, UCLA 1, SMU 1, Oklahoma 1

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No. Team (FPV) Record Pts LW 1 Gonzaga (23) 3-0 788 2 SPECIALTY STATS (UMASS/OPPONENT) 2 Baylor (8) 3-0 774 1 3 Iowa (1) 3-0 717 6 4 Michigan St 5-0 679 12 OPPONENT In Paint Off TO 2nd Chance Fast Break Bench RESULT Northeastern 24/7 46/36 14/11 10/15 38/30 W, 94-79 5 Kansas 4-1 585 5 6 Villanova 4-1 581 3 7 Creighton 3-0 561 11 8 Houston 4-0 529 18 9 Illinois 3-1 525 10 10 West Virginia 4-1 471 15 11 Duke 2-1 458 8 12 Texas 4-1 407 22 13 Wisconsin 3-1 361 7 14 North Carolina 3-1 345 16 15 Virginia Tech 4-0 315 NR 16 Tennessee 0-0 311 14 17 Texas Tech 4-1 310 13 18 Virginia 3-1 268 4 19 Richmond 2-0 198 NR 20 Ohio St. 3-0 176 24 21 Florida State 1-0 167 18 22 Rutgers 3-0 161 23 23 Arizona State 3-1 121 17 24 Louisville 4-0 95 NR 25 Florida 3-0 83 NR

Receiving Votes: Michigan 78; San Diego St. 50; Saint Louis 44; UCLA 38; Oregon 34; Oklahoma State 30; Indiana 26; Marquette 16; Missouri 15; Oklahoma 13; Louisiana State 13; Arkansas 11; NC State 10; Clemson 10; Maryland 6; Connecti- cut 6; Xavier 5; Memphis 2; Drake 2; Western Kentucky 1; Southern Methodist 1; Kentucky 1; Alabama 1; Abilene Christian 1.

7 MASSACHUSETTS BASKETBALL // GAME 2 AT NORTHEASTERN // DECEMBER 13, 2020 LAST TIME THAT...

CATEGORY UMASS OPPONENT Scored 30+ Points 31, Tre Mitchell vs. Northeastern, 12/11/20 32, Javon Greene, at George Mason, 1/22/20 Scored 40+ Points 44, Luwane Pipkins vs. La Salle (OT), 1/10/18 43, Jack Gibbs, at Davidson, 1/16/16 Scored 20+ Points In A Half 22 (2nd half), Tre Mitchell vs. Saint Louis, 2/18/20 21 (2nd half), Javon Greene, at George Mason, 1/22/20 Scored 25+ Points In A Half 25 (2nd half), Luwane Pipkins vs. La Salle (OT), 1/10/18 25, (2nd half), Jack Gibbs, at Davidson, 1/16/16 Scored 30+ Points In Back-To-Back Games Luwane Pipkins (31 at Davidson, 2/17/18; 38 vs. VCU, 2/21/18) Jaylen Adams (33, at St. Bonaventure, 12/30/17) & Otis Livingston II (33, George Mason, 1/3/18 Two Players Scored 20+ Points Tre Mitchell (31) & Javohn Garcia (23), vs. Northeastern, 12/11/20 Armel Potter (22) & Maceo Jack (20), vs. George Washington, 1/18/20 Two Players Scored 20+ Points Rhode Island, 3/3/12 & Duquesne, 3/6/12 In Back-To-Back Games (Morgan 25, Carter 22) & (Williams 21, Farrell & Putney 20) Three Players Scored 20+ Points vs. Clemson, 11/23/15 at Central Connecticut (1/3/11) (Donte Clark [25], Trey Davis [25], Jabarie Hinds [21]) (Robby Ptacek 26, Ken Horton 24, Shemik Thompson 24) Two Players Scored 25+ Points Luwane Pipkins (44) & Carl Pierre (25), La Salle (OT), 1/10/18 Jaylen Adams (32) & Matt Mobley (28), at St. Bonaventure, 12/30/17 Five Players Scored 10 Points 5, vs. Saint Joseph’s 1/29/20 (Dibaji Walker [22], Samba Diallo [19], 5, at Richmond (Blake Francis [20], Nick Sherod [16], Nathan Cayo [14] Carl Pierre [14], Tre Mitchell [12], Preston Santos [12] Grant Golden [13] and Jacob Gilyard [10] Six Players Scored 10 Points 6, BYU, 12/7/13 (Chaz Williams [32], Sampson Carter [20], Raphiael Putney [20], 6, at #15 Dayton, 1/11/20 (Obi Toppin [16], Ryan Mikesell [15], Trey Landers [13], Maxie Esho [12], Trey Davis [11], Derrick Gordon [10]) Jalen Crutcher [12], Rody Chatman [11] & Ibi Watson [11]) Had 15 Rebounds 15, Tre Mitchell vs. VCU, 2/26/20 16, Joel Soriano, Fordham, 2/15/20 Had 20 Rebounds 27, Jim Town vs. Boston College, 12/12/76 20, Tyere Marshall, Rider, 11/20/19 Had 10 Offensive Rebounds 11, Rashaan Holloway at La Salle, 1/30/19 10, Keith Butler, Temple, 3/3/04 Had 10 Defensive Rebounds 13, Tre Mitchell, vs. VCU, 2/26/20 11, Ryan Mikesell, at No. 15 Dayton, 1/11/20 Two Players Had 10 Rebounds Duquesne, 3/2/19 (Rashaan Holloway 13, Jonathan Laurent 13) Jordan Bruner (11) & Paul Atkinson (10), vs. Yale, 12/11/19 Three Players Had 10 Rebounds La Salle, 3/5/08 (Gary Forbes 11, Tony Gaffney 10, Chris Lowe 10) at La Salle, 2/27/11 (Jerrell Williams 13, Earl Pettis 10, Steve Weingarten 10) Guard Had 10 Rebounds 10, Carl Pierre, at Akron, 12/30/19 10, Dominick Welch, at St. Bonaventure, 1/15/20 Had A Triple-Double Chris Lowe vs. La Salle, 3/5/08 (14 points, 10 rebounds, 14 assists) None Had A Double-Double In Consecutive Games Tre Mitchell (15p/19r at Fordham, 2/22/20; 19p/15r vs. VCU, 2/26/20) Had A Double-Double In A Half Tre Mitchell, at Fordham 2/22/20 (15 points, 11 reb., 2nd half) Tyere Marshall, Rider, 11/20/19 (13 points, 11 reb., 2nd half) Two Players Had Double-Doubles Preston Santos (15p/12r) and Samba Diallo (12p/13r), vs. Duquesne, 1/25/20 Jordan Bruner (16p, 11r) & Paul Atkinson (15p, 10r), vs. Yale, 12/11/19 Three Players Had Double-Doubles Providence, 12/28/13 (Williams 10p/10a; Carter 12p/12r; Lalanne 10p/15r) at Syracuse, 11/28/07 (A. Onuaku 20 pts, 10 reb; P. Harris 13 pts, 11 reb; J. Flynn 20 pts, 12 ast) Converted A Four-Point Play Keon Clergeot, at La Salle, 3/4/20 Jacob Gilyard, Richmond, 3/6/19 Made 15 Field Goals 15, Luwane Pipkins vs. La Salle (OT), 1/10/18 16, Chris Brooks, West Virginia, 2/12/91 Attempted 25 Field Goals 27, Luwane Pipkins vs. Dayton (2OT), 2/3/18 26, Jack Gibbs, at Davidson, 1/16/16 Shot .750 From The Field (min. 10 att.) .750 (9-12), Samba Diallo vs. Saint Joseph’s, 1/29/20 .909 (10-11), Cyril Langevine, at Rhode Island, 3/9/19 Made 15 Free Throws 18, Trey Davis vs. New Orleans, 12/16/15 15, Jack Gibbs, at Davidson, 1/16/16 Attempted 20 Free Throws 20, Trey Davis vs. New Orleans, 12/16/15 20, Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph’s, 3/8/03 Shot 1.000 From The Line (min. 10 att.) 13-13, Zach Lewis, La Salle, 2/26/17 11-11, Otis Livingston II, vs. George Mason, 1/3/18 Made Seven Three-Pointers 8, Carl Pierre, Yale, 12/11/19 (tied school record) 8, Luwane Pipkins, Kennesaw State, 12/17/16 & vs. VCU, 2/21/18 (tied school record) 7, Yuta Watanabe, George Washington, 3/7/15 Attempted 15 Three-Pointers 16, Trey Davis at Davidson, 1/16/16 16, Derrio Green, Charlotte, 1/30/10 Shot .750 From 3-Point (min. 5 att.) 1.000 (5-5), Carl Pierre vs. La Salle, 1/8/20 1.000 (6-6), T.J. Weeks vs. Rider, 11/20/19 1.000 (5-5), Isiaha Mike, at Duquesne, 2/15/17 Had 10 Assists 11, Luwane Pipkins, vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19/18 10, Jacob Gilyard, at Richmond, 2/29/20 Had 15 Assists 15, Carl Smith vs. Duquesne, 1/23/86 Unknown Had Eight Blocks 9, Tony Gaffney, Boston College, 12/6/08 14, Darrius Garrett, at Richmond, 1/13/10 (Atlantic 10 record) Had Five Steals 5, C.J. Anderson, at Georgia State, 12/28/16 5, Xavier Johnson, vs. George Mason, 2/9/20 Had Eight Steals 8, Luwane Pipkins, UMass Lowell, 11/11/16 (tied program record) 9, James Daniel III, Howard, 11/14/15

A TEAM... CATEGORY UMASS OPPONENT Won By 30 Points 32, (92-60), vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 11/19/18 25 (50-85) at Davidson, 2/1/20 Won By 40 Points 43 (89-43), vs. CCSU, 11/16/19 40 (90-50) Texas Tech, 11/21/03 Scored 100 Points 104, vs. New Hampshire, 11/9/18 110 vs. No. 6 Nevada, 11/23/18 Scored Under 50 Points 46, vs. No. 7/6 Virginia, 11/23/19 49, Fordham, 2/22/20 Scored Under 40 Points 38 vs. Saint Joseph’s, 1/5/02 34, Temple, 1/21/06 Scored 50 Points In A Half 52 (2nd half), vs. Saint Joseph’s, 1/29/20 52 (1st half), at Davidson, 2/1/20 Scored 60 Points In A Half 61 (second half) vs. La Salle, 3/5/08 60 (2nd half), vs. Creighton, 11/25/15 Scored Under 10 Points In A Half 9 (first half) at Temple, 2/1/06 9 (first half), Connecticut, 12/10/02 Scored Under 15 Points In A Half 12 (first half) at Rhode Island, 3/3/16 15 (first half), Maine, 12/22/17 Scored Under 20 Points In A Half 18 (first half) vs Dayton, 2/26/19 19 (second half), VCU, 2/26/19 Rally from 10-point deficit to win vs. Saint Louis, 2/18/20 (down 16 [31-15] with 7:17 to go in 1st) Yale (down 10 [44-54] with 12:39 to go in the 2nd) Rally from 20-point deficit to win at Providence, 12/7/18 (down 20 [50-30] with 00:39 to go in 1st) Unknown Had A +20 Rebound Margin +20 (47-27) vs Richmond, 3/6/19 +24 (57-33) at La Salle, 2/27/11 Had 50 Rebounds 52 vs. Duquesne, 1/25/20 50, vs. George Washington, 3/13/19 Had 60 Rebounds 60 at Duquesne, 2/11/10 61, Hofstra, 12/20/08 Had Less Than 25 Rebounds 23, vs. Saint Joseph’s, 1/29/20 19, Saint Joseph’s, 2/23/19 Had 25 Offensive Rebounds 30 vs. Ohio State, 4/3/08 26, at George Washington, 2/17/10 Had Less Than Five Offensive Reb. 3, vs. Saint Joseph’s, 1/29/20 4, George Washington, 1/18/20 Had 40 Defensive Rebounds 40 vs. La Salle, 3/5/08 40, Rutgers, 2/27/88 Made 40 Field Goals 40 at West Virginia, 1/27/95 41, vs. Michigan State, 11/28/09 Attempted 80 Field Goals 87 vs. Ohio State, 4/3/08 85, Hofstra, 12/20/08 Attempted Less Than 40 Field Goals 37, Richmond, 2/3/07 39, at Saint Louis, 1/14/06 Shot .600 From The Field .633 (38-60) vs. Saint Joseph’s, 1/29/20 .667 (34-51) vs. New Hampshire, 11/9/18 .684 (39-57), at Rhode Island, 3/9/19 Made Less Than 15 Field Goals 13, at Dayton, 2/25/12 14, at Saint Louis, 1/25/17 Shot Less Than .300 From The Field .225, at La Salle, 1/30/19 .293, at Rhode Island, 2/19/11 Made 30 Free Throws 30, at Duquesne (OT), 2/14/16 39, at Saint Louis, 1/25/17 Made 40 Free Throws 40 vs. Arkansas (50 attempted), 11/25/94 Unknown Made Less Than Five Free Throws 4, vs. Saint Louis, 2/18/20 4, Yale, 12/11/19 Attempted 50 Free Throws 50 vs. Arkansas (40 made), 11/25/94 55, at Saint Louis, 1/25/17 (UMass opponent record) Attempted Less Than 10 Free Throws 5, vs. Saint Louis, 2/18/20 6, vs. Yale, 12/11/19 Shot .900 From The Line (min. 10 att.) .960 (24-25), vs. Rhode Island, 1/30/18 .923 (24-26), at La Salle, 2/1/17 Made 15 Three-Pointers 16, vs. Clemson, 11/23/15 (tied school record) 16, Georgia State, 12/20/17 15, vs. Southern Illinois, 11/22/18 15, vs. No. 6 Nevada, 11/23/18 15, vs. Niagara, 11/19/17 Made No Three-Pointers 0, Boston College, 11/16/14 0, Florida State, 11/23/14 Attempted 30 Three-Pointers 30, at Akron, 12/30/19 37, Quinnipiac, 11/28/18 Attempted Less Than Five Three-Ptrs 3, Boston College, 11/16/14 4, at Duquesne, 1/7/06 Shot .500 From Three-Point Range .563 (9-16), vs. La Salle, 1/8/20 .588 (10-17), at Providence, 12/7/18 Had 25 Assists 26, vs. Saint Joseph’s, 1/29/20 26, Yale (12/11/19) Had Less Than Five Assists 4, vs. Creighton, 11/25/15 4, vs. Clemson, 11/23/15 Had 25 Turnovers 25 at Saint Louis, 1/5/20 26 vs. Towson, 11/30/11 Had Five Or Fewer Turnovers 4 vs. Temple, 3/10/01 4, Temple, 3/3/04 Had 15 Blocks 15 vs. La Salle, 3/5/08 17, at Richmond, 1/13/10 (UMass opponent record) Had No Blocks 0, at La Salle, 1/30/19 0, vs. Rhode Island, 3/7/20 Had 15 Steals 15, UCF, 12/3/16 17, Duquesne, 2/16/11 Had No Steals 0, Dayton, 1/9/11 0, Alabama-Birmingham, 11/25/05 Bold italics occurred in 2020-21 @UMassBasketball // #Flagship 8 GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES GAME 1 | VS. NORTHEASTERN | W, 94-79

Official Basketball Box Score - Final Game Time: 1:30 PM Northeastern at Massachusetts Game Duration: 4:12

12/11/20 Mullins Center, Amherst, MA 2020-21 Massachusetts Basketball Officials: Brent Hampton, Earl Walton, Tommy Morrissey Northeastern - 79 Record: 0-1 FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 10-20 50.0% 00 Jason Strong F 21:36 5-7 1-1 0-0 1 3 4 2 0 11 0 3 0 0 0 -3 3PT% 3-7 42.9% 10 Greg Eboigbodin F 17:12 1-1 0-0 2-2 1 3 4 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 -7 FT% 13-16 81.3% 15 Coleman Stucke F 26:43 0-8 0-5 1-2 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 -9 2nd FG% 16-29 55.2% 24 Shaquille Walters F 14:46 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 6 6 5 1 4 2 4 0 0 0 -7 3PT% 2-6 33.3% 2 Tyson Walker G 36:28 7-9 2-2 13-14 1 2 3 3 11 29 4 4 5 0 0 -7 FT% 9-12 75% 11 Jahmyl Telfort 27:40 4-6 2-2 3-6 0 2 2 2 3 13 1 1 0 0 0 -16 GM FG% 26-49 53.1% 33 Chris Doherty 20:23 4-5 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 4 1 8 2 1 0 1 0 -11 3PT% 5-13 38.5% 22 Quirin Emanga 09:34 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 FT% 22-28 78.6% 1 Vito Cubrilo 15:39 1-5 0-1 3-4 1 1 2 2 3 5 1 3 1 0 1 -18 Dead Ball Rebounds: 4, 0 3 J'Vonne Hadley 09:59 2-4 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 Team 0 3 3 0 1 Totals 26-49 5-13 22-28 5 28 33 25 22 79 12 18 6 1 2 -15 Technical Fouls:Walters 1st12:51 Massachusetts - 94 Record: 1-0 FG 3P FT Rebounds Fouls Blocks Shooting By Period TP AS TO ST +/- NO. Name Min M-A M-A M-A OR DR TOT PF FD BS BA 1st FG% 17-35 48.6% 13 Ronnie DeGray III F 25:48 2-4 0-1 0-2 3 1 4 5 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 16 3PT% 3-11 27.3% 33 Tre Mitchell C 34:59 13-18 2-2 3-6 3 8 11 2 7 31 2 2 1 1 0 14 FT% 10-16 62.5% 3 Kolton Mitchell G 14:48 0-1 0-0 2-4 2 1 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 2nd FG% 17-33 51.5% 11 Noah Fernandes G 17:13 1-3 1-3 2-2 0 1 1 4 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 2 3PT% 6-12 50.0% 12 Carl Pierre G 28:25 5-15 2-7 2-2 1 2 3 4 0 14 1 1 1 0 0 17 FT% 7-11 63.6% 1 Javohn Garcia 32:48 9-13 2-3 3-5 0 2 2 2 7 23 4 2 3 0 1 15 GM FG% 34-68 50.0% 23 T.J. Weeks 24:44 3-11 1-5 4-4 0 2 2 2 4 11 0 1 0 0 0 12 3PT% 9-23 39.1% 4 Dyondre Dominguez 13:01 1-2 1-2 1-2 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 -2 FT% 17-27 63.0% 10 Mark Gasperini 05:01 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Dead Ball Rebounds: 4, 0 5 Cairo McCrory 02:30 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -2 20 Ryan Marcus 00:43 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 Team 3 2 5 0 0 Totals 34-68 9-23 17-27 12 20 32 22 24 94 16 9 6 2 1 15 Technical Fouls::NONE NU UMass Points from NU UMass Period by Period Scoring Biggest lead 4 (1st 14:44) 19 (2nd 9:21) Turnovers 7 24 1st 2nd TOT Best Scoring Run 6(1st 5:49) 13(1st 7:45) Paint 36 46 NU 36 43 79 Lead Changes 5 Second Chance 11 14 Times Tied 6 Fast Breaks 15 10 UMass 47 47 94 Time with Lead 05:10 31:29 Bench 30 38

9 MASSACHUSETTS BASKETBALL // GAME 2 AT NORTHEASTERN // DECEMBER 13, 2020 2020-21 OVERALL STATISTICS | OVERALL RECORD: 1-0

2020-21 Massachusetts Men's Basketball Page 1/1 Combined Team Statistics as of Dec 11, 2020 All games

Game Records Score by Periods Record Overall Home Away Neutral Team 1st 2nd OT TOT ALL GAMES 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Massachusetts 47 47 0 94 NON-CONFERENCE 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 Opponents 36 43 0 79

Team Box Score Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds No. Player GP-GS MIN AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 33 MITCHELL, Tre 1-1 34:59 35.0 13-18 .722 2-2 1.000 3-6 .500 3 8 11 11.0 2 0 2 2 1 1 31 31.0 1 GARCIA, Javohn 1-0 32:48 32.8 9-13 .692 2-3 .667 3-5 .600 0 2 2 2.0 2 0 4 2 0 3 23 23.0 12 PIERRE, Carl 1-1 28:25 28.4 5-15 .333 2-7 .286 2-2 1.000 1 2 3 3.0 4 0 1 1 0 1 14 14.0 23 WEEKS, T.J. 1-0 24:44 24.7 3-11 .273 1-5 .200 4-4 1.000 0 2 2 2.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 11 11.0 11 FERNANDES, Noah 1-1 17:13 17.2 1-3 .333 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 1.0 4 0 5 0 0 1 5 5.0 13 DEGRAY III, Ronnie 1-1 25:48 25.8 2-4 .500 0-1 .000 0-2 .000 3 1 4 4.0 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 4.0 4 DOMINGUEZ, Dyondre 1-0 13:01 13.0 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 4.0 3 MITCHELL, Kolton 1-1 14:48 14.8 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 2 1 3 3.0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 2.0 10 GASPERINI, Mark 1-0 05:01 5.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 5 MCCRORY, Cairo 1-0 02:30 2.5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 20 MARCUS, Ryan 1-0 00:43 0.7 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 3 2 5 Total 1 200 34-68 .500 9-23 .391 17-27 .630 12 20 32 32.0 22 1 16 9 2 6 94 94.0 Opponents 1 195 26-49 .531 5-13 .385 22-28 .786 5 28 33 33.0 25 1 12 18 1 6 79 79.0

Team Statistics Team Results UMASS OPP Date Opponent Score Att. Scoring 94 79 12/11/2020 Northeastern W 94-79 0 Points per game 94.0 79.0 Scoring margin +15.0 - Field goals-att 34-68 26-49 Field goal pct .500 .531 3 point fg-att 9-23 5-13 3-point FG pct .391 .385 3-pt FG made per game 9.0 5.0 Free throws-att 17-27 22-28 Free throw pct .630 .786 F-Throws made per game 17.0 22.0 Rebounds 32 33 Rebounds per game 32.0 33.0 Rebounding margin -1.0 - Assists 16 12 Assists per game 16.0 12.0 Turnovers 9 18 Turnovers per game 9.0 18.0 Turnover margin +9.0 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.8 0.7 Steals 6 6 Steals per game 6.0 6.0 Blocks 2 1 Blocks per game 2.0 1.0 Winning streak 1 - Home win streak 1 - Attendance 0 0 Home games-Avg/Game 1-0 0-0 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

@UMassBasketball // #Flagship 10 2020-21 GAME-BY-GAME | POINTS-REBOUNDS-ASSISTS

2020-21 Massachusetts Men's Basketball Page 1/1 Points-rebounds-assists as of Dec 12, 2020 All games

1 3 4 5 10 11 12 13 20 23 33 Opponent Date Score GARCIA,JAV MITCHELL,K DOMINGUEZ, MCCRORY,CA GASPERINI, FERNANDES, PIERRE,CAR DEGRAY III MARCUS,RYA WEEKS,T.J. MITCHELL,T NE 12/11/2020 94-79 W 23-2-4 2-3-1 4-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-1 5-1-5 14-3-1 4-4-1 0-0-0 11-2-0 31-11-2

11 MASSACHUSETTS BASKETBALL // GAME 2 AT NORTHEASTERN // DECEMBER 13, 2020 GAME-BY-GAME LEADERS

Date Opponent Points Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Dec. 11 NORTHEASTERN T. Mitchell (31) T. Mitchell (11) Fernandes (5) Dominguez / T. Mitchell (1) Garcia (3)

@UMassBasketball // #Flagship 12 2020-21 TEAM GAME-BY-GAME COMPARISON (UMASS/OPPONENT)

Opponent 1st 2nd Score Mar Total FG FG Pct 3-Pointers 3FG Pct F-Throws FT Pct Rebounds Assist TOver Block Steal Fouls NORTHEASTERN 47/36 47/43 94/79 +15 34-68 / 26-49 .500 / .531 9-23 / 5-13 .391 / .385 17-27 / 22-28 .630 / .786 32/33 16/12 9/18 2/1 6/6 22/24

13 MASSACHUSETTS BASKETBALL // GAME 2 AT NORTHEASTERN // DECEMBER 13, 2020 2020-21 MASSACHUSETTS BASKETBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER

# Name Cl Pos Ht Wt Hometown High School Last Team 00 Brady Antonopoulos Sr. G 6-1 165 West Brookfield, Mass. Quaboag Regional HS 1 Javohn Garcia Fr. G 6-2 180 Pickerington, Ohio Brewster Academy 2 Preston Santos So. G/F 6-6 185 Providence, R.I. Woodstock Academy 3 Kolton Mitchell So. G 6-3 185 Fort Myers, Fla. Victory Rock Prep 4 Dyondre Dominguez Fr. F 6-8 205 Providence, R.I. Woodstock Academy 5 Cairo McCrory Fr. G 6-5 190 Hartford, Conn. Woodstock Academy 10 Mark Gasperini Gr. C 6-10 255 Moscow, Russia Brimmer and May School American (Patriot) 11 Noah Fernandes So. G 5-11 175 Mattapoisett, Mass. Woodstock Academy Wichita State (American) 12 Carl Pierre Sr. G 6-4 190 Boston, Mass. Boston College HS 13 Ronnie DeGray III Fr. F 6-7 220 Parker, Colo. Woodstock Academy 20 Ryan Marcus Fr. G 6-3 185 Wakefield, Mass. Wakefield Memorial HS 23 T.J. Weeks Jr. R-Fr. G 6-4 185 Warwick, R.I. Bishop Hendricken Catholic Woodstock Academy 24 Dibaji Walker Jr. F 6-9 200 Columbus, Ohio Woodstock Academy Cleveland State 33 Tre Mitchell So. C 6-9 240 Pittsburgh, Pa. Woodstock Academy

2020-21 MASSACHUSETTS BASKETBALL COACHES AND STAFF // PRONUNCIATIONS

Head Coach ...... Matt McCall (Florida ’04) Brady Antonopoulos ...... ann-ton-opp-oh-luss Assistant Coach ...... Tony Bergeron (Kings College ’94) Dyondre Dominguez ...... dee-yawn-dre ...... Lucious Jordan (Albany ’06) Noah Fernandes ...... fer-nan-dees ...... Tyson Wheeler (Rhode Island ’98) Javohn Garcia ...... juh-vaughan Director of Operations ...... Brian Grossman (Bridgewater State ’14) Cairo McCrory ...... mick-roar-ee Director of Scouting / Video ...... Jacob Kurtz (Florida ’15) Dibaji Walker ...... duh-bah-zhe Strength and Conditioning Coach ...... Josh Washington (Marian ’12) Communications ...... Matt Houde (Massachusetts ’11)

2020-21 MASSACHUSETTS BASKETBALL ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

# Name Cl Pos Ht Wt Hometown High School Last Team 00 Brady Antonopoulos Sr. G 6-1 165 West Brookfield, Mass. Quaboag Regional HS 13 Ronnie DeGray III Fr. F 6-7 220 Parker, Colo. Woodstock Academy 4 Dyondre Dominguez Fr. F 6-8 205 Providence, R.I. Woodstock Academy 11 Noah Fernandes So. G 5-11 175 Mattapoisett, Mass. Woodstock Academy Wichita State (American) 1 Javohn Garcia Fr. G 6-2 180 Pickerington, Ohio Brewster Academy 10 Mark Gasperini Gr. C 6-10 255 Moscow, Russia Brimmer and May School American (Patriot) 20 Ryan Marcus Fr. G 6-3 185 Wakefield, Mass. Wakefield Memorial HS 5 Cairo McCrory Fr. G 6-5 190 Hartford, Conn. Woodstock Academy 3 Kolton Mitchell So. G 6-3 185 Fort Myers, Fla. Victory Rock Prep 33 Tre Mitchell So. C 6-9 240 Pittsburgh, Pa. Woodstock Academy 12 Carl Pierre Sr. G 6-4 190 Boston, Mass. Boston College HS 2 Preston Santos So. G/F 6-6 185 Providence, R.I. Woodstock Academy 24 Dibaji Walker Jr. F 6-9 200 Columbus, Ohio Woodstock Academy Cleveland State 23 T.J. Weeks Jr. R-Fr. G 6-4 185 Warwick, R.I. Bishop Hendricken Catholic Woodstock Academy

@UMassBasketball // #Flagship 14 HEAD COACH MATT MCCALL Matt McCall was named the 22nd head coach for University nation by a first-year head coach in 2015-16. The total is tied of Massachusetts men’s basketball on March 29, 2017, and for seventh-best since 1962. enters his fourth season at the helm in 2020-21. The tourney crown and NCAA appearance were the first for McCall’s 2020-21 squad saw a three-win improvement from UTC since 2009. The regular-season league title was the the prior campaign, posting a 14-17 overall record, includ- Mocs’ first since 1994. The previous wins record of 27 dated ing an 8-10 mark in league play to finish the year with their back to the 1982 season (27-4), matching the total the 1977 most conference wins since the 2014-15 season to earn the NCAA Division II National Champions posted (27-5). No. 8 seed in the A-10 Tournament, its highest seed since 2015. UMass was playing some of its best basketball of the In 2015-16, the Mocs generated momentum with victories season, with wins in four of its final six games of the regular at Georgia, Illinois and Dayton. The win over the Flyers season, until the Atlantic 10 Tournament was cancelled due snapped their 26-game home winning streak. McCall earned to COVID-19. Southern Conference Coach of the Year honors as the squad Matt McCall featured All-SoCon performers in Tuoyo and Tre’ McLean. Led by freshman Tre Mitchell, who became the sixth player Head Coach in team history and first since 2004 to be named the Atlantic McCall spent 11 seasons, over two stops, with Billy Dono- Fourth Season • Florida ’04 10 Rookie of the Year, UMass earned a first-round bye to van at Florida. After five seasons as a manager and graduate the Atlantic 10 Tournament for the first time since 2016 and assistant, he was named Director of Basketball Operations won 11 games at the Mullins Center. Mitchell set the UMass (2006-08) before returning to Gainesville as assistant coach PERSONAL INFORMATION rookie record for field goals in a season with 206, was nine prior to the 2011-12 season. Hometown Ocala, Fla. points away from breaking the program record for freshman points in a season, and was a six-time A-10 Rookie of the In total, McCall was part of four SEC titles, four SEC Tour- College University of Florida ‘04 Week selection, the most for a Minuteman since 2004. nament titles, two NCAA Elite Eights, a Final Four and two B.S., Exercise and Sports Science NCAA titles. The 2013-14 Gators won 30-straight games, University of Florida ‘06 In his second season at UMass, McCall’s squad scored 70.7 with an 18-0 SEC ledger, before a loss to eventual National M.S., Exercise and Sports Science) points per game on the year to rank fifth among Atlantic 10 Champion UConn in the Final Four. Family Wife: Allison (Rios) teams while ranking second in the league in field goal per- Children: Brooklyn and Kylie centage from beyond the arc at 35-percent. Jonathan Lau- In four seasons with the Gators’ coaching staff, he helped rent led the way in the A-10 with a 46.7-percent clip from land a top-five recruiting class in 2013, which included two deep with Carl Pierre posting the third-best percentage in McDonald’s All-Americans in Chris Walker and Kasey Hill. COACHING EXPERIENCE the league. The Minutemen picked up a home win over rival The Gators also had a top-10 group in 2014. McCall was 2017-pr. UMass (Head Coach) Rhode Island behind Pierre’s 22 points and added a win over instrumental in adding All-SEC guard Michael Frazier and league-leader Davidson. DeVon Walker in the 2012 class. 2016-17 Chattanooga (Head Coach) 2015-16 Chattanooga (Head Coach) UMass had early signature wins over Georgia and Provi- Between stints in Gainesville, McCall was an assistant under SoCon Champions dence during McCall’s first year at the helm, adding a pair Mike Jarvis at Florida Atlantic for three seasons. The Owls SoCon Tournament Champions of wins over A-10 foe Dayton to mark the first time in series went just 6-26 in that first season (2008-09), accumulated 14 NCAA First Round history that UMass has earned two wins over the Flyers in wins in 2009-10 and put together the school’s best Division I 2014-15 Florida (Assistant Coach) the same season with the first set of consecutive wins for the campaign with a 21-11 mark in 2010-11. 2013-14 Florida (Assistant Coach) Minutemen in over 10 seasons. Sophomore Luwane Pipkins SEC Champions was tabbed all-region and the A-10’s Most Improved Player FAU’s 2010-11 squad won the Sun Belt Regular Season title after averaging more than 20 points per contest to join the and earned just the second postseason berth in FAU history SEC Tournament Champions likes of Julius Erving and Marcus Camby as players to aver- (2011 NIT). McCall’s recruiting efforts netted such notables NCAA Final Four age 20-plus in a single season. as Greg Gantt, Dennis Mavin and Raymond Taylor. Gantt 2012-13 Florida (Assistant Coach) ranked among the league and national leaders in scoring and SEC Champions Spending the previous two seasons at Chattanooga, McCall three-point shooting during his Owl career. NCAA Elite Eight holds a head coaching record of 48-18 with marks of 25-11 2011-12 Florida (Assistant Coach) in league action and 24-4 at home. Under his tutelage, Justin McCall and his wife, Allison (Rios), are the parents of daugh- NCAA Elite Eight Tuoyo was a two-time Southern Conference Defensive Play- ters Brooklyn and Kylie. He earned his undergraduate degree 2010-11 FAU (Assistant Coach) er of the Year. Pacing the Mocs to a 19-12 record in 2016- in exercise and sports science from Florida in 2004 and went Sun Belt Champions 17, Tuoyo led the conference in blocks while ranking sixth on to earn a master’s degree in the same concentration in nationally at 2.9 per game. May 2006, also from Florida. NIT First Round 2009-10 FAU (Assistant Coach) In his first campaign at Chattanooga, McCall’s squad set 2008-09 FAU (Assistant Coach) a school record with 29 wins, captured the SoCon Regular 2007-08 Florida (Director of Operations) Season and Tournament Championships and advanced to NIT Semifinals the NCAA Tournament. The 29 wins were the most in the 2006-07 Florida (Director of Operations) SEC Champions SEC Tournament Champions NCAA Champions 2005-06 Florida (Graduate Assistant) SEC Tournament Champions NCAA Champions 2004-05 Florida (Graduate Assistant) SEC Tournament Champions NCAA Second Round 2003-04 Florida (Student Manager) NCAA First Round 2002-03 Florida (Student Manager) NCAA Second Round 2001-02 Florida (Student Manager) SEC East Co-Champions NCAA First Round

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Tony Bergeron enters his second season as an assistant coach on Matt McCall’s staff in 2020-21. Bergeron joined the Minuteman program after winning over 400 games coaching prep and high school basketball, most recently at Woodstock Academy (Conn.).

During his first year with the program in 2019-20, Bergeron helped guide the Minutemen to a three-win improvement from the prior campaign with a 14-17 overall record, including an 8-10 mark in league play to finish the year with their most conference wins since the 2014-15 season to earn the No. 8 seed in the A-10 Tournament, its highest seed since 2015. UMass was playing some of its best basketball of the season, with wins in four of its final six games of the regular season, until the Atlantic 10 Tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19.

Led by freshman Tre Mitchell, who became the sixth player in team history and first since 2004 to be named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year, UMass earned a first-round bye to the Atlantic 10 Tournament for the first time since 2016 and won 11 games at the Mullins Center. Mitchell set the UMass rookie record for field goals in a season with 206, was nine points away from breaking the program record for freshman points in a season, and was a six-time Tony Bergeron A-10 Rookie of the Week selection, the most for a Minuteman since 2004. Assistant Coach At Woodstock, Bergeron coached the Centaurs to a 38-2 record during his final season in 2018-19 as the team Second Season | Kings College ’94 jumped to a No. 2 national ranking after posting a 35-5 record during 2017-18. He was also the program director of the Prep Gold and Blue teams at Woodstock.

Bergeron made stops at Commonwealth Academy from 2012-17 after guiding East Longmeadow to its only Western Massachusetts Championship in 2010. Prior to that, he led American Christian Academy (Pa.) and Wings Academy (N.Y.) to USA Today Top-25 rankings and helped The MacDuffie School to a NEPSAC Class E title. For nearly 15 years, Bergeron worked as a program director for the Five-Star Basketball Camp, a camp that has helped produce over 500 NBA and over 10,000 Division I players.

Bergeron graduated from The King’s College in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in Physical Education.

Lucious Jordan enters his second season as an assistant coach on Matt McCall’s staff in 2020-21, and fourth overall with the UMass basketball program. Jordan spent his first two seasons in Amherst as the director of operations before being promoted to assistant coach prior to the 2019-20 season.

During his first year as an assistant coach in 2019-20, Jordan helped guide the Minutemen to a three-win improvement from the prior campaign with a 14-17 overall record, including an 8-10 mark in league play to finish the year with their most conference wins since the 2014-15 season to earn the No. 8 seed in the A-10 Tournament, its highest seed since 2015. UMass was playing some of its best basketball of the season, with wins in four of its final six games of the regular season, until the Atlantic 10 Tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19.

Led by freshman Tre Mitchell, who became the sixth player in team history and first since 2004 to be named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year, UMass earned a first-round bye to the Atlantic 10 Tournament for the first time since 2016 and won 11 games at the Mullins Center. Mitchell set the UMass rookie record for field goals in a season with 206, was nine points away from breaking the program record for freshman points in a season, and was a six-time Lucious Jordan A-10 Rookie of the Week selection, the most for a Minuteman since 2004. Assistant Coach Jordan arrived at UMass after one year as the director of operations at his alma mater, Albany, in 2016-17. Prior to Fourth Season | Albany ’06 his time with the Great Danes, Jordan spent three seasons as an assistant coach nearby at Siena College, where he helped the Saints to a pair of CBI berths.

Before helping guide the Saints for three years, Jordan was the director of operations at James Madison University during the 2012-13 campaign. While working with the Dukes, Jordan oversaw team operations as James Madison won the CAA Championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament Second Round.

Jordan was formerly the coach of the Albany City Rocks AAU Team in 2010 and 2012 while he also guided the Green Tech Charter High School freshman team.

Jordan was a two-time co-captain of the Great Danes and key cog in the 2005-06 team’s success as Albany won the program’s first-ever America East Tourna- ment. The America East All-Conference selection finished his career that also spanned two seasons at Loyola (Md.) with 1,418 points. After graduating with a degree in communication and sociology, Jordan traveled overseas and competed in the Netherlands for the Emmen Eagles while he also laced up for the Albany Patroons of the Continental Basketball Association from 2006-09.

The Capital Region standout played scholastically at Colonie Central and was inducted into the Capital Region Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.

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Tyson Wheeler enters his second season as an assistant coach on Matt McCall’s staff in 2020-21. Wheeler arrived in Amherst following 10 seasons at Fairfield, including eight years as an assistant coach.

During his first year as an assistant coach in 2019-20, Wheeler helped guide the Minutemen to a three-win improvement from the prior campaign with a 14-17 overall record, including an 8-10 mark in league play to finish the year with their most conference wins since the 2014-15 season to earn the No. 8 seed in the A-10 Tournament, its highest seed since 2015. UMass was playing some of its best basketball of the season, with wins in four of its final six games of the regular season, until the Atlantic 10 Tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19.

Led by freshman Tre Mitchell, who became the sixth player in team history and first since 2004 to be named the Atlan- tic 10 Rookie of the Year, UMass earned a first-round bye to the Atlantic 10 Tournament for the first time since 2016 and won 11 games at the Mullins Center. Mitchell set the UMass rookie record for field goals in a season with 206, was nine points away from breaking the program record for freshman points in a season, and was a six-time A-10 Rookie Tyson Wheeler of the Week selection, the most for a Minuteman since 2004. Assistant Coach Wheeler spent two of his 10 years at Fairfield as the Director of Basketball Operations after a standout career at the University of Rhode Island, where he was a two-time Atlantic 10 First-Team selection as a junior and senior. He helped Second Season | Rhode Island ’98 lead the Rams to an Elite Eight appearance during the 1998 NCAA Tournament and was named to the Rams’ All-Cen- tury team in 2005. As a collegiate player, Wheeler was a candidate for the John Wooden Award and was named the New England Coaches Association Bob Cousy Award winner.

After wrapping up his career at Rhode Island, Wheeler was drafted by the Toronto Raptors in the 1998 NBA Draft and played for the Denver Nuggets during the 1998-99 season. Wheeler also played professional in the CBA, the ABA and overseas from 1998-2008.

Brian Grossman enters his second season as the Director of Basketball Operations on Matt McCall’s staff, and fourth season with the program. Grossman spent his first two seasons as the Director of Video Operations before being promoted at the start of the 2019-20 season.

Grossman arrived at UMass prior to the 2017-18 season following two seasons as the graduate assistant at Arizona State from 2015-16, assisting the Sun Devils in numerous capacities while working closely with head coach Bobby Hurley and associate head coach Rashon Burno. He graduated with a Master’s Degree from Arizona State in May 2017.

Prior to heading to Tempe, Grossman earned his bachelor’s degree in English from Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. During his senior season, the 6-foot-2 guard helped the Bears win the 2014 MASCAC Championship and reach the NCAA Tournament.

Grossman is a native of Duxbury, Massachusetts, where he played scholastically at Duxbury High School. He holds Brian Grossman additional administrative experience as the director of operations for Zero Gravity Basketball in 2014-15, when he Director of Operations worked alongside Chief Executive Officer Greg Kristof. Fourth Season | Bridgewater State ’14

Jacob Kurtz enters his second season as the Director of Scouting/Video on Matt McCall’s staff, and fourth season with the program. Kurtz spent his first two seasons as the Assistant Director of Operations/Assistant to the Head Coach before being promoted at the start of the 2019-20 season.

Prior to arriving at UMass, Kurtz spent two seasons on McCall’s staff at Chattanooga as the Mocs’ video coordinator. While at Chattanooga, Kurtz was responsible for the breakdown of team video throughout the season. He filled the role of assistant to the head coach during both of McCall’s seasons leading the Mocs.

Kurtz’s tenure in Chattanooga marked his second stop with McCall as Kurtz was a student-athlete at Florida during McCall’s time with the team. After Kurtz started as a team manager in 2010-11, he was elevated to walk-on and eventually moved into a part-time starting role as a senior. He was named to the 2015 SEC Community Service Team.

Jacob Kurtz Director of Scouting/Video Fourth Season | Florida ’15

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2020-21 SEASON HIGHS MORE ON BRADY ANTONOPOULOS

POINTS n/a BEFORE UMASS REBOUNDS n/a Team Captain and SWCL League All-Star at Quaboag Regional High School, leading FG MADE n/a to a District Finals appearance at the Curry Hicks Cage ... Also played AAU for Central FG ATTEMPTS n/a Mass Swarm ... Was a member of National Honor Society. 3FG MADE n/a 3FG ATTEMPTS n/a FT MADE n/a FT ATTEMPTS n/a ASSISTS n/a BLOCKS n/a STEALS n/a MINUTES n/a

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS n/a REBOUNDS n/a FG MADE n/a FG ATTEMPTS n/a 3FG MADE n/a 3FG ATTEMPTS n/a FT MADE n/a FT ATTEMPTS n/a ASSISTS n/a BLOCKS n/a STEALS n/a MINUTES n/a

CAREER STATISTICS

TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG

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2020-21 SEASON HIGHS MORE ON JAVOHN GARCIA

POINTS 23 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) BEFORE UMASS REBOUNDS 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) Played the 2019-20 season at Brewster Academy, helping them to a National Prep FG MADE 9 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) Championship in 2020 … Named Honorable Mention All-NEPSEC … Three-star recruit FG ATTEMPTS 13 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) according to 247Sports and the No. 8 player from Ohio. 3FG MADE 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) 3FG ATTEMPTS 3 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) COACH MCCALL ON GARCIA FT MADE 3 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) “Javohn is a tremendous competitor and a winner. He makes the right play and has the FT ATTEMPTS 5 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) ability to get in the lane and finish on contact because of how strong he is, but he also ASSISTS 4 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) has great feel. The one thing JG does such a great job of is changing speeds and pace. BLOCKS 0 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) He can come down on a full sprint, stop on a dime, change pace, make a move and STEALS 3 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) get in the lane.” MINUTES 23 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20)

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS 23 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) REBOUNDS 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) FG MADE 9 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) FG ATTEMPTS 13 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) 3FG MADE 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) 3FG ATTEMPTS 3 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) FT MADE 3 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) FT ATTEMPTS 5 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) ASSISTS 4 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) BLOCKS 0 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) STEALS 3 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) MINUTES 23 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20)

CAREER STATISTICS

TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2020-21 1-0 33/32.8 9-13 .692 2-3 .667 3-5 .600 0 2 2 2.0 2 0 4 2 0 3 23 23.0 TOTAL 1-0 33/32.8 9-13 .692 2-3 .667 3-5 .600 0 2 2 2.0 2 0 4 2 0 3 23 23.0

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2020-21 SEASON HIGHS MORE ON PRESTON SANTOS

POINTS n/a AS A FRESHMAN IN 2019-20 REBOUNDS n/a Played in all 31 games, including 12 starts … Averaged 2.4 points per game and 4.6 FG MADE n/a rebounds per game in 17.3 minutes of action … Shot 57.1% (56-of-98) from the floor FG ATTEMPTS n/a and reached double figures six times … Recorded his first collegiate double-double 3FG MADE n/a with 15 points and 12 rebounds against Duquesne (Jan. 25). 3FG ATTEMPTS n/a FT MADE n/a BEFORE UMASS FT ATTEMPTS n/a Spent the 2018-19 season at Woodstock Academy, helping the Centaurs to a 38-2 ASSISTS n/a record with a No. 2 national ranking … Dropped in 21 points in win over Springfield BLOCKS n/a Commonwealth Academy … Played AAU hoops on the EYBL circuit with Expressions STEALS n/a Elite, shooting 53-percent from the floor … Made prep stops at Bishop Hendricken in MINUTES n/a Warwick, R.I. and The Brooks School in North Andover, Mass. … Guided The Brooks School to consecutive NEPSAC championships … Three-star recruit according to 247Sports … No. 7-ranked player in Rhode Island … Played prep hoops with fellow UMass signees TJ Weeks and Tre Mitchell.

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS 17 vs. George Mason (2/9/20) REBOUNDS 12 vs. Duquesne (1/25/20) FG MADE 7 vs. George Mason (2/9/20) FG ATTEMPTS 9 vs. George Mason (2/9/20) 3FG MADE 3 (twice) last: at La Salle (3/4/20) 3FG ATTEMPTS 4 (twice) last: at La Salle (3/4/20) FT MADE 4 vs. Duquesne (1/25/20) FT ATTEMPTS 8 vs. Duquesne (1/25/20) ASSISTS 4 vs. George Mason (2/9/20) BLOCKS 3 (twice) last: at La Salle (3/4/20) STEALS 2 (4x) vs. Duquesne (1/25/20) MINUTES 34 (twice) last: vs. George Mason (2/9/20)

CAREER STATISTICS

TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2019-20 31-12 537/17.3 56-98 .571 18-43 .419 12-21 .571 30 43 73 2.4 65 1 24 14 16 21 142 4.6 TOTAL 31-12 537/17.3 56-98 .571 18-43 .419 12-21 .571 30 43 73 2.4 65 1 24 14 16 21 142 4.6

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2020-21 SEASON HIGHS MORE ON KOLTON MITCHELL

POINTS 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) AS A FRESHMAN IN 2019-20 REBOUNDS 3 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) Played in 19 games, including 10 starts at point guard … Averaged 12.8 minutes per FG MADE n/a game and was fifth on the team with 29 assists … Shot 45.8% from the floor. FG ATTEMPTS 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) 3FG MADE n/a BEFORE UMASS 3FG ATTEMPTS n/a Four-year player and two-time Grind Session National Champion on the National Team FT MADE 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) at Victory Rock Prep in Bradenton, Fla. … Won over 75-percent of games during his FT ATTEMPTS 4 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) prep career … Averaged 20 points, six rebounds and eight assists to earn First-Team ASSISTS 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) All-SIAA and Third-Team All-Florida honors for the Blue Devils. BLOCKS n/a STEALS n/a MINUTES 15 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20)

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS 4 at Saint Louis (1/5/20) REBOUNDS 3 (3x) last: vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) FG MADE 2 (twice) vs. Duquesne (1/25/20) FG ATTEMPTS 4 vs. No. 6 Dayton (2/15/20) 3FG MADE n/a vs. UMass Lowell (11/5/19) 3FG ATTEMPTS n/a vs. UMass Lowell (11/5/19) FT MADE 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) FT ATTEMPTS 4 (3x) last: vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) ASSISTS 6 vs. No. 6 Dayton (2/15/20) BLOCKS n/a vs. UMass Lowell (11/5/19) STEALS 4 vs. George Mason (2/9/20) MINUTES 28 vs. No. 6 Dayton (2/15/20)

CAREER STATISTICS

TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2019-20 19-10 245/12.9 11-24 .458 0-0 .000 4-14 .286 8 16 24 1.3 29 0 29 15 0 10 26 1.4 2020-21 1-1 15/14.8 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 2 1 3 3.0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 2.0 TOTAL 20-11 260/13.0 11-25 .440 0-0 .000 6-18 .333 10 17 27 1.4 31 0 30 15 0 10 28 1.4

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2020-21 SEASON HIGHS MORE ON DYONDRE DOMINGUEZ

POINTS 4 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) BEFORE UMASS REBOUNDS 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) Played the 2019-20 season at Woodstock Academy with teammates Cairo McCrory FG MADE 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) and Ronnie DeGray III, helping the Centaurs to a 29-8 record and a National Prep FG ATTEMPTS 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) Championship tournament berth … Also played for the New Hampton School previ- 3FG MADE 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) ously … Three-star recruit according to 247Sports and the No. 9 player from Rhode 3FG ATTEMPTS 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) Island … Also ranked as the No. 19 player in New England by NERR. FT MADE 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) FT ATTEMPTS 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) COACH MCCALL ON DOMINGUEZ ASSISTS 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) “Dyondre will come in and be ready to play. When you look at how we want to play at BLOCKS 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) the offensive end of the floor and can get a guy in the small forward/power forward STEALS n/a spot who can shoot the ball like Dyondre can, it takes your offense to a completely MINUTES 13 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) different level. He has a tremendous skillset, size and length which will add to how we want to play defensively.”

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS 4 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) REBOUNDS 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) FG MADE 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) FG ATTEMPTS 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) 3FG MADE 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) 3FG ATTEMPTS 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) FT MADE 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) FT ATTEMPTS 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) ASSISTS 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) BLOCKS 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) STEALS n/a MINUTES 13 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20)

CAREER STATISTICS

TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2020-21 1-0 13/13.0 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 4.0 TOTAL 1-0 13/13.0 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 4.0

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2020-21 SEASON HIGHS MORE ON CAIRO MCCRORY

POINTS n/a BEFORE UMASS REBOUNDS n/a Played the 2019-20 season at Woodstock Academy with teammates Dyondre Domin- FG MADE n/a guez and Ronnie DeGray III, helping the Centaurs to a 29-8 record and a National FG ATTEMPTS n/a Prep Championship tournament berth … Also played for the New Hampton School 3FG MADE n/a previously … Three-star recruit according to 247Sports and the No. 15 player from 3FG ATTEMPTS n/a Connecticut … Also ranked as the No. 41 player in New England by NERR. FT MADE n/a FT ATTEMPTS n/a COACH MCCALL ON MCCRORY ASSISTS n/a “The one thing about Cairo is a competitor. Winning is important to Cairo, and it’s BLOCKS n/a evident when you watch him play. He has an ability to get in the lane and is great on a STEALS n/a straight-line drive with his ability to get in there and finish on contact. He takes a lot of MINUTES 3 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) pride defensively. He wants to guard the other team’s best player and we’re going to be able to versatile with him defensively. He’s a great rebounder and get the ball off the backboard and start the break. He’s going to make our team deeper.”

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS n/a REBOUNDS n/a FG MADE n/a FG ATTEMPTS n/a 3FG MADE n/a 3FG ATTEMPTS n/a FT MADE n/a FT ATTEMPTS n/a ASSISTS n/a BLOCKS n/a STEALS n/a MINUTES 3 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20)

CAREER STATISTICS

TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2020-21 1-0 3/2.5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 TOTAL 1-0 3/2.5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0

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2020-21 SEASON HIGHS MORE ON MARK GASPERINI

POINTS n/a AT AMERICAN (2016-20) REBOUNDS n/a Appeared in 88 games over three seasons, including 83 starts, averaging 10.3 points FG MADE n/a per game, 4.0 rebounds per game and nearly 25 minutes per game … As a senior in FG ATTEMPTS 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) 2019-20, started all 30 games, averaging 21.3 minutes per game, 8.9 points per game 3FG MADE n/a and 5.1 rebounds per game … Shot 49% (108-of-221) overall from the floor and had 3FG ATTEMPTS n/a two double-doubles on the season … Recorded a season-high 19 points on 7-of-10 FT MADE n/a shooting at Army West Points (Jan. 8) … Set career-highs for blocks (four vs. Navy on FT ATTEMPTS n/a Feb. 19) and steals (three; twice). ASSISTS 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) BLOCKS n/a BEFORE UMASS STEALS n/a Played AAU for Mass Rivals under coach Vin Pastore… Attended Brimmer and May MINUTES n/a School in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts coached by Tom Nelson … Averaged 15.0 points, 9.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game as a junior … Was selected to the Third Team All-NEPSAC … With Mass Rivals, played in the Adidas Championship Game in Las Vegas.

COACH MCCALL ON GASPERINI CAREER HIGHS “Mark is big and physical and can really pass as a frontcourt player. He adds that experience factor into our team, and is also a versatile frontcourt player. He’s going POINTS 21 at Loyola Maryland (1/30/19) to compete in practice with and against Tre every day, and they’ll make each other REBOUNDS 13 at Loyola Maryland (1/30/19) better. Mark is a high character kid, and getting a master’s degree from UMass is very FG MADE 10 at Loyola Maryland (1/30/19) important to him.” FG ATTEMPTS 18 vs Boston University (2/08/17) 3FG MADE 2 (3x) last: vs Saint Francis (PA) (11/26/16) 3FG ATTEMPTS 5 vs Saint Francis (PA) (11/26/16) FT MADE 7 vs Holy Cross (1/18/20) FT ATTEMPTS 11 at Lafayette (2/15/17) ASSISTS 7 vs Saint Francis (PA) (12/04/18) BLOCKS 4 vs Navy (2/19/20) STEALS 2 (twice) last: at Holy Cross (2/29/20) MINUTES 36 vs. Loyola Maryland (1/22/20)

CAREER STATISTICS

TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2016-17 * 30-29 819/27.3 153-313 .489 12-47 .255 33-60 .550 41 85 126 4.2 101 8 46 56 15 18 351 11.7 2018-19 * 28-27 729/26.0 125-249 .502 1-7 .143 37-64 .578 44 89 133 4.8 79 0 64 56 14 18 288 10.3 2019-20 * 30-30 637/21.2 108-221 .489 0-3 .000 51-72 .708 59 94 153 5.1 81 2 23 36 16 16 267 8.9 2020-21 1-0 5/5.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 at UMass 1-0 5/5.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 TOTAL 89-86 2190/24.6 386-784 .492 13-57 .228 121-196 .617 144 268 412 4.6 261 10 134 148 45 52 906 10.2 * at American

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2020-21 SEASON HIGHS MORE ON NOAH FERNANDES

POINTS 5 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) AS A FRESHMAN IN 2019-20 (WICHITA STATE) REBOUNDS 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) Played in 21 games, including three starts during his freshman season … Averaged FG MADE 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) 1.4 points per game in 9.9 minutes per game … Had a season-high seven points on FG ATTEMPTS 3 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) 3-of-8 shooting from the floor in 25 minutes at UCF (Feb. 13) … Had a season-high six 3FG MADE 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) assists against UT Martin (Nov. 16). 3FG ATTEMPTS 3 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) FT MADE 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) BEFORE UMASS FT ATTEMPTS 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) Took a prep year in 2018-19 at Woodstock Academy (Conn.) as a member of the Post- ASSISTS 5 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) Grad Gold Squad with teammates Tre Mitchell, T.J. Weeks, Preston Santos and Ronnie BLOCKS n/a DeGray … Team earned the top seed at the National Prep Championship and finished STEALS 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) the year 36-2… Three-star prospect, per ESPN and 247Sports… Rated No. 215 in MINUTES 17 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) the Class of 2019 on 247Sports’ composite list, No. 23 among point guards… Played 2018 summer ball for Expressions Elite in EYBL and averaged 12.9 points, 4.8 assists in 21 games… All-Peach Jam Honorable Mention, where he put up 13.8 points, 6.8 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 1.8 steals in five games… 2018 graduate of Tabor Academy in Marion, Mass… Played three seasons… First Team All-NEPSAC (Class A) as a senior and earned ISL all-league honors… Averaged more than 20 points per game in 2017- CAREER HIGHS 18 and helped his team the NEPSAC Class A semifinals… Played his freshman season as Old Rochester Regional in Mattapoisett where he averaged 15.8 points and helped POINTS 7 at UCF (2/13/20) the Bulldogs to the first MIAA state basketball championship in school history. REBOUNDS 3 at South Florida (1/21/20) FG MADE 3 at UCF (2/13/20) COACH MCCALL ON FERNANDES FG ATTEMPTS 8 at UCF (2/13/20) “Noah was one of my favorite players that I watched two summers ago in AAU. I think 3FG MADE 2 at Cincinnati (2/23/20) Noah is a winner, he has tremendous feel at the point guard spot and plays the game 3FG ATTEMPTS 5 at UCF (2/13/20) with a tremendous amount of passion. His competitiveness, basketball feel and moxie FT MADE 2 (twice) last: vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) are things you want. I think he’s a better scorer than people give him credit for. He FT ATTEMPTS 2 (3x) last: vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) shoots it from the perimeter, but you can also put him in a pick-n-roll and he can make ASSISTS 6 vs UT Martin (11/16/19) the right play. How we want to play offensively, when you can get multiple handlers out BLOCKS 1 (twice) last: at UConn (1/12/20) there with shooting on the floor, it’s going to make you that much harder to guard.” STEALS 3 vs Temple (2/27/20) MINUTES 25 at UCF (2/13/20)

CAREER STATISTICS

TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2019-20* 21-3 205/9.8 10-41 .244 6-22 .273 3-4 .750 3 13 16 0.8 23 0 26 20 2 13 29 1.4 2020-21 1-1 17/17.2 1-3 .333 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 1.0 4 0 5 0 0 1 5 5.0 at UMass 1-1 17/17.2 1-3 .333 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000 0 1 1 1.0 4 0 5 0 0 1 5 5.0 TOTAL 22-4 222/10.1 11-44 .250 7-25 .280 5-6 .833 3 14 17 0.8 27 0 31 20 2 14 34 1.5 * at Wichita State

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2020-21 SEASON HIGHS MORE ON CARL PIERRE

POINTS 14 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) AWARDS AND HONORS REBOUNDS 3 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week (Jan. 15, 2018) FG MADE 5 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) FG ATTEMPTS 15 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) AS A JUNIOR IN 2019-20 3FG MADE 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) Started all 31 games, averaging 12.1 points per game and 3.4 rebounds per game 3FG ATTEMPTS 7 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) … Shot 33.5% from three-point range (75-of-224) … Tied the school record for most FT MADE 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) made three-point field goals in a game with eight against Yale (Dec. 11). FT ATTEMPTS 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) ASSISTS 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2018-19 BLOCKS n/a Averaged 11.8 points per game in 30.6 minutes per contest … Led the Minutemen in STEALS 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) scoring eight times … Ranked third in the Atlantic 10 in three-point field goal percent- MINUTES 28 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) age (38.1).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2017-18 Made appearances in all 31 games, starting in 20… Averaged 31.1 minutes, and 12.3 points per game.

CAREER HIGHS BEFORE UMASS Coached by Bill Loughnane at Boston College High School … Averaged 22 points, POINTS 26 (twice) last: vs. Yale (12/11/19) eight rebounds and two blocked shots per game as he led Boston College High REBOUNDS 10 at Akron (12/30/19) School to the 2017 Catholic Conference title … Ranked 22nd in the Massachusetts FG MADE 10 (2 times) last: at George Mason (Feb. 13, 2019) Class of 2017 and 77th overall in the New England Class of 2017 by New England FG ATTEMPTS 20 at George Mason (Feb. 13, 2019) Recruiting Report … Member of the Boston Herald Dream Team … Won the Catholic 3FG MADE 8 vs. Yale (12/11/19) Conference League MVP Award in 2017 and was a two-time conference all-star selec- 3FG ATTEMPTS 14 vs. George Wash. (Mar. 13, 2019) tion … Finished his B.C. High career as a 1,000-point scorer … Played AAU basketball FT MADE 7 vs. VCU (2/26/20) for Metro Boston. FT ATTEMPTS 8 vs. VCU (2/26/20) ASSISTS 7 vs. Saint Joseph’s (1/29/20) BLOCKS 1 (13 times) last: vs. La Salle (1/8/20) STEALS 3 (twice) last: at Akron (12/30/19) MINUTES 44 (twice) last: at Saint Louis (1/5/20)

CAREER STATISTICS

TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2017-18 33-22 1031/31.2 141-318 .443 92-195 .472 36-44 .818 9 64 73 2.2 69 0 35 32 9 21 410 12.4 2018-19 32-32 980/30.6 132-328 .402 82-215 .381 33-47 .702 18 53 71 2.2 72 0 45 30 3 14 379 11.8 2019-20 1-1 28/28.4 5-15 .333 2-7 .286 2-2 1.000 1 2 3 3.0 4 0 1 1 0 1 14 14.0 TOTAL 97-86 3077/31.7 403-996 .405 251-641 .392 120-151 .795 50 201 251 2.6 201 -0 130 92 13 57 1177 12.1

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2020-21 SEASON HIGHS MORE ON RONNIE DEGRAY III

POINTS 4 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) BEFORE UMASS REBOUNDS 4 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) Played two seasons at Woodstock Academy, including the 2018-19 as a member of FG MADE 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) the Post-Grad Gold Squad with teammates Tre Mitchell, T.J. Weeks, Preston Santos FG ATTEMPTS 4 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) and Noah Fernandes … Team earned the top seed at the National Prep Champion- 3FG MADE n/a ship and finished the year 36-2 … Was the only returning player to Woodstock’s Gold 3FG ATTEMPTS 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) team in 2019-20 with teammates Cairo McCrory and Dyondre Dominguez, helping the FT MADE n/a Centaurs to a 29-8 record and a National Prep Championship tournament berth … FT ATTEMPTS 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) Three-star recruit according to 247Sports and the No. 8 player from Colorado … Also ASSISTS 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) a three-star recruit according to Rivals … His father, Ronnie DeGray II, played college BLOCKS n/a basketball at Colorado before a six-year professional career overseas. STEALS n/a MINUTES 26 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) COACH MCCALL ON DEGRAY III “Ronnie has an unbelievable skillset and great feel. I’m a guy who loves frontcourt players who can really pass. With how we want to play on offense, when you can get those kinds of guys with the ability to pass, it makes us really difficult to guard. Ronnie’s also a guy who’s played in the system defensively, and he has extremely high character.” CAREER HIGHS

POINTS 4 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) REBOUNDS 4 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) FG MADE 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) FG ATTEMPTS 4 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) 3FG MADE n/a 3FG ATTEMPTS 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) FT MADE n/a FT ATTEMPTS 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) ASSISTS 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) BLOCKS n/a STEALS n/a MINUTES 26 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20)

CAREER STATISTICS

TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2020-21 1-1 26/25.8 2-4 .500 0-1 .000 0-2 .000 3 1 4 4.0 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 4.0 TOTAL 1-1 26/25.8 2-4 .500 0-1 .000 0-2 .000 3 1 4 4.0 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 4.0

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2020-21 SEASON HIGHS MORE ON RYAN MARCUS

POINTS n/a BEFORE UMASS REBOUNDS n/a Two-year captain at Wakefield High School ... Two-time Middlesex League All-Star ... FG MADE n/a 2020 Mass. Basketball Coaches Association Academic All-State team ... National Hon- FG ATTEMPTS n/a ors Society Member ... Coached by former Memphis standout Antonio Anderson. 3FG MADE n/a 3FG ATTEMPTS n/a FT MADE n/a FT ATTEMPTS n/a ASSISTS n/a BLOCKS n/a STEALS n/a MINUTES 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20)

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS n/a REBOUNDS n/a FG MADE n/a FG ATTEMPTS n/a 3FG MADE n/a 3FG ATTEMPTS n/a FT MADE n/a FT ATTEMPTS n/a ASSISTS n/a BLOCKS n/a STEALS n/a MINUTES 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20)

CAREER STATISTICS

TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2020-21 1-0 1/0.7 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TOTAL 1-0 1/0.7 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

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2020-21 SEASON HIGHS MORE ON T.J. WEEKS JR.

POINTS 11 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) AWARDS AND HONORS REBOUNDS 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) • Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week (Nov. 11, 2019) FG MADE 3 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) FG ATTEMPTS 11 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) AS A FRESHMAN IN 2019-20 3FG MADE 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) Played in 10 games, including two starts, before missing the final 21 games due to 3FG ATTEMPTS 5 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) injury … Averaged 14.7 points per game and 3.8 rebounds per game … Was 15th in FT MADE 4 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) the NCAA with 32 made three-point field goals at the time of his injury, and finished the FT ATTEMPTS 4 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) year shooting 48.5% from beyond the arc. ASSISTS n/a BLOCKS n/a STEALS n/a MINUTES 24 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20)

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS 23 vs. UMass Lowell (11/5/19) REBOUNDS 7 at Rutgers (11/29/19) FG MADE 8 vs. UMass Lowell (11/5/19) FG ATTEMPTS 16 vs. South Carolina (12/4/19) 3FG MADE 6 vs. Rider (11/20/19) 3FG ATTEMPTS 11 vs. South Carolina (12/4/19) FT MADE 7 vs. St. John’s (11/24/19) FT ATTEMPTS 8 vs. St. John’s (11/24/19) ASSISTS 3 vs. South Carolina (12/4/19) BLOCKS 2 vs. UMass Lowell (11/5/19) STEALS 4 vs. South Carolina (12/4/19) MINUTES 35 vs. South Carolina (12/4/19)

CAREER STATISTICS

TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2019-20 10-2 260/26.0 46-109 .422 32-66 .485 23-32 .719 7 31 38 3.8 21 1 6 11 3 18 147 14.7 2020-21 1-0 25/24.7 3-11 .273 1-5 .200 4-4 1.000 0 2 2 2.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 11 11.0 TOTAL 11-2 285/25.9 49-120 .408 33-71 .465 27-36 .750 7 33 40 3.6 23 1 6 12 3 18 158 14.4

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2020-21 SEASON HIGHS MORE ON DIBAJI WALKER

POINTS n/a AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2019-20 REBOUNDS n/a Played in 19 games after receiving a waiver from the NCAA in January 2020 … Aver- FG MADE n/a aged 6.3 points per game and 2.5 rebounds per game off the bench while shooting FG ATTEMPTS n/a 38.9% from the floor … Had a career-high 22 points against Saint Joseph’s (Feb. 29). 3FG MADE n/a 3FG ATTEMPTS n/a BEFORE UMASS FT MADE n/a Spent the 2018-19 season at Cleveland State … Posted five double-digit scoring ef- FT ATTEMPTS n/a forts for the Vikings … Scored a career-high 17 points on 7-of-9 from the field against ASSISTS n/a Wright State in January … Played a prep year at Woodstock Academy under current BLOCKS n/a UMass associate head coach Tony Bergeron … 14th ranked recruit in the Connecticut STEALS n/a class of 2018 … Helped the Centaurs to a 35-5 record and a No. 3 national rank- MINUTES n/a ing … Averaged 11 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals per game at Woodstock … Posted 17.8 points per game as a senior at Independence on his way to All-Ohio Honorable Mention honors.

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS 22 vs. Saint Joseph’s (1/29/20) REBOUNDS 7 (twice) last: at Richmond (2/29/20) FG MADE 9 vs. Saint Joseph’s (1/29/20) FG ATTEMPTS 13 (twice) last: at Richmond (2/29/20) 3FG MADE 2 (8x) last: at George Mason (1/22/20) 3FG ATTEMPTS 6 (twice) last: at No. 15/15 Dayton (1/11/20) FT MADE 4 at Richmond (2/29/20) FT ATTEMPTS 6 vs. George Mason (2/9/20) ASSISTS 3 (twice) vs. Rhode Island (3/7/20) BLOCKS 2 (4x) last: vs. Rhode Island (3/7/20) STEALS 2 (4x) last: at La Salle (3/4/20)

CAREER STATISTICS

TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2018-19 * 24-0 335/14.0 41-97 .423 20-60 .333 11-19 .579 14 23 37 1.5 35 0 13 14 6 10 113 4.7 2019-20 19-0 336/17.7 44-113 .389 15-58 .259 17-21 .810 8 40 48 2.5 40 1 9 20 10 7 120 6.3 at UMass 19-0 336/17.7 44-113 .389 15-58 .259 17-21 .810 8 40 48 2.5 40 1 9 20 10 7 120 6.3 TOTAL 43-0 671/15.6 85-210 .405 35-118 .297 28-40 .700 22 63 85 2.0 75 1 22 34 16 17 233 5.4 * at Cleveland State @UMassBasketball // #Flagship 30 3333

2020-21 SEASON HIGHS MORE ON TRE MITCHELL

POINTS 31 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) AWARDS AND HONORS REBOUNDS 11 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) • 2020 Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year FG MADE 13 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) • 2020 Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team FG ATTEMPTS 18 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) • 2020 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team 3FG MADE 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) • Six-time Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week 3FG ATTEMPTS 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) AS A FRESHMAN IN 2019-20 FT MADE 3 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) 6 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) Started all 31 games at center, leading the team averaging 17.7 points per game and 7.2 FT ATTEMPTS rebounds per game … Finished sixth in the Atlantic 10 in scoring average, and 47th in the 2 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) ASSISTS NCAA (sixth among rookies) with 206 made field goals … His 548 points were fourth in the BLOCKS 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) nation among rookies, and was eight points shy of breaking the UMass freshman record for STEALS 1 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) points in a season (555 by Jim McCoy in 1988-89) … Averaged 19.3 points per game, 7.5 MINUTES 35 vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) rebounds per game and shot 48% from the floor against NCAA NET top-100 opponents (16 games) … Finished 16th in the NCAA among freshmen in rebounding average (7.2), and was 17 rebounds shy of tying the program record for rookie rebounding (239 by Horace Neysmith in 1981-82) … Had 11 20+ point games, and five 25+ point nights … Has a season-high 34 points against Rhode Island on Mar. 7, the third highest for a UMass rookie in team history and most for a UMass freshman since Jim McCoy scored 35 on Mar. 4, 1989 … Was one CAREER HIGHS of 17 players in the Atlantic 10 with a 30-point night, and the only freshman to do so … Recorded six double-doubles, including a 15-point, 19-rebound night at Fordham on Feb. 22, POINTS 34 vs. Rhode Island (3/7/20) the first double-double in a half for a Minuteman since Terrell Vinson Jan. 5, 2012 … His 19 REBOUNDS 19 at Fordham (2/22/20) rebounds at Fordham were tied for the fourth most in the A-10 and the most for a Minuteman FG MADE 13 (twice) last: vs. Northeastern (12/11/20) since Antwan Space had 17 on Feb. 14, 2016. FG ATTEMPTS 22 vs. No. 6 Dayton (2/15/20) 3FG MADE 6 vs. Rhode Island (3/7/20) BEFORE UMASS 3FG ATTEMPTS 8 (twice) last: vs. Rhode Island (3/7/20) Connecticut Gatorade Boys Basketball Player of the Year in 2019 … Four-star recruit according to Rivals and ESPN … Ranked 72nd nationally by Rivals and 17th positionally for centers FT MADE 9 at Saint Louis (1/5/20) … Ranked 73rd by ESPN … Led Woodstock Academy to a 38-2 record in 2018-19 … Aver- FT ATTEMPTS 11 (twice) last: at Saint Louis (1/5/20) 5 (twice) last: vs. Saint Joseph’s (1/29/20) aged 16.6 points, 13.5 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.6 blocks per game in 2018-19 … Helped ASSISTS guide the Centaurs to a 35-5 mark in 2017-18, averaging 13.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, 4 3 (twice) last: vs. Saint Louis (2/18/20) BLOCKS assists and 2 blocks per game as Woodstock Academy reached the semifinals of the Nation- STEALS 3 (4x) last: at Richmond (2/29/20) al Prep Tournament … Scored over 1,000 points in two years for the Centaurs … Two-time MINUTES 41 at Saint Louis (1/5/20) Power 5 Conference AAA Player of the Year … Named the Hoophall Classic Most Valuable Player twice … Played prep hoops with fellow UMass signees TJ Weeks and Preston Santos.

CAREER STATISTICS

TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROWS REBOUNDS GP-GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO AST TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2019-20 31-31 956/30.8 206-428 .481 37-112 .330 99-136 .728 45 177 222 7.2 93 3 58 101 32 31 548 17.7 2020-21 1-1 35/35.0 13-18 .722 2-2 1.000 3-6 .500 3 8 11 11.0 2 0 2 2 1 1 31 31.0 TOTAL 32-32 991/31.0 219-446 .491 39-114 .342 102-142 .718 48 185 233 7.3 95 3 60 103 33 32 579 18.1

31 MASSACHUSETTS BASKETBALL // GAME 2 AT NORTHEASTERN // DECEMBER 13, 2020 MASSACHUSETTS BASKETBALL TELEVISION / RADIO CHART

0 - BRADY ANTONOPOULOS 1 - JAVOHN GARCIA 2 - PRESTON SANTOS 3 - KOLTON MITCHELL (ann-ton-opp-oh-luss) (juh-vaughan) So. | Guard/Forward | 6-6 | 185 So. | Guard | 6-3 | 185 Sr. | Guard | 6-1 | 165 Fr. | Guard | 6-2 | 180 Providence, R.I. Fort Myers, Fla. West Brookfield, Mass. Columbus, Ohio

12 - CARL PIEERE 13 - RONNIE DEGRAY III 20 - RYAN MARCUS 23 - TJ WEEKS JR. Sr. | Guard | 6-4 | 190 Fr. | Forward | 6-7 | 220 Fr. | Guard | 6-3 | 185 R-Fr. | Guard | 6-4 | 185 Boston, Mass. Parker, Colo. Wakefield, Mass. Warwick, R.I.

LUCIOUS JORDAN TYSON WHEELER BRIAN GROSSMAN JACOB KURTZ Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Operations Dir. of Scouting/Video Fourth Season at UMass Second Season at UMass Third Season at UMass Fourth Season at UMass

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