12 • 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND 2006-07 RESULTS (24-9 Overall, 13-3 A-10) • Regular-Season Champs RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 24-9 12-2 9-5 3-1 ATLANTIC 10 GAMES (denoted with *) 13-3 8-0 5-3 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 10-4 4-2 4-2 3-0 POST SEASON (A-10/NIT) 0-1/1-1 0-0/1-0 0-0/0-1 0-1/0-0 TOTAL ATTENDANCE 215,916 83,542 123,222 9,152 AVERAGE ATTENDANCE 6,543 5,968 8,215 2,288 DATE TIME OPPONENT TV W/L SCORE ATT. HIGH POINTS HIGH REBS HIGH ASTS HIGH BLKS 11/11/06 5:00 p.m. DARTMOUTH W 98-61 6,079 Freeman 25 Freeman 10 Mayben 11 Lasme 5 First Commonwealth Colonial Athletic Association Basketball Classic at Pittsburgh 11/17/06 2:00 p.m. vs. Oakland W 65-56 300 Forbes/Life 15 Lasme 14 Forbes/Lowe/Mayben 4 Lasme 5 11/18/06 5:00 p.m. at #4/5 Pittsburgh ESPN Reg. L 68-85 10,209 Lasme 17 Lasme 9 Mayben 5 Lasme 2 11/19/06 2:00 p.m. vs. Northeastern W 79-56 300 Freeman 24 Lasme 11 Mayben 6 Lasme 3 11/22/06 7:00 p.m. ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) W 63-49 5,528 Lasme 19 Lasme 10 Mayben 6 Lasme 11 11/25/06 8:30 p.m. at Jacksonville State W 100-69 3,488 Forbes 20 Lasme 11 Forbes/Mayben 3 Lasme 3 11/28/06 7:00 p.m. at Savannah State W 72-49 3,727 Freeman 14 Freeman 7 Forbes/Free/Lowe 2 Lasme 5 12/02/06 7:30 p.m. BOSTON COLLEGE CSTV L 73-84 9,493 Lasme 24 Lasme 11 Mayben 9 Lasme 3 12/06/06 8:00 p.m. at Boston University W 56-54 3,101 Freeman 20 Freeman 12 Lowe 6 Lasme 3 12/09/06 8:00 p.m. vs. Central Connecticut (@ Mohegan Sun) W 79-66 3,064 Freeman 23 Lasme 14 Mayben/Forbes 8 Lasme 3 12/13/06 7:00 p.m. at Louisville WHAS/NESN W 72-68 18,464 Freeman 21 Forbes 9 Forbes 5 Lasme 3 12/22/06 7:00 p.m. at Kentucky BBSN/ESPN FC L 68-82 24,307 Life 24 Forbes/Freeman 7 Lowe 4 Lasme 5 12/28/06 7:00 p.m. YALE W 78-69 4,212 Life 16 Lasme 16 Lowe 5 Lasme 7 01/02/07 7:00 p.m. MIAMI (Fla.) L 71-72 3,982 Forbes/Freeman 16 Freeman 10 Brower 5 Lasme 7 01/06/07 4:00 p.m. at La Salle* CSTV Net. W 79-71 1,430 Freeman 18 Lasme 13 Lowe 6 Lasme 9 01/10/07 7:00 p.m. GEORGE WASHINGTON* W 91-84 4,106 Lasme 23 Lasme 15 Lowe 7 Lasme 11 01/13/07 12:00 p.m. TEMPLE* CSTV Net. W 88-77 6,212 Freeman/Lasme 21 Lasme 11 Lowe 6 Lasme 6 01/18/07 7:00 p.m. at Xavier* ESPN L 77-83 9,901 Freeman 22 Freeman 13 Lowe 7 Lasme 2 01/21/07 2:00 p.m. DUQUESNE* W 101-87 4,648 Life 24 Lasme 17 Lowe/Mayben 6 Lasme 5 01/24/07 7:00 p.m. at Rhode Island* COX L 72-75 7,021 Freeman/Life 19 Freeman 12 Lowe 7 Lasme 7 01/28/07 1:00 p.m. at Charlotte* CSTV Net/TV38 W 66-61 7,679 Freeman 18 Freeman 11 Lowe 4 Lasme 3 02/03/07 12:00 p.m. RICHMOND* W 72-56 5,221 Lowe 19 Forbes 16 Forbes 3 Forbes/Lasme/Free 1 02/08/07 8:00 p.m. RHODE ISLAND* CSTV W 77-55 8,358 Forbes 22 Lasme 12 Lowe 6 Lasme 11 02/11/07 2:00 p.m. at Temple* L 89-98 7,136 Forbes 31 Forbes 14 Lowe 4 Lasme 3 02/15/07 9:00 p.m. at Fordham* ESPN2 W 74-59 3,200 Lasme 18 Milligan 11 Lowe/Thomas 5 Lasme 7 02/18/07 2:00 p.m. at Dayton* CSTV Net/TV38 W 77-69 13,213 Forbes 23 Freeman/Lasme 12 Lowe 5 Lasme 5 02/21/07 7:00 p.m. ST. BONAVENTURE* W 83-44 6,203 Lasme 17 Forbes 10 Mayben 8 Bonner 3 02/24/07 7:00 p.m. SAINT LOUIS* W 53-50 9,088 Forbes 13 Freeman 12 Forbes 3 Lasme 4 02/28/07 7:00 p.m. LA SALLE* W 102-63 6,205 Freeman 20 Freeman 12 Lowe 8 Lasme 10 03/03/07 4:00 p.m. at Saint Joseph’s* CSTV Net/TV38 W 71-67 3,200 Forbes 13 Lasme 9 Lowe 5 Lasme 4 Atlantic 10 Tournament at Atlantic City, N.J. 03/08/07 6:30 p.m. vs. Saint Louis CSTV Net/CN8 L 71-74 ot 5,488 Forbes 13 Lasme 13 Lowe 5 Lasme 2 MasterCard NIT 03/13/07 9:30 p.m. ALABAMA ESPN W 89-87 ot 4,207 Lasme 21 Freeman 10 Lowe 6 Lasme 9 03/15/07 9:00 p.m. at West Virginia ESPNU L 77-90 7,146 Life 20 Lasme 14 Lowe/Mayben 5 Lasme 3 2006-07 UMASS SEASON OVERALL STATISTICS (24-9) ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun 33 33 897 27.2 206 338 .609 0 2 .000 74 129 .574 122 151 273 8.3 111 5 27 73 14 19 486 14.7 13 LASME, Stephane 33 33 1010 30.6 165 270 .611 0 0 .000 117 188 .622 126 189 315 9.5 111 3 28 79 168 29 447 13.5 03 FORBES, Gary 33 23 939 28.5 151 354 .427 32 98 .327 96 150 .640 51 142 193 5.8 65 1 81 79 16 31 430 13.0 34 LIFE, James 33 33 937 28.4 128 294 .435 87 223 .390 37 45 .822 22 51 73 2.2 81 1 43 44 7 48 380 11.5 14 LOWE, Chris 32 21 803 25.1 73 174 .420 16 46 .348 63 92 .685 12 63 75 2.3 65 0 134 73 5 34 225 7.0 05 HARRIS, Ricky 32 0 347 10.8 45 124 .363 17 67 .254 38 57 .667 5 26 31 1.0 32 0 16 17 1 12 145 4.5 02 THOMAS, Brandon 32 4 362 11.3 44 97 .454 21 49 .429 20 30 .667 9 27 36 1.1 23 0 26 31 1 11 129 4.0 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 32 0 307 9.6 41 83 .494 0 0 .000 22 47 .468 35 44 79 2.5 64 2 8 24 16 11 104 3.3 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 31 12 544 17.5 36 98 .367 5 34 .147 12 33 .364 8 35 43 1.4 57 1 127 82 1 24 89 2.9 22 BROWER, Etienne 22 5 254 11.5 20 53 .377 12 32 .375 7 9 .778 14 31 45 2.0 36 1 24 19 9 5 59 2.7 31 BONNER, Luke 31 0 222 7.2 13 44 .295 7 22 .318 16 28 .571 13 25 38 1.2 46 0 7 6 8 2 49 1.6 12 PENNIE, Matt 7 1 17 2.4 3 8 .375 0 4 .000 0 0 .000 2 3 5 0.7 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 0.9 40 AMPIM, Nana 3 0 6 2.0 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.7 04 SINN, Mike 3 0 5 1.7 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0.3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM 62 64 126 3.8 1 1 Total 33 926 1941 .477 197 577 .341 502 808 .621 482 852 1334 40.4 696 14 522 531 246 226 2551 77.3 Opponents 33 784 1935 .405 196 550 .356 506 746 .678 408 674 1082 32.8 700 19 383 480 120 232 2270 68.8 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT Total DEADBALL REBOUNDS: OFF DEF Total Massachusetts 1183 1356 12 2551 Massachusetts 145 14 159 Opponents 1038 1219 13 2270 Opponents 117 21 138 2006-07 UMASS SEASON ATLANTIC 10 STATISTICS (13-3/T-1ST) ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 13 LASME, Stephane 16 16 503 31.4 91 138 .659 0 0 .000 60 99 .606 67 86 153 9.6 50 1 15 36 89 14 242 15.1 03 FORBES, Gary 16 9 435 27.2 81 174 .466 18 44 .409 57 81 .704 31 70 101 6.3 34 1 34 34 2 13 237 14.8 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun 16 16 442 27.6 104 173 .601 0 1 .000 21 41 .512 65 79 144 9.0 54 3 8 38 9 11 229 14.3 34 LIFE, James 16 16 430 26.9 51 142 .359 39 115 .339 21 27 .778 9 20 29 1.8 42 0 21 21 3 23 162 10.1 14 LOWE, Chris 16 15 432 27.0 39 95 .411 10 27 .370 38 52 .731 5 39 44 2.8 35 0 82 29 2 13 126 7.9 05 HARRIS, Ricky 16 0 197 12.3 26 71 .366 10 37 .270 17 22 .773 4 15 19 1.2 18 0 12 9 0 5 79 4.9 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 16 0 145 9.1 24 44 .545 0 0 .000 9 23 .391 19 28 47 2.9 24 0 4 7 9 4 57 3.6 02 THOMAS, Brandon 15 4 146 9.7 16 42 .381 5 22 .227 8 11 .727 5 10 15 1.0 6 0 17 10 0 3 45 3.0 22 BROWER, Etienne 13 3 163 12.5 13 40 .325 7 23 .304 4 6 .667 8 24 32 2.5 23 1 13 11 6 3 37 2.8 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 15 0 212 14.1 10 36 .278 1 9 .111 7 16 .438 4 23 27 1.8 27 1 53 30 1 6 28 1.9 31 BONNER, Luke 14 0 79 5.6 9 16 .563 6 10 .600 2 7 .286 4 10 14 1.0 17 0 3 2 5 0 26 1.9 40 AMPIM, Nana 2 0 4 2.0 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1.0 12 PENNIE, Matt 3 1 9 3.0 1 4 .250 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 0.7 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.7 04 SINN, Mike 2 0 3 1.5 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM 31 20 51 3.2 1 1 Total 16 466 979 .476 96 291 .330 244 385 .634 254 426 680 42.5 332 7 263 230 126 95 1272 79.5 Opponents 16 379 955 .397 100 275 .364 241 354 .681 201 311 512 32.0 340 8 177 205 51 105 1099 68.7 www.umassathletics.com 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND • 13 UMass HOME GAMES Statistics (12-2 At Mullins Center) ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 13 LASME, Stephane 14 14 431 30.8 80 127 .630 0 0 .000 56 90 .622 54 82 136 9.7 43 1 13 37 91 20 216 15.4 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun 14 14 389 27.8 91 139 .655 0 1 .000 22 54 .407 45 74 119 8.5 42 2 11 31 8 9 204 14.6 03 FORBES, Gary 14 8 379 27.1 61 141 .433 12 35 .343 47 71 .662 24 67 91 6.5 22 0 32 31 11 16 181 12.9 34 LIFE, James 14 14 417 29.8 53 132 .402 36 103 .350 16 19 .842 12 24 36 2.6 36 0 25 21 1 22 158 11.3 14 LOWE, Chris 13 10 322 24.8 35 71 .493 8 21 .381 29 41 .707 7 28 35 2.7 27 0 56 29 0 12 107 8.2 05 HARRIS, Ricky 14 0 142 10.1 20 49 .408 5 24 .208 23 26 .885 2 13 15 1.1 10 0 10 9 0 7 68 4.9 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 13 3 247 19.0 22 57 .386 2 19 .105 9 21 .429 4 23 27 2.1 29 1 69 37 1 10 55 4.2 02 THOMAS, Brandon 13 3 138 10.6 13 31 .419 5 14 .357 9 11 .818 6 6 12 0.9 8 0 7 17 0 4 40 3.1 22 BROWER, Etienne 11 3 129 11.7 11 26 .423 6 14 .429 4 6 .667 7 15 22 2.0 16 0 16 9 6 3 32 2.9 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 14 0 125 8.9 15 34 .441 0 0 .000 10 21 .476 18 18 36 2.6 23 0 1 8 9 4 40 2.9 31 BONNER, Luke 13 0 87 6.7 9 21 .429 6 12 .500 8 10 .800 5 12 17 1.3 17 0 3 2 4 0 32 2.5 12 PENNIE, Matt 4 1 12 3.0 2 6 .333 0 4 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 0.8 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1.0 40 AMPIM, Nana 2 0 4 2.0 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1.0 04 SINN, Mike 2 0 3 1.5 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 14 413 838 .493 80 247 .324 233 370 .630 211 393 604 43.1 274 4 244 234 131 107 1139 81.4 Opponents 14 335 855 .392 77 228 .338 191 283 .675 166 274 440 31.4 312 8 153 206 43 103 938 67.0 UMass NON-HOME GAMES Statistics (12-7 Away From Mullins) ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun 19 19 508 26.7 115 199 .578 0 1 .000 52 75 .693 77 77 154 8.1 69 3 16 42 6 10 282 14.8 03 FORBES, Gary 19 15 560 29.5 90 213 .423 20 63 .317 49 79 .620 27 75 102 5.4 43 1 49 48 5 15 249 13.1 13 LASME, Stephane 19 19 579 30.5 85 143 .594 0 0 .000 61 98 .622 72 107 179 9.4 68 2 15 42 77 9 231 12.2 34 LIFE, James 19 19 520 27.4 75 162 .463 51 120 .425 21 26 .808 10 27 37 1.9 45 1 18 23 6 26 222 11.7 14 LOWE, Chris 19 11 481 25.3 38 103 .369 8 25 .320 34 51 .667 5 35 40 2.1 38 0 78 44 5 22 118 6.2 02 THOMAS, Brandon 19 1 224 11.8 31 66 .470 16 35 .457 11 19 .579 3 21 24 1.3 15 0 19 14 1 7 89 4.7 05 HARRIS, Ricky 18 0 205 11.4 25 75 .333 12 43 .279 15 31 .484 3 13 16 0.9 22 0 6 8 1 5 77 4.3 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 18 0 182 10.1 26 49 .531 0 0 .000 12 26 .462 17 26 43 2.4 41 2 7 16 7 7 64 3.6 22 BROWER, Etienne 11 2 125 11.4 9 27 .333 6 18 .333 3 3 1.000 7 16 23 2.1 20 1 8 10 3 2 27 2.5 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 18 9 297 16.5 14 41 .341 3 15 .200 3 12 .250 4 12 16 0.9 28 0 58 45 0 14 34 1.9 31 BONNER, Luke 18 0 135 7.5 4 23 .174 1 10 .100 8 18 .444 8 13 21 1.2 29 0 4 4 4 2 17 0.9 12 PENNIE, Matt 3 0 5 1.7 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 0.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.7 40 AMPIM, Nana 1 0 2 2.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 04 SINN, Mike 1 0 2 2.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 Total 19 513 1103 .465 117 330 .355 269 438 .614 271 459 730 38.4 422 10 278 297 115 119 1412 74.3 Opponents 19 449 1080 .416 119 322 .370 315 463 .680 242 400 642 33.8 388 11 230 274 77 129 1332 70.1 UMass WINNING GAMES Statistics (24-0) ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun 24 24 659 27.5 156 244 .639 0 2 .000 56 99 .566 85 118 203 8.5 78 3 24 53 13 15 368 15.3 13 LASME, Stephane 24 24 709 29.5 118 186 .634 0 0 .000 87 145 .600 88 154 242 10.1 73 1 20 58 134 23 323 13.5 03 FORBES, Gary 24 17 669 27.9 104 235 .443 20 64 .313 74 116 .638 32 101 133 5.5 40 0 65 60 13 26 302 12.6 34 LIFE, James 24 24 672 28.0 85 197 .431 56 151 .371 26 31 .839 15 35 50 2.1 56 1 37 30 4 35 252 10.5 14 LOWE, Chris 23 15 574 25.0 55 125 .440 13 33 .394 52 75 .693 11 43 54 2.3 44 0 94 53 3 23 175 7.6 05 HARRIS, Ricky 24 0 269 11.2 33 89 .371 13 47 .277 32 44 .727 5 22 27 1.1 23 0 16 14 1 8 111 4.6 02 THOMAS, Brandon 23 3 289 12.6 36 81 .444 16 40 .400 17 26 .654 8 21 29 1.3 18 0 23 25 0 11 105 4.6 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 24 0 241 10.0 33 64 .516 0 0 .000 20 43 .465 30 40 70 2.9 52 1 7 21 14 10 86 3.6 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 22 9 388 17.6 26 73 .356 5 29 .172 12 33 .364 5 29 34 1.5 49 1 90 59 1 19 69 3.1 22 BROWER, Etienne 14 3 155 11.1 14 32 .438 7 15 .467 7 9 .778 11 22 33 2.4 23 0 15 12 8 4 42 3.0 31 BONNER, Luke 23 0 172 7.5 12 35 .343 7 17 .412 13 24 .542 9 22 31 1.3 36 0 6 6 8 2 44 1.9 12 PENNIE, Matt 7 1 17 2.4 3 8 .375 0 4 .000 0 0 .000 2 3 5 0.7 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 0.9 40 AMPIM, Nana 3 0 6 2.0 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.7 04 SINN, Mike 3 0 5 1.7 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0.3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 Total 24 676 1373 .492 137 402 .341 396 645 .614 340 663 1003 41.8 497 7 398 395 199 176 1885 78.5 Opponents 24 533 1437 .371 132 399 .331 329 502 .655 320 470 790 32.9 552 15 252 361 77 165 1527 63.6 UMass LOSING GAMES Statistics (0-9) ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 03 FORBES, Gary 9 6 270 30.0 47 119 .395 12 34 .353 22 34 .647 19 41 60 6.7 25 1 16 19 3 5 128 14.2 34 LIFE, James 9 9 265 29.4 43 97 .443 31 72 .431 11 14 .786 7 16 23 2.6 25 0 6 14 3 13 128 14.2 13 LASME, Stephane 9 9 301 33.4 47 84 .560 0 0 .000 30 43 .698 38 35 73 8.1 38 2 8 21 34 6 124 13.8 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun 9 9 238 26.4 50 94 .532 0 0 .000 18 30 .600 37 33 70 7.8 33 2 3 20 1 4 118 13.1 14 LOWE, Chris 9 6 229 25.4 18 49 .367 3 13 .231 11 17 .647 1 20 21 2.3 21 0 40 20 2 11 50 5.6 05 HARRIS, Ricky 8 0 78 9.8 12 35 .343 4 20 .200 6 13 .462 0 4 4 0.5 9 0 0 3 0 4 34 4.3 02 THOMAS, Brandon 9 1 73 8.1 8 16 .500 5 9 .556 3 4 .750 1 6 7 0.8 5 0 3 6 1 0 24 2.7 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 8 0 66 8.3 8 19 .421 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 5 4 9 1.1 12 1 1 3 2 1 18 2.3 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 9 3 156 17.3 10 25 .400 0 5 .000 0 0 .000 3 6 9 1.0 8 0 37 23 0 5 20 2.2 22 BROWER, Etienne 8 2 99 12.4 6 21 .286 5 17 .294 0 0 .000 3 9 12 1.5 13 1 9 7 1 1 17 2.1 31 BONNER, Luke 8 0 50 6.3 1 9 .111 0 5 .000 3 4 .750 4 3 7 0.9 10 0 1 0 0 0 5 0.6 Total 9 250 568 .440 60 175 .343 106 163 .650 142 189 331 36.8 199 7 124 136 47 50 666 74.0 Opponents 9 251 498 .504 64 151 .424 177 244 .725 88 204 292 32.4 148 4 131 119 43 67 743 82.6 UMass POSTSEASON GAMES Statistics (1-2, 0-1 A-10/1-1 NIT) ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 34 LIFE, James 3 3 107 35.7 16 33 .485 10 23 .435 2 2 1.000 2 5 7 2.3 8 0 3 5 0 5 44 14.7 13 LASME, Stephane 3 3 115 38.3 16 31 .516 0 0 .000 11 15 .733 17 16 33 11.0 13 1 2 9 14 1 43 14.3 03 FORBES, Gary 3 3 105 35.0 14 40 .350 4 12 .333 7 12 .583 4 13 17 5.7 3 0 6 10 1 1 39 13.0 14 LOWE, Chris 3 3 105 35.0 15 26 .577 3 8 .375 5 8 .625 3 6 9 3.0 7 0 16 9 0 8 38 12.7 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun 3 3 71 23.7 7 16 .438 0 0 .000 8 11 .727 4 14 18 6.0 13 1 3 3 0 1 22 7.3 02 THOMAS, Brandon 3 0 22 7.3 6 10 .600 3 4 .750 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 4 0 1 16 5.3 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 3 0 35 11.7 5 12 .417 0 0 .000 3 6 .500 5 1 6 2.0 9 1 1 1 1 1 13 4.3 05 HARRIS, Ricky 3 0 28 9.3 3 8 .375 0 4 .000 6 8 .750 0 2 2 0.7 2 0 1 0 0 2 12 4.0 31 BONNER, Luke 3 0 22 7.3 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 3 1 4 1.3 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 1.7 22 BROWER, Etienne 3 0 14 4.7 1 1 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.0 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 2 0 26 13.0 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.5 1 0 7 4 0 1 2 1.0 Total 3 85 183 .464 21 54 .389 46 68 .676 44 66 110 36.7 60 3 40 46 16 21 237 79.0 Opponents 3 89 187 .476 23 61 .377 50 68 .735 41 65 106 35.3 56 2 40 42 18 21 251 83.7 06-07 UMASSbasketball 14 • 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND 2006-07 POINTS-REBOUNDS-ASSISTS/BLOCKS Date Opponent 1-Freeman 2-Thomas 3-Forbes 5-Harris 10-Mayben 12-Pennie 13-Lasme* 14-Lowe 20-Milligan* 22-Brower 31-Bonner* 34-Life 40-Ampim 11/11 DARTMOUTH 25-10-1 0-0-0 17-6-3 8-1-0 12-1-11 2-1-0 7-6-5 DNP 4-6-1 DNP 6-1-0 17-2-3 DNP 11/17 vs Oakland 11-4-2 6-2-1 15-5-4 2-2-0 0-0-4 DNP 11-14-5 4-2-4 0-1-1 DNP 1-1-1 15-1-0 DNP 11/18 at #4/5 Pittsburgh 14-3-0 0-1-0 12-6-1 DNP 0-0-5 DNP 17-9-2 6-1-3 2-2-0 DNP 2-1-0 15-0-1 DNP 11/19 vs Northeastern 24-10-2 0-1-2 13-3-3 2-0-0 5-1-6 2-2-0 7-11-3 0-2-2 4-1-1 DNP 3-4-0 19-2-1 DNP 11/22 ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) 14-8-2 3-1-1 11-3-4 0-1-0 3-1-6 DNP 19-10-11 6-1-1 2-1-1 DNP 1-1-0 4-4-2 DNP 11/25 at Jacksonville St. 18-10-2 10-1-1 20-5-3 8-3-0 0-1-3 0-0-0 11-11-3 10-0-1 10-3-0 DNP 2-4-0 11-4-1 0-0-0 11/28 at Savannah State 14-7-2 10-3-1 10-5-2 9-1-1 8-1-1 DNP 3-6-5 3-3-2 2-2-1 DNP 0-2-1 13-3-1 DNP 12/2 BOSTON COLLEGE 16-8-1 1-1-0 11-7-1 0-0-0 10-4-9 DNP 24-11-3 3-1-2 0-1-0 0-2-1 0-1-0 8-3-1 DNP 12/6 at Boston Univ. 20-12-1 10-2-0 2-5-1 0-0-0 1-0-3 DNP 12-5-3 2-1-6 3-1-0 DNP 3-3-1 3-5-3 DNP 12/9 vs. CCSU 23-10-0 8-2-1 11-4-8 0-0-0 2-1-8 0-0-0 19-14-3 5-0-0 2-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 9-1-2 DNP 12/13 at Louisville 21-5-1 3-2-1 5-9-5 8-2-1 6-2-0 DNP 6-8-3 8-2-3 1-0-0 8-2-2 0-0-0 6-2-2 DNP 12/22 at Kentucky 7-7-2 0-2-1 7-7-2 13-0-0 0-1-3 DNP 8-3-5 9-2-4 DNP 0-3-0 0-1-0 24-3-0 DNP 12/28 YALE 12-7-2 11-2-0 4-5-1 4-0-1 10-2-4 DNP 8-16-7 3-3-5 4-6-0 6-4-2 0-0-0 16-3-1 DNP 1/2 MIAMI (Fla.) 16-10-0 6-1-0 16-5-3 0-0-0 2-0-4 DNP 10-5-7 2-4-3 0-1-1 5-0-5 0-1-0 14-4-1 DNP 1/6 at La Salle* 18-11-1 0-0-1 12-4-2 0-0-0 DNP DNP 17-13-9 14-0-6 0-0-0 0-6-1 2-0-0 16-1-2 DNP 1/10 GEO. WASHINGTON* 21-7-0 0-0-0 16-2-2 0-1-1 3-3-6 DNP 23-15-11 7-1-7 2-0-0 8-5-2 DNP 11-2-2 DNP 1/13 TEMPLE* 21-10-0 0-1-2 18-7-4 0-0-0 1-2-4 DNP 21-11-6 9-3-6 2-2-0 DNP 0-0-0 16-3-4 DNP 1/18 at Xavier* 22-13-0 0-0-0 19-8-4 0-1-0 2-1-1 DNP 18-9-2 0-6-7 0-1-0 6-2-0 DNP 10-4-2 DNP 1/21 DUQUESNE* 6-6-0 2-3-1 19-9-2 13-4-3 4-2-6 DNP 14-17-5 14-0-6 2-0-0 3-3-0 0-1-0 24-4-1 DNP 1/24 at Rhode Island* 19-12-0 0-0-0 4-2-0 10-2-0 0-0-5 DNP 8-5-7 9-3-7 0-0-0 3-2-3 0-0-0 19-3-0 DNP 1/28 at Charlotte* 18-11-1 2-1-0 13-4-2 5-0-2 0-2-3 DNP 12-9-1 6-3-4 0-1-0 7-4-2 0-0-0 3-1-1 DNP 2/3 RICHMOND* 13-8-0 DNP 16-16-3 2-0-0 0-2-1 DNP 8-5-1 19-4-1 5-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 9-0-1 DNP 2/8 RHODE ISLAND* 10-5-1 2-0-0 22-9-3 3-1-1 1-3-3 0-0-0 18-12-11 8-6-6 4-3-2 4-2-2 0-1-0 5-3-3 DNP 2/11 at Temple* 12-9-1 5-2-2 31-14-1 6-0-0 4-2-3 DNP 17-4-3 2-2-4 6-0-0 0-3-0 0-1-0 6-1-0 DNP 2/15 at Fordham* 8-3-1 12-4-5 11-3-1 2-1-2 0-2-4 DNP 18-10-7 7-5-5 9-11-2 0-0-0 1-1-0 6-0-0 DNP 2/18 at Dayton* 15-12-0 0-1-0 23-5-4 0-2-0 4-1-2 DNP 14-12-5 6-4-5 6-8-0 DNP 0-0-0 9-1-0 DNP 2/21 ST. BONAVNETURE* 16-6-1 0-1-0 5-10-1 14-3-2 4-5-8 2-2-0 17-3-1 4-0-3 6-4-2 4-2-4 11-5-3 0-0-2 0-1-0 2/24 SAINT LOUIS* 4-12-0 0-0-0 13-5-3 7-1-0 3-1-2 DNP 9-9-4 9-2-2 0-2-0 0-0-0 3-0-1 5-1-1 DNP 2/28 LA SALLE* 20-12-1 11-2-3 2-1-0 10-2-1 2-1-5 0-0-1 17-10-10 4-3-8 6-6-2 2-3-0 9-4-1 17-5-1 2-0-0 3/3 at Saint Joseph’s* 6-7-0 11-0-3 13-2-2 7-1-0 0-0-0 DNP 11-9-4 8-2-5 9-7-1 DNP 0-1-1 6-0-1 DNP 3/8 vs. Saint Louis (A-10) 6-2-1 10-0-0 13-7-1 5-1-0 0-0-2 DNP 8-13-2 11-1-5 0-2-0 3-0-1 3-1-0 12-2-1 DNP 3/13 ALABAMA (NIT) 10-10-2 4-0-0 11-6-2 7-1-1 DNP DNP 21-6-9 19-7-6 3-2-0 0-1-0 2-2-0 12-2-2 DNP 3/15 at West Virginia (NIT) 6-6-0 2-0-0 15-4-3 0-0-0 2-1-5 DNP 14-14-3 8-1-5 10-2-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 20-3-0 DNP Bold indicates game started; DNP = did not play-coach’s decision; INJ = injured; * = blocks indicated in place of assists 2006-07 TEAM GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS TEAMS FGM-FGA PCT. 3PM-3PA PCT. FTM-FTA PCT. OR-DR REB PF-D AST TO BLK STL 1H 2H OT - PTS Dartmouth 24-57 .421 2-13 .154 11-18 .611 8-16 24 23-0 9 18 3 9 29 32 - 61 at UMASS 39-63 .619 5-16 .313 15-23 .652 12-29 41 20-0 19 18 7 10 52 46 - 98 vs. Oakland 20-56 .357 3-15 .200 13-19 .684 13-21 34 20-0 12 18 3 9 24 32 - 56 UMASS 25-50 .500 7-18 .389 8-21 .381 10-27 37 20-0 17 22 10 7 40 25 - 65 UMASS 23-48 .479 7-14 .500 15-23 .652 9-17 26 22-0 12 16 4 1 37 31 - 68 at Pittsburgh 31-62 .500 8-17 .471 15-21 .714 15-21 36 18-0 23 10 4 9 46 39 - 85 vs. Northeastern 14-54 .259 8-28 .286 20-33 .606 17-18 35 21-2 9 22 5 2 32 24 - 56 UMASS 29-61 .475 5-12 .417 16-24 .667 17-28 45 24-1 19 19 4 7 36 43 - 79 St. Francis N.Y. 20-57 .351 6-17 .353 3-7 .429 10-23 33 23-0 10 20 5 11 22 27 - 49 UMASS 23-47 .489 3-16 .188 14-23 .609 9-28 37 14-0 16 19 16 9 29 34 - 63 UMASS 34-57 .596 7-16 .438 25-42 .595 14-33 47 27-0 13 21 5 14 47 53 - 100 at Jacksonville State 18-63 .286 5-17 .294 28-35 .800 16-21 37 28-3 9 21 4 14 28 41 - 69 UMASS 24-54 .444 5-18 .278 19-28 .679 12-29 41 17-0 13 22 11 10 42 30 - 72 at Savannah State 20-63 .317 3-10 .300 6-10 .600 15-23 38 22-0 8 20 5 6 24 25 - 49 Boston College 26-50 .520 3-11 .273 29-38 .763 8-24 32 19-1 14 13 5 6 39 45 - 84 UMASS 29-70 .414 4-23 .174 11-21 .524 22-21 43 25-1 17 14 4 6 27 46 - 73 UMASS 19-42 .452 4-11 .364 14-25 .560 14-25 39 25-1 15 22 8 6 27 29 - 56 at Boston Univ. 21-53 .396 2-10 .200 10-17 .588 11-16 37 23-0 7 12 2 7 24 30 - 54 vs. Central Conn. 23-53 .434 9-18 .500 11-17 .647 11-16 27 17-0 16 12 1 4 30 36 - 66 UMASS 32-63 .508 5-15 .333 10-16 .625 18-19 37 16-0 19 10 3 7 30 49 - 79 UMASS 21-48 .438 7-17 .412 23-36 .639 7-27 34 27-0 15 14 5 5 41 31 - 72 at Louisville 22-57 .386 3-15 .200 21-35 .600 16-25 41 27-1 8 16 4 6 26 42 - 68 UMASS 22-59 .373 7-22 .318 17-24 .708 11-21 32 23-1 11 15 7 11 27 41 - 68 at Kentucky 30-51 .588 7-11 .636 15-28 .536 6-31 37 20-1 20 18 6 7 39 43 - 82 Yale 21-65 .323 5-17 .294 22-28 .786 13-21 34 26-0 10 21 1 12 32 37 - 69 UMASS 29-59 .492 8-16 .500 12-23 .522 15-34 49 25-0 17 30 9 11 40 38 - 78 Miami (Fla.) 26-52 .500 9-15 .600 11-18 .611 7-22 29 17-1 11 13 3 4 32 40 - 72 UMASS 26-58 .448 6-18 .333 13-25 .520 15-22 37 19-0 16 13 11 6 34 37 - 71 UMASS 29-62 .468 4-21 .190 17-27 .630 18-19 37 23-1 14 10 10 8 33 46 - 79 at La Salle* 25-56 .446 5-17 .294 16-24 .667 17-19 36 24-2 12 15 2 5 37 34 - 71 George Washington* 30-77 .390 7-16 .438 17-28 .607 20-18 38 28-1 10 12 0 9 36 48 - 84 UMASS 30-51 .588 5-15 .333 26-38 .684 9-29 38 28-1 23 22 13 7 45 46 - 91 Temple* 27-58 .466 10-19 .526 13-15 .867 8-16 24 22-0 14 10 4 7 45 32 - 77 UMASS 32-62 .516 11-20 .550 13-28 .464 18-25 43 18-0 22 13 9 5 40 48 - 88 UMASS 35-75 .467 5-18 .278 2-4 .500 25-22 47 18-0 16 16 3 4 36 41 - 77 at Xavier* 30-62 .484 8-18 .444 15-22 .682 15-16 31 10-0 15 9 5 10 37 46 - 83 Duquesne* 32-76 .421 12-31 .387 11-22 .500 16-19 35 24-1 16 15 2 9 41 46 - 87 UMASS 35-74 .473 11-29 .379 20-27 .741 24-31 55 20-0 19 23 8 6 43 58 - 101 UMASS 28-63 .444 9-25 .360 7-10 .700 10-22 32 28-1 14 18 9 6 28 44 - 72 at Rhode Island* 19-49 .388 4-17 .235 33-43 .767 11-26 37 14-0 8 16 4 8 24 51 - 76 UMASS 24-52 .462 5-16 .313 13-22 .591 10-28 38 22-0 16 14 5 2 29 37 - 66 at Charlotte* 21-57 .368 6-16 .375 13-20 .650 13-21 34 25-1 10 11 2 9 32 29 - 61 Richmond* 20-52 .385 3-11 .385 13-18 .722 4-9 13 30-1 96193125-56 UMASS 19-37 .514 1-8 .125 33-43 .767 8-31 39 20-0 8 15 3 6 30 42 - 72 Rhode Island* 17-64 .266 1-13 .077 20-27 .741 16-23 39 20-0 69352728-55 UMASS 30-63 .476 3-14 .214 14-24 .583 16-34 50 22-0 20 10 13 3 41 36 - 77 UMASS 32-72 .444 7-17 .412 18-21 .857 23-21 44 23-2 11 18 3 6 35 54 - 89 at Temple* 31-58 .534 11-22 .500 25-29 .862 8-18 26 19-1 13 15 5 10 44 54 - 98 UMASS 30-63 .476 6-18 .333 8-17 .471 15-29 44 24-1 20 10 10 4 30 44 - 74 at Fordham* 18-58 .310 9-20 .450 14-21 .667 12-20 32 19-0 10 10 4 5 27 32 - 59 UMASS 26-63 .413 7-19 .368 18-29 .621 20-27 47 20-0 12 10 6 4 31 46 - 77 at Dayton* 26-58 .448 10-19 .526 7-18 .389 13-22 35 24-0 13 12 6 1 25 44 - 69 St. Bonaventure* 19-59 .322 1-13 .077 5-15 .333 17-16 33 22-0 9 20 1 4 22 22 - 44 UMASS 33-62 .532 3-13 .231 14-24 .583 17-26 43 16-0 23 13 8 11 36 47 - 83 Saint Louis* 17-42 .405 2-10 .200 14-18 .778 5-29 34 15-0 11 18 7 4 20 30 - 50 UMASS 18-61 .295 5-19 .263 12-18 .667 13-22 35 18-1 99572231-53 La Salle* 25-73 .342 7-21 .333 6-8 .750 11-19 30 18-0 11 14 1 6 23 40 - 63 UMASS 40-71 .563 9-24 .375 13-20 .650 16-38 54 10-0 22 15 15 9 55 47 - 102 UMASS 25-48 .521 5-15 .333 16-33 .485 12-22 34 22-0 14 14 6 7 44 27 - 71 at Saint Joseph’s* 22-56 .393 4-12 .333 19-26 .731 15-20 35 26-0 10 13 4 4 39 28 - 67 Saint Louis (A-10) 27-57 .474 2-12 .167 18-24 .750 9-26 35 16-0 8 12 5 8 24 41 9 - 74 UMASS 24-61 .393 10-23 .435 13-18 .722 11-24 35 21-1 12 11 3 2 32 33 6 - 71 Alabama (NIT) 31-73 .425 9-21 .429 16-23 .696 23-19 42 25-2 13 17 7 8 40 43 4 - 87 UMASS 30-60 .500 6-16 .375 23-33 .697 17-23 40 19-1 13 20 10 11 41 42 6 -89 UMASS 31-62 .500 5-15 .333 10-17 .588 16-19 35 20-1 15 15 3 8 23 54 - 77 at West Virginia (NIT) 31-57 .544 12-28 .429 16-21 .762 9-20 29 15-0 19 13 6 5 37 53 - 90 www.umassathletics.com 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND • 15 2006-07 TEAM TENDENCIES 2006-07 SPECIALITY STATISTICS UMass Record Overall A-10 Opp. player scores 30+ points 1-3 1-1 TEAMS PTS In PTS 2nd F. Break BENCH SCORE LEAD LARGEST LEAD PAINT off TOs Ch. PTS PTS PTS TIEDChanges Overall Record 24-9 13-3 Opp. player scores 20+ points 9-5 5-2 Dartmouth 22 21 7 4 17 0 0 none Home 12-2 8-0 at UMASS 60 27 14 15 20 +38 (4:37/2nd) Opponents score 60+ points 15-8 8-3 Road 9-6 5-3 vs. Oakland 18 14 2 8 23 1 1 +2 (19:40/1st) Opponents score 70+ points 5-9 4-3 Neutral 3-1 0-0 UMASS 26 21 3 13 13 +22 (9:11/2nd) Opponents score 80+ points 3-6 2-2 UMASS 24 9 5 12 10 4 6 +2 (6:52/1st) White Uniforms 14-3 8-0 Opponents score 90+ points 0-2 0-1 at Pittsburgh 20 16 19 7 24 +19 (8:55/2nd) Maroon Uniforms 4-2 4-1 vs. Northeastern 10 18 12 2 6 2 3 +8 (9:33/1st) Black Uniforms 6-4 1-2 In November 6-1 0-0 UMASS 42 16 18 12 11 +23 (0:16/2nd)FINAL In December 4-2 0-0 St. Francis N.Y. 28 11 13 2 10 0 0 none Leading at the half 19-3 9-1 In January 5-3 5-2 UMASS 40 16 15 4 12 +16 (10:13/2nd) Trailing at the half 4-6 4-2 In February 7-1 7-1 UMASS 46 25 16 14 40 0 0 +35 (1:22/2nd) Tied at the half 1-0 0-0 In March 2-2 1-0 at Jacksonville State 20 19 15 4 23 none Leading with 5:00 to play 22-0 12-0 UMASS 34 19 7 10 24 0 0 +31 (14:29/2nd) Trailing with 5:00 to play 2-8 1-4 Wire-To-Wire Wins 8 3 at Savannah State 28 17 9 0 12 none Tied with 5:00 to play 0-1 0-0 Wire-To-Wire Losses 2 1 Boston College 38 18 7 4 19 2 5 +22 (9:43/2nd) UMASS 46 13 19 6 4 +3 (18:37/1st) In overtime games 1-1 0-0 UMASS 30 8 7 6 18 5 5 +12 (12:35/2nd) GAME LEADERS at Boston Univ. 36 26 10 0 8 +3 (9:49/1st) Shooting 50% or better 11-1 6-0 UMass Top Scorer (includes ties) vs. Central Conn. 20 8 10 6 7 9 5 +5 (17:43/2nd) Shooting below 50% 13-8 6-3 Rashaun Freeman 13 6 UMASS 48 9 23 0 21 +15 (0:26/2nd) Shooting 40% or better 23-7 12-3 Gary Forbes 9 5 UMASS 24 11 7 17 28 2 2 +17 (7:22/1st) Shooting below 40% 1-2 1-0 Stephane Lasme 8 4 at Louisville 26 8 15 6 20 +1 (16:03/1st) James Life 6 2 UMASS 30 19 6 14 22 3 4 +3 (18:58/1st) Opponent shooting 50% or better 0-6 0-1 Chris Lowe 1 1 at Kentucky 38 16 5 8 23 +22 (6:34/2nd) Opponent shooting below 50% 24-3 13-2 Yale 26 25 9 6 16 1 0 none UMASS 38 17 15 15 33 +17 (1:07/2nd) Opponent shooting 40% or better 8-8 5-2 UMass Top Rebounder (includes ties) Miami (Fla.) 30 17 7 7 17 4 10 +8 (6:45/2nd) Opponent shooting below 40% 16-1 8-1 Stephane Lasme 17 7 Rashaun Freeman 12 6 UMASS 36 14 10 14 24 +9 (7:34/1st) UMASS 48 19 16 10 14 4 3 +9 (18:58/1st) Gary Forbes 5 3 Shoot higher FG% than opponent 22-1 11-1 at La Salle* 30 16 13 0 22 +14 (7:53/1st) Dante Milligan 1 1 Shoot lower FG% than opponent 2-8 2-2 George Washington* 40 25 18 6 15 0 0 none FG% is even 0-0 0-0 UMASS 44 13 8 6 21 +17 (15:21/2nd) UMass Top Assist Player (includes ties) Temple* 26 20 8 7 2 6 4 +5 (0:03/1st) Shooting more field goal attempts 10-8 7-3 Chris Lowe 21 13 UMASS 40 16 23 4 21 +17 (5:28/2nd) Shooting fewer field goal attempts 14-1 6-0 Tiki Mayben 11 2 UMASS 56 19 28 6 27 8 9 +4 (13:24/1st) Field goal attempts are even 0-0 0-0 Gary Forbes 7 2 at Xavier* 34 23 16 12 13 +12 (3:54/1st) Etienne Brower 1 0 Duquesne* 26 16 14 4 49 3 9 +6 (18:14/1st) Shooting more free throws made 15-2 8-0 Rashuan Freeman 1 0 UMASS 46 19 20 9 41 +16 (0:042/2nd) Shooting fewer free throws made 7-7 3-3 Brandon Thomas 1 1 UMASS 32 15 10 8 14 3 2 +9 (9:08/1st) Free throws are even 2-0 2-0 at Rhode Island* 18 18 8 4 25 +10 (0:27/2nd) UMASS’ LARGEST ... UMASS 34 16 7 6 14 2 3 +7 (6:27/2nd) Outrebounding opponent 20-5 11-2 LEAD at Charlotte* 26 17 9 6 8 +16 (9:10/1st) Outrebounded by opponent 3-3 1-1 Overall: 50 (85-35, 87-37, 90-40/2nd – vs. La Salle, Richmond* 28 14 4 2 23 3 8 +9 (7:52/1st) Rebounding is even 1-1 1-0 2/28/06) UMASS 32 10 13 4 7 +16 (0:33/2nd)/FINAL A-10: 50 (85-35, 87-37, 90-40/2nd – vs. La Salle, 2/ Rhode Island* 20 9 11 6 19 0 0 none More turnovers than opponent 14-6 9-3 28/06) UMASS 48 2 14 14 14 +26 (1:08/2nd) Fewer turnovers than opponent 7-2 3-0 UMASS 44 17 21 4 21 0 0 none Turnovers are even 3-1 1-0 DEFICIT at Temple* 30 17 8 4 15 +20 (30-10/9:55/1st) Overall: 22 (44-66 at 9:43/2nd – Boston College, UMASS 44 7 11 15 24 2 1 +20 (7:27/1st) More fouls than opponent 5-9 3-3 12/2/06) & 22 (72-50 &70-48 at Fordham* 14 11 10 0 22 +4 (15:22/1st) Fewer fouls than opponent 16-0 9-0 at Kentucky, 12/22/06) UMASS 38 16 16 9 10 0 0 +15 (11:26/1st) Fouls are even 3-0 1-0 A-10: 20 (30-10 at 9:55/1st) at Temple, 2/11/ at Dayton* 30 10 9 12 31 none St. Bonaventure* 36 4 17 2 8 0 5 +3 (17:40/1st) Zero UMass players foul out 17-3 9-1 07) UMASS 60 23 17 10 41 +43 (1:52/2nd) 1+ UMass players foul out 7-6 4-2 MARGIN OF VICTORY Saint Louis* 18 9 5 2 12 9 10 +4 (5:12/1st) UMASS 26 12 7 2 13 +7 (14:47/2nd) Overall: 39 (83-44 vs. St. Bonaventure, 2/21/ Scoring more bench points 18-4 8-2 La Salle* 28 16 8 6 34 1 1 +2 (19:29/1st) 07) & (102-63 vs. La Salle, 2/28/07) Scoring fewer bench points 6-5 5-1 UMASS 60 26 20 11 37 +50 (9:10/2nd) A-10: 39 (83-44 vs. St. Bonaventure, 2/21/07) & UMASS 40 15 10 9 27 3 4 +8 (5:01/1st) Games decided by 3 or less 3-3 1-1 (102-63 vs. La Salle, 2/28/07) at Saint Joseph’s* 32 9 16 2 10 +4 (6:52/2nd) Games decided by 6 points or less 6-4 3-2 Saint Louis (A-10) 38 17 9 4 12 13 13 +7 (1:22/OT) Games decided by 4 to 8 5-0 4-0 MARGIN OF DEFEAT UMASS 26 13 8 3 21 +8 (0:41/1st) Games decided by 9 to 12 3-2 1-1 Overall: 17 (68-85 at #4/5 Pittsburgh, 11/18/06) Alabama (NIT) 36 20 30 19 12 9 13 +9 (11:37/2nd) Games decided by 13 to 19 5-3 3-0 A-10: 9 (89-98 at Temple, 2/11/07) UMASS 40 20 17 16 16 +7 (17:35/2nd) Games decided by 20 or more 7-0 3-0 UMASS 46 22 17 6 14 1 0 none HALFTIME LEAD at West Virgina (NIT) 28 19 10 4 23 +19 (16:48/2nd) vs. Top 10 opponent 0-1 0-0 Overall: 32 (55-23 – vs. La Salle, 2/28/07) vs. Top 25 opponent 0-1 0-0 A-10: 32 (55-23 – vs. La Salle, 2/28/07) RECORDS WITH STARTING LINE-UPS vs. Unranked opponent 24-8 13-3 SF Forbes PF Lasme C Freeman G Life PG Mayben 8-3 vs. Team with winning record 9-7 5-2 HALFTIME DEFICIT Dartmouth (11/11), Oakland (11/17), Pittsburgh (11/18), Northeastern (11/19), St. Francis, vs. Team with .500 record 1-1 0-0 Overall: 14 (23-37 at West Virginia, 3/15/07) N.Y. (11/22), Jacksonville State (11/25), Savannah State (11/28), Boston College (12/2), vs. Team with losing record 14-1 8-1 A-10: 9 (35-44 at Temple, 2/11/07) Boston Univ. (12/6), at Louisville (12/13), at Kentucky (12/22) PF Lasme C Freeman G Life G Lowe PG Mayben 1-0 HOME CROWD Central Connecticut (12/9) Player scores 30+ points 0-1 0-1 SF Brower PF Lasme C Freeman G Life PG Lowe 3-2 Player scores 25+ points 1-1 0-1 Overall: 9,493 (vs. Boston College, 12/2/06) Yale (12/28), Miami (1/2), at La Salle (1/6), George Washington (1/10), at Rhode Island Player scores 20+ points 13-5 6-3 A-10: 9.088 (vs. Saint Louis, 2/24/07) (1/24) SF Thomas PF Lasme C Freeman G Life PG Lowe 2-1 UMass scores 60+ points 22-9 12-3 ROAD CROWD Temple (1/13), at Xavier (1/18), Duquesne (1/21) UMass scores 70+ points 19-7 11-3 Overall: 24,307 (at Kentucky, 12/22/06) SF Forbes PF Lasme C Freeman G Life PG Lowe 9-3 A-10: 13,213 (at Dayton, 2/18/07) at Charlotte (1/28), Richmond (2/3), Rhode Island (2/8), at Temple (2/11), at Fordham UMass scores 80+ points 8-1 5-1 (2/15), at Dayton (2/18), St. Bonaventure (2/21), Saint Louis (2/24), at Saint Joseph’s (3/ UMass scores 90+ points 5-0 3-0 3), Saint Louis (3/8), Alabama (3/13), at West Virginia (3/15) UMass scores 100+ points 3-0 2-0 SF Pennie PF Lasme C Freeman G Life G Thomas 1-0 La Salle (2/28) UMASS & OPPONENT WINNING MARGINS 1234 56 7 8 9111213141516172223313739 UMass 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 11112 Opponents 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 06-07 UMASSbasketball 16 • 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND 2006-07 SEASON SUPERLATIVES UMASS GAME HIGHS UMASS - GAME LOWS POINTS 102 vs La Salle (02/28/07) POINTS 53 vs Saint Louis (02/24/07) 101 vs Duquesne (01/21/07) 56 at Boston University (12/6/06) 100 at Jacksonville State (11/25/06) FIELD GOALS MADE 18 vs Saint Louis (02/24/07) FIELD GOALS MADE 40 vs La Salle (02/28/07) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 37 vs Richmond (02/03/07) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 75 at Xavier (01/18/07) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .295 (18-61) vs Saint Louis (02/24/07) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .619 (39-63) vs Dartmouth (11/11/06) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 1 vs Richmond (02/03/07) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 11 vs Duquesne (01/21/07) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 8 vs Richmond (02/03/07) 11 vs Temple (01/13/07) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .125 (1-8) vs Richmond (02/03/07) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 29 vs Duquesne (01/21/07) FREE THROWS MADE 2 at Xavier (01/18/07) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .550 (11-20) vs Temple (01/13/07) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 4 at Xavier (01/18/07) FREE THROWS MADE 33 vs Richmond (02/03/07) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .364 (8-22) vs Oakland (11/17/06) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 43 vs Richmond (02/03/07) REBOUNDS 26 at #4/5 Pittsburgh (11/18/06) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .857 (18-21) at Temple (2/11/07) ASSISTS 8 vs Richmond (02/03/07) REBOUNDS 55 vs Duquesne (01/21/07) STEALS 1 at #4/5 Pittsburgh (11/18/06) ASSISTS 23 vs St. Bonaventure (02/21/07) BLOCKED SHOTS 3 vs Central Connecticut (12/09/06) 23 vs George Washington (01/10/07) 3 at Xavier (01/18/07) STEALS 14 at Jacksonville State (11/25/06) 3 vs Richmond (02/03/07) BLOCKED SHOTS 16 vs St. Francis (N.Y.) (11/22/06) 3 at Temple (2/11/07) TURNOVERS 30 vs Yale (12/28/06) 3 vs Saint Louis (03/08/07) FOULS 28 at Rhode Island (1/24/07) 3 at West Virginia (3/15/07) 28 vs George Washington (01/10/07) TURNOVERS 9 vs Saint Louis (02/24/07) FOULS 10 vs La Salle (02/28/07) OPPONENT - GAME HIGHS POINTS 98 at Temple (2/11/07) OPPONENT - GAME LOWS 90 at West Virginia (3/15/07) POINTS 44 vs St. Bonaventure (02/21/07) FIELD GOALS MADE 32 vs Duquesne (01/21/07) 49 vs St. Francis (N.Y.) (11/22/06) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 77 vs George Washington (01/10/07) FIELD GOALS MADE 14 vs Northeastern (11/19/06) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .588 (30-51) at Kentucky (12/22/06) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 42 vs Saint Louis (02/24/07) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 12 at West Virginia (3/15/07) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .259 (14-54) vs Northeastern (11/19/06) 12 vs Duquesne (01/21/07) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 1 vs Rhode Island (02/08/07) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 31 vs Duquesne (01/21/07) 1 vs St. Bonaventure (02/21/07) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .636 (7-11) at Kentucky (12/22/06) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 10 at Savannah State (11/28/06) FREE THROWS MADE 33 at Rhode Island (1/24/07) 10 at Boston University (12/6/06) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 43 at Rhode Island (1/24/07) 10 vs Saint Louis (02/24/07) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .077 (1-13) vs Rhode Island (02/08/07) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .867 (13-15) vs Temple (01/13/07) .077 (1-13) vs St. Bonaventure (02/21/07) REBOUNDS 42 vs Alabama (03/13/07) FREE THROWS MADE 3 vs St. Francis (N.Y.) (11/22/06) ASSISTS 23 at #4/5 Pittsburgh (11/18/06) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 7 vs St. Francis (N.Y.) (11/22/06) STEALS 14 at Jacksonville State (11/25/06) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .333 (5-15) vs St. Bonaventure (02/21/07) BLOCKED SHOTS 7 vs Alabama (03/13/07) REBOUNDS 13 vs Richmond (02/03/07) 7 vs Saint Louis (02/24/07) ASSISTS 6 vs Rhode Island (02/08/07) TURNOVERS 21 vs Yale (12/28/06) STEALS 1 at Dayton (2/18/07) 21 at Jacksonville State (11/25/06) BLOCKED SHOTS 0 vs George Washington (01/10/07) 21 vs Northeastern (11/19/06) TURNOVERS 6 vs Richmond (02/03/07) FOULS 30 vs Richmond (02/03/07) FOULS 10 at Xavier (01/18/07) 2006-07 UMASS INDIVIDUAL HIGHS 2006-07 OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL HIGHS POINTS 31 FORBES, Gary at Temple (2/11/07) POINTS 33 HARRIS,Anthony vs Miami (Fla.) (01/02/07) 25 FREEMAN, Rashaun vs Dartmouth (11/11/06) 31 YOUNG, Frank at West Virginia (3/15/07) 24 LIFE, James vs Duquesne (01/21/07) 30 CHRISTMAS, Dionte at Temple (2/11/07) 24 LIFE, James at Kentucky (12/22/06) 30 RICE, Maureece vs George Washington (01/10/07) 24 LASME, Stephane vs Boston College (12/02/06) FIELD GOALS MADE 13 HARRIS,Anthony vs Miami (Fla.) (01/02/07) 24 FREEMAN, Rashaun vs Northeastern (11/19/06) FIELD GOAL ATT 25 RICE, Maureece vs George Washington (01/10/07) FIELD GOALS MADE 12 FREEMAN, Rashaun vs Dartmouth (11/11/06) FG PCT (min 5 made) .833 (5-6) INGE, Semaj at Temple (2/11/07) FIELD GOAL ATT 23 FORBES, Gary at Temple (2/11/07) 3 PT FG MADE 6 YOUNG, Frank at West Virginia (3/15/07) FG PCT (min 5 made) .900 (9-10) LASME, Stephane vs Temple (01/13/07) 6 ROBERTS, Brian at Dayton (2/18/07) 3 PT FG MADE 6 LIFE, James vs Duquesne (01/21/07) 6 BLACKWOOD, Tristan vs Central Connecticut (12/09/06) 6 LIFE, James at Kentucky (12/22/06) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 11 RILEY, Mykal vs Alabama (03/13/07) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 16 LIFE, James vs Duquesne (01/21/07) 3-PT FG PCT (min 2 made)1.000 (2-2) BINNS, Michael at Fordham (02/15/07) 3-PT FG PCT (min 2 ) 1.000 (3-3) BONNER, Luke vs La Salle (02/28/07) 1.000 (2-2) DUNSTON, Bryant at Fordham (02/15/07) 1.000 (2-2) THOMAS, Brandon vs Saint Louis (03/08/07) 1.000 (2-2) BROWN, Derrick at Xavier (01/18/07) 1.000 (2-2) HARRIS, Ricky vs Duquesne (01/21/07) 1.000 (2-2) BRADLEY,Ramel at Kentucky (12/22/06) 1.000 (2-2) THOMAS, Brandon vs Miami (Fla.) (01/02/07) 1.000 (2-2) YOUNG, Sam at #4/5 Pittsburgh (11/18/06) 1.000 (2-2) BROWER, Etienne vs Yale (12/28/06) FREE THROWS MADE 11 DAVIS, Bennet vs Northeastern (11/19/06) 1.000 (2-2) HARRIS, Ricky at Jacksonville State (11/25/06) FREE THROW ATT 15 BROWN, Dorien at Jacksonville State (11/25/06) FREE THROWS MADE 11 LOWE, Chris vs Richmond (02/03/07) FT PCT (min 3 made) 1.000 (8-8) SALISBERY, Dustin at Temple (2/11/07) FREE THROW ATT 15 FORBES, Gary vs Richmond (02/03/07) 1.000 (8-8) COTHRAN, Keith at Rhode Island (1/24/07) FT PCT (min 3 ) 1.000 (8-8) FORBES, Gary at Temple (2/11/07) 1.000 (7-7) RILEY, Mykal vs Alabama (03/13/07) 1.000 (8-8) FORBES, Gary vs Duquesne (01/21/07) 1.000 (7-7) BRADLEY, Courtney at Jacksonville State (11/25/06) 1.000 (8-8) FREEMAN, Rashaun at Jacksonville State (11/25/06) REBOUNDS 13 DRAYTON, E.J. at Charlotte (01/28/07) 1.000 (7-7) HARRIS, Ricky vs St. Bonaventure (02/21/07) ASSISTS 8 JASPER,Derrick at Kentucky (12/22/06) REBOUNDS 17 LASME, Stephane vs Duquesne (01/21/07) STEALS 5 LAVENDER, Drew at Xavier (01/18/07) ASSISTS 11 MAYBEN, Tiki vs Dartmouth (11/11/06) BLOCKED SHOTS 4 DAVIDSON, Jermareo vs Alabama (03/13/07) STEALS 5 LOWE, Chris vs Alabama (03/13/07) 4 MORRIS, Randolph at Kentucky (12/22/06) BLOCKED SHOTS 11 LASME, Stephane vs Rhode Island (02/08/07) 4DAVIS, Bennet vs Northeastern (11/19/06) 11 LASME, Stephane vs George Washington (01/10/07) TURNOVERS 8 HAWKINS, A.J. vs St. Bonaventure (02/21/07) 11 LASME, Stephane vs St. Francis (N.Y.) (11/22/06) FOULS 5 HENDRIX, Richard vs Alabama (03/13/07) TURNOVERS 6 LASME, Stephane vs Yale (12/28/06) 5 GEE, Alonzo vs Alabama (03/13/07) 6MAYBEN, Tiki vs Yale (12/28/06) 5 SALISBERY, Dustin at Temple (2/11/07) 6 FREEMAN, Rashaun at Boston University (12/6/06) 5 BUTLER, Ryan vs Richmond (02/03/07) 6 LOWE, Chris at Savannah State (11/28/06) 5 THOMAS, Peter vs Richmond (02/03/07) 6 LASME, Stephane at Savannah State (11/28/06) 5 COLEMAN, Antwon at Charlotte (01/28/07) 6 FORBES, Gary vs St. Francis (N.Y.) (11/22/06) 5 GROTE, Scott vs Duquesne (01/21/07) 6MAYBEN, Tiki vs Oakland (11/17/06) 5 KOUNDJIA, Regis vs George Washington (01/10/07) www.umassathletics.com 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND • 17 2006-07 UMASS BASKETBALL INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES POINTS BLOCKS Player Points Opponent Player Blocks Opponent Gary Forbes 31 at Temple (2/11/07) Stephane Lasme 11 Rhode Island (2/8/07) Rashaun Freeman 25 Dartmouth (11/11/06) Stephane Lasme 11 George Washington (1/10/07) James Life 24 at Kentucky (12/22/06) Stephane Lasme 11 St. Francis (11/22/06) James Life 24 Duquesne (1/21/07) Stephane Lasme 10 La Salle (2/28/07) Stephane Lasme 24 Boston College (12/2/06) Stephane Lasme 9 Alabama (3/13/07) Rashaun Freeman 24 Northeastern (11/19/06) Stephane Lasme 9 at La Salle (1/6/07) Gary Forbes 23 at Dayton (2/18/07) Stephane Lasme 23 George Washington (1/10/07) Rashaun Freeman 23 vs. Central Connecticut (12/9/06) TRIPLE-DOUBLES Rashaun Freeman 22 at Xavier (1/18/07) Player Stats Opponent Gary Forbes 22 Rhode Island (2/8/07) Stephane Lasme 1 19 pts, 10 reb, 11 blk St. Francis (11/22/06) Stephane Lasme 21 Alabama (3/13/07) Stephane Lasme 2 23 pts, 15 reb, 11 blk Geo. Washington (1/10/07) Rashaun Freeman 21 at Louisville (12/13/06) Stephane Lasme 3 18 pts, 12 reb, 11 blk Rhode Island (2/8/07) Rashaun Freeman 21 George Washington (1/10/07) Stephane Lasme 4 17 pts, 10 reb, 10 blk La Salle (2/28/07) Rashaun Freeman 21 Temple (1/13/07) Stephane Lasme 21 Temple (1/13/07) DOUBLE-DOUBLES James Life 20 at West Virginia (3/15/07) Player Stats Opponent Rashaun Freeman 20 La Salle (2/28/07) Rashaun Freeman 1 25 pts, 10 reb. Dartmouth (11/11/06) Rashaun Freeman 20 at Boston University (12/6/06) Gary Forbes 20 at Jacksonville State (11/25/06) Tiki Mayben 1 12 pts, 11 ast Dartmouth (11/11/06) Stephane Lasme 1 11 pts, 14 reb. Oakland (11/17/06) Rashaun Freeman 2 24 pts, 10 reb. Northeastern (11/19/06) REBOUNDS Stephane Lasme 2 19 pts, 10 reb, 11 blk St. Francis (11/22/06) Player Rebounds Opponent Rashaun Freeman 3 18 pts, 11 reb at Jacksonville State (11/25/06) Stephane Lasme 17 (11 off, 6 def) Duquesne (1/21/07) Stephane Lasme 3 11 pts, 11 reb at Jacksonville State (11/25/06) Gary Forbes 16 (1 off, 15 def) Richmond (2/3/07) Stephane Lasme 4 24 pts, 11 reb Boston College (12/2/06) Stephane Lasme 16 (1 off, 15 def) Yale (12/28/06) Rashaun Freeman 4 20 pts, 12 reb at Boston University (12/6/06) Stephane Lasme 15 (2 off, 13 def) George Washington (1/10/07) Rashaun Freeman 5 23 pts, 10 reb vs. Central Conn. (12/9/06) Stephane Lasme 14 (7 off, 7 def) at West Virginia (3/15/07) Stephane Lasme 5 19 pts, 14 reb vs. Central Conn. (12/9/06) Gary Forbes 14 (6 off, 8 def) at Temple (2/11/07) Rashaun Freeman 6 16 pts, 10 reb Miami (1/2/07) Stephane Lasme 14 (6 off, 8 def) vs. Central Conn. (12/9/06) Stephane Lasme 6 17 pts, 13 reb at La Salle (1/6/07) Stephane Lasme 14 (4 off, 10 def) Oakland (11/17/06) Rashaun Freeman 7 18 pts, 11 reb at La Salle (1/6/07) Stephane Lasme 13 (6 off, 7 def) vs. Saint Louis (3/8/07) Stephane Lasme 7 23 pts, 15 reb, 11 blk Geo. Washington (1/10/07) Rashaun Freeman 13 (11 off, 2 def) at Xavier (1/18/07) Rashaun Freeman 8 21 pts, 10 reb Temple (1/13/07) Stephane Lasme 13 (5 off, 8 def) at La Salle (1/6/07) Stephane Lasme 8 21 pts, 11 reb Temple (1/13/07) Rashaun Freeman 12 (4 off, 8 def) La Salle (2/28/07) Rashaun Freeman 9 22 pts, 13 reb at Xavier (1/18/07) Rashaun Freeman 12 (4 off, 8 def) Saint Louis (2/24/07) Stephane Lasme 9 14 pts, 17 reb Duquesne (1/21/07) Stephane Lasme 12 (6 off, 6 def) at Dayton (2/18/07) Rashaun Freeman 10 19 pts, 14 reb at Rhode Island (1/21/07) Rashaun Freeman 12 (4 off, 8 def) at Dayton (2/18/07) Rashaun Freeman 11 18 pts, 11 reb at Charlotte (1/28/07) Stephane Lasme 12 (5 off, 7 def) Rhode Island (2/8/07) Gary Forbes 1 16 pts, 16 reb Richmond (2/3/07) Rashaun Freeman 12 (5 off, 7 def) at Rhode Island (1/24/07) Rashaun Freeman 12 (8 off, 4 def) at Boston Univ. (12/6/06) Stephane Lasme 10 18 pts, 12 reb, 11 blk Rhode Island (2/8/07) Dante Milligan 11 (1 off, 10 def) at Fordham (2/15/07) Gary Forbes 2 31 pts, 14 reb at Temple (2/11/07) Rashaun Freeman 11 (3 off, 8 def) at Charlotte (1/28/07) Stephane Lasme 11 18 pts, 10 reb at Fordham (2/15/07) Stephane Lasme 11 (5 off, 6 def) Temple (1/13/07) Rashaun Freeman 12 15 pts, 12 reb at Dayton (2/18/07) Rashaun Freeman 11 (9 off, 2 def) at La Salle (1/6/07) Stephane Lasme 12 14 pts, 12 reb at Dayton (2/18/07) Stephane Lasme 11 (6 off, 5 def) Boston College (12/2/06) Rashaun Freeman 13 20 pts, 12 reb La Salle (2/28/07) Rashaun Freeman 11 (5 off, 5 def) at Jacksonville State (11/25/06) Stephane Lasme 13 17 pts, 10 reb, 10 blk La Salle (2/28/07) Stephane Lasme 11 (4 off, 7 def) at Jacksonville State (11/25/06) Rashaun Freeman 14 10 pts, 10 reb Alabama (3/13/07) Rashaun Freeman 10 (1 off, 9 def) Alabama (3/13/07) Stephane Lasme 14 14 pts, 14 reb at West Virginia (3/15/07) Stephane Lasme 10 (4 off, 6 def) La Salle (2/28/07) Gary Forbes 10 (4 off, 6 def) St. Bonaventure (2/21/07) DUNKS Stephane Lasme 10 (4 off, 6 def) at Fordham (2/15/07) Player No. Last Rashaun Freeman 10 (4 off, 6 def) Temple (1/13/07) Stephane Lasme 40 2 at West Virginia (3/15/07) Rashaun Freeman 10 (3 off, 7 def) Miami (1/2/07) Rashaun Freeman 18 at West Virginia (3/15/07) Rashaun Freeman 10 (7 off, 3 def) at Central Conn. (12/9/06) Gary Forbes 12 at Fordham (2/15/07) Stephane Lasme 10 (1 off, 9 def) St. Francis (11/22/06) James Life 8 at West Virginia (3/15/07) Rashaun Freeman 10 (5 off, 5 def) Dartmouth (11/11/06) Brandon Thomas 8 2 La Salle (2/28/07) Dante Milligan 4 La Salle (2/28/07) ASSISTS Ricky Harris 2 Rhode Island (2/8/07) Player Assists Opponent Luke Bonner 1 St. Bonaventure (2/21/07) Tiki Mayben 11 Dartmouth (11/11/06) Etienne Brower 1 St. Bonaventure (2/21/07) Tiki Mayben 9 Boston College (12/2/06) Tiki Mayben 1 Boston College (12/2/06) Chris Lowe 8 La Salle (2/28/07) UMass Team 95 Tiki Mayben 8 St. Bonaventure (2/21/07) Tiki Mayben 8 vs. Central Connecticut (12/9/06) CHARGES TAKEN Gary Forbes 8 vs. Central Connecticut (12/9/06) Player No. Last Chris Lowe 7 at Xavier (1/18/07) Luke Bonner 7 vs. Saint Louis (3/8/07) Chris Lowe 7 at Rhode Island (1/24/07) Rashaun Freeman 2 Duquesne (1/21/07) Chris Lowe 2 at West Virginia (3/15/07) Etienne Brower 1 at Charlotte (1/28/07) STEALS Gary Forbes 1 Saint Joseph’s (3/3/07) Player Steals Opponent Ricky Harris 1 at Savannah St. (11/28/06) Chris Lowe 5 Alabama (3/13/07) Stephane Lasme 1 at Charlotte (1/28/07) Gary Forbes 4 Saint Louis (2/24/07) James Life 1 at Temple (2/11/07) Tiki Mayben 4 at Boston University (12/6/06) Dante Milligan 1 at Louisville (12/13/06) Chris Lowe 3 at West Virginia (3/15/07) UMass Team 17 Tiki Mayben 3 Northeastern (11/19/06) Gary Forbes 3 Oakland (11/17/06) Stephane Lasme 3 Dartmouth (11/11/06) James Life 3 Six Times, last vs. La Salle (2/28/07) Chris Lowe 3 Three Times, last at Rhode Island (1/24/07)

06-07 UMASSbasketball 18 • 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND UMass THE LAST TIME... Category UMass Opponent Scored 30 Points 31, Gary Forbes at Temple, 2/11/07 31, Frank Young at West Virginia, 3/15/07 Scored 40 Points 41, Billy Tindall vs. Vermont, 2/10/68 41, David Hawkins, Temple, 3/3/04 Scored 25 Points In A Half 28, Carmelo Travieso at Duquesne, 1/20/96 25, Terrance Stansbury, Temple, 3/2/85 Two Players Scored 20 Points Temple, 1/13/07 at Dayton, 2/18/07 (Stephane Lasme 21, Rashaun Freeman 21) (Brian Roberts 15, Charles Little 21) Two Players Scored 20 Points George Washington, 1/10/07 & Temple, 1/13/07 N/A In Back-To-Back Games (Lasme 23, Freeman 21) & (Lasme 21, Freeman 21) Three Players Scored 20 Points vs. Xavier, 2/20/99 Charlotte, 2/22/06 (Chris Kirkland 25, Monty Mack 21, Lari Ketner 20) (Leemire Goldwire 24, De’Angelo Alexander 22, Curtis Withers 20) Two Players Scored 25 Points at Pittsburgh, 1/23/96 (Carmelo Travieso 27, Donta Bright 26) Temple, 2/17/01 (Quincy Wadley 28, Lynn Greer 26) Six/Seven Players Scored 10 Points 7 at Jacksonville State, 11/25/06 6 at Xavier, 1/18/07 (Gary Forbes 20, Rashaun Freeman 18, Stephane Lasme 11, (Justin Doellman 16, Stanley Burrell 15, Drew Lavender 14, Josh Duncan 13, Justin Cage 12, James Life 11, Chris Lowe, 10, Dante Milligan 10, B.Thomas 10) Derrick Brown 10) Five Players Scored 10 Points Alabama, 3/13/07 6 at Xavier, 1/18/07 (Stephane Lasme 21, Chris Lowe, 19, James Life 12, (Justin Doellman 16, Stanley Burrell 15, Drew Lavender 14, Josh Duncan 13, Justin Cage 12, Gary Forbes 11, Rashaun Freeman 10) Derrick Brown 10) Had 15 Rebounds 16, Gary Forbes, Richmond, 2/3/07 17, Keith Butler, Temple, 3/3/04 Had 20 Rebounds 27, Jim Town vs. Boston College, 12/12/76 20, Yinka Dare, George Washington, 2/27/94 Had 10 Offensive Rebounds 11, Stephane Lasme vs. Duquesne, 1/21/07 10, Keith Butler, Temple, 3/3/04 Had 10 Defensive Rebounds 10, Dante Milligan at Fordham, 2/15/07 10, Alexander Johnson at Florida State, 2/12/06 Two Players Had 10 Rebounds at Dayton, 2/18/07 (Rashaun Freeman 12, Stephane Lasme 12) Connecticut, (Emeka Okafor 10, Charlie Villanueva 10) Three Players Had 10 Rebounds vs. Xavier, 2/20/99 Holy Cross, 12/11/76 (Chris Kirkland 13, Lari Ketner 12, Monty Mack 10) (John O’Conner 15, Mike Vicens 12, Chris Potter 12) Guard Had 10 Rebounds 13, Anthony Anderson vs. Yale, 11/28/04 10, Mark Tyndale at Temple, 2/1/06 Had A Triple Double Stephane Lasme vs. La Salle, 2/28/07 N/A (17 points, 10 rebounds, 10 blocks) Two Players Had Double Doubles La Salle, 2/28/07 Fordham, 1/12/02 (Rashaun Freeman 20 points, 12 rebounds; (Duke Freeman-McKamey, 15 points, 15 rebounds; Stephane Lasme 17 points, 10 rebounds, 10 blocks) Smush Parker, 19 points, 10 rebounds) Three Players Had Double Doubles vs. Xavier, 2/20/99 N/A Had A Four-Point Play Maurice Maxwell at La Salle, 2/19/05 Gary Neal, La Salle, 1/7/04 Made 15 Field Goals 15, Lou Roe at Holy Cross, 12/11/93 16, Chris Brooks, West Virginia, 2/12/91 Attempted 25 Field Goals 25, Monty Mack at Dayton, 2/6/01 25, Maureece Rice vs. George Washington, 1/10/07 Shot .750 From The Field (min. 10 att.) .900 (9-10), Stephane Lasme vs. Temple, 1/13/07 .833 (10-12), Dominick Martin, Yale, 11/28/04 Made 15 Free Throws 17, Lou Roe vs. Duquesne, 3/2/94 15, Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph’s, 3/8/03 Attempted 20 Free Throws 23, Lou Roe vs. Duquesne, 3/2/94 20, Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph’s, 3/8/03 Shot 1.000 From The Line (min. 10 att.) 1.000 (14-14), Stephane Lasme, vs. Duquesne, 3/5/05 1.000 (10-10), Quincy Wadley, Temple, 2/26/00 Made Seven Three-Pointers 7, Anthony Anderson, vs. Vermont, 12/2/03 8, Marques Green, Saint Bonaventure, 2/28/04 Attempted 15 Three-Pointers 16, James Life vs. Duquesne, 1/21/07 16, Marques Green, Saint Bonaventure, 2/28/04 Shot .750 From 3-Point (min. 5 att.) .800 (4-5), Art Bowers at Richmond, 3/6/04 .857 (5-6), Robert Hite, Miami, 12/12/04 Had 10 Assists 11, Tiki Mayben, vs. Dartmouth, 11/11/06 10, Squeaky Johnson, UAB, 11/25/05 Had 15 Assists 15, Carl Smith vs. Duquesne, 1/23/86 — Had Nine Blocks 10, Stephane Lasme vs. La Salle, 2/28/07 9, Ken Johnson, Ohio State, 12/10/00 Had Five Steals 5, Chris Lowe vs. Alabama, 3/13/07 5, Drew Lavender, at Xavier, 1/18/07 A TEAM... Category UMass Opponent Won By 30 Points 39 (102-63) vs. La Salle, 2/28/07 40 (90-50) Texas Tech, 11/21/03 Won By 40 Points 50 (103-53) at Duquesne, 1/24/95 40 (90-50) Texas Tech, 11/21/03 Scored 100 Points 102 vs. La Salle, 2/28/07 102, Fresno State, 12/10/96 Scored Under 50 Points 44 vs. La Salle, 2/8/06 44, St. Bonaventure, 2/21/07 Scored Under 40 Points 38 vs. Saint Joseph’s, 1/5/02 34, Temple, 1/21/06 Scored 50 Points In A Half 54 (second half) at West Virginia, 3/15/07 53 (second half) at West Virginia, 3/15/07 Scored 60 Points In A Half 65 (second half) vs. Harvard, 12/27/91 63 (second half), West Virginia, 3/12/92 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 9 (first half) at Temple, 2/1/06 15 (first half), Temple, 1/21/06 Scored Under 20 Points In A Half 9 (first half) at Temple, 2/1/06 18 (second half), Dayton, 2/25/06 Had A +20 Rebound Margin +24 (54-30), La Salle, 2/28/07 +21 (48-27), Connecticut, 12/30/03 Had 50 Rebounds 54 vs. La Salle, 2/28/07 51, Indiana, 11/25/02 Had 60 Rebounds 60 vs. Saint Joseph’s, 2/28/96 70, West Virginia, 2/16/89 Had Less Than 25 Rebounds 24 vs. Florida State, 2/15/05 13, Richmond, 2/3/07 Had 25 Offensive Rebounds 25 at Xavier, 1/18/07 28, Temple, 2/26/05 Had Less Than Five Offensive Reb. 4 vs. Florida State, 2/15/05 4, Richmond, 2/3/07 Had 40 Defensive Rebounds 40 vs. Siena, 11/22/91 40, Rutgers, 2/27/88 Made 40 Field Goals 40 vs. La Salle, 2/28/07 42, Duquesne, 2/18/89 Made Less Than 15 Field Goals 12 vs. La Salle, 2/8/06 13, Temple, 1/21/06 Attempted 80 Field Goals 85 vs. Rhode Island, 2/18/98 84, Duquesne, 2/18/89 Attempted Less Than 40 Field Goals 37, Richmond, 2/3/07 39, at Saint Louis, 1/14/06 Shot .600 From The Field .619 (39-63) vs. Dartmouth, 11/11/06 .605 (26-43), Saint Joseph’s, 1/11/03 Made 40 Free Throws 40 vs. Arkansas, 11/25/94 — Made 30 Free Throws 33, Richmond, 2/3/07 — Made Less Than Five Free Throws 2 at Xavier, 1/18/07 3, St. Francis (N.Y.), 11/22/06 Attempted 50 Free Throws 50 vs. Arkansas, 11/25/94 51, George Washington, 2/15/90 Attempted Less Than 10 Free Throws 4 at Xavier, 1/18/07 4, St. Peter’s, 12/27/05 Shot .900 From The Line .938 vs. La Salle, 2/8/06 .933 (14-15) at LaSalle, 2/19/05 Made 10 Three-Pointers 11, vs. Duquesne, 1/21/07 12 at West Virginia, 3/15/07 Made No Three-Pointers 0 at Richmond, 3/1/06 0, Rhode Island, 2/22/00 Attempted 25 Three-Pointers 25, at Rhode Island, 1/24/07 28 at West Virginia, 3/15/07 Attempted Less Than Five Three-Pts 3 vs. College of Charleston, 12/2/97 4, at Duquesne, 1/7/06 Shot .500 From Three-Point Range .550 (11-20) Temple, 1/13/07 .526 (10-19), Temple, 1/13/07 Had 25 Assists 25 vs. St. Bonaventure, 2/28/04 32, Holy Cross, 2/6/89 Had Less Than Five Assists 4 vs. La Salle, 2/8/06 5, at Saint Louis, 1/14/06 Had 25 Turnovers 30 vs. Yale, 12/28/06 29, Rhode Island, 2/22/00 Had Less Than Five Turnovers 4 vs. Temple, 3/10/01 4, Temple, 3/3/04 Had 15 Blocks 15 vs. La Salle, 2/28/07 — Had No Blocks 0 at Tennessee, 2/5/03 0, George Washington, 1/10/07 Had 15 Steals 15 vs. Xavier, 1/8/05 15, at George Washington, 2/15/06 Had No Steals 0 at Temple, 2/26/03 0, Birmingham-Southern, 11/23/04 www.umassathletics.com 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND • 19 GAME 1 • NOV. 11, 2006 GAME 2 • NOV. 17, 2006 UMASS 98, DARTMOUTH 61 UMASS 65, OAKLAND 56 AMHERST, Mass. -- Four players scored double-figures as Massachusetts (1-0) routed FIRST COMMONWEALTH COLONIAL CLASSIC Dartmouth, 98-61, before 6,079 fans in the season-opener at the Mullins Center. Senior Rashaun Freeman led the Minutemen with 25 points and 10 rebounds for his 31st career double-double. PITTSBURGH – Senior forward Stephane Lasme posted his ninth career double-double with Freshman Tiki Mayben also posted a double-double in his first career game with 12 points and 11 points and 14 rebounds and three others scored in double-figures as UMass (2-0) defeated 11 assists while senior James Life and junior Gary Forbes each added 17 points. Oakland (2-1), 65-56, in the first game of the First Commonwealth Colonial Athletic Associa- UMass came out of the gates on fire building a 10-0 lead and forcing a Dartmouth timeout tion Basketball Classic at the Petersen Events Center. Junior Gary Forbes tallied 15 in his just 3:09 into the start of the game. The Big Green finally got on the board at the 16:41 mark, second game at UMass. Senior guard James Life scored all 15 of his points in the first half. but UMass went on another 7-2 run upping its lead to 19-4 and forcing the second Big Green Senior center Rashaun Freeman notched 11 points. timeout of the half with 13:25 left. UMass’ defense was solid all game as the Minutemen held Oakland’s top two scorers, who Life hit his third three-pointer in 10 minutes snapping a 7-0 Dartmouth scoring run at the came in averaging a combined 34 points per game to just seven combined points. Guard Erik 9:55 mark. It also stopped a three and a half minute scoring drought by the Minutemen. Kangas, who came in at 19.5 points per game was limited to just five and forward Vova Severovas Dartmouth hung around for most of the first half after withstanding the initial 10-0 UMass (14.0 ppg) had only two points. Also, Nick Billings who came in at 12.0 points per game was onslaught, but the Minutemen closed out the final 3:15 on an 18-5 run to take a commanding held to two. 52-29 halftime advantage. Life was the story of the first half as he hit all six of his shots (15 points) to help the UMass shot a blistering 66 percent (19-29) from the field in the first half and forced 10 Minutemen build a commanding 40-24 lead at intermission. UMass shot a blazing 68 percent in Dartmouth turnovers. The Big Green shot 48 percent (12-25), but were just 1-of-7 (14 percent) the first half making 15-of-22 shots including 6-of-8 from 3-point range. The Minutemen con- from three-point range. verted 10 of their first 11 shots of the contest. UMass began the second half right where it left off and took a game-high 25-point lead at The Minutemen jumped out to a 23-8 lead in the first 8:50 of the game as they hit nine of 60-35 with 15:49 left forcing another Dartmouth timeout. The Big Green did not go away their first 10 shots from the floor. That finished with a 14-0 run as UMass made four 3-pointers though and used a 14-5 run over the next four minutes to make it a 65-49 game. in a row, two by Forbes, one by Brandon Thomas and another by Life with 11:10 left in the The Minutemen responded, however, with a 24-2 run in the next 7:34 to provide the knock- first half. out punch. NOTES: James Life reached double figures in the first 10:23 of the game and scored all 15 th UMass shot 62 percent (39-63) from the field for the game and dominated the glass, 41-24. points in the first half. It is his 15 career double-figure game at UMass and second in as many 10 different Minutemen recorded at least two points. UMass also held a commanding edge in games this season ... Stephane Lasme had his ninth career double-double with 11 points and st th the paint, 60-22. Dartmouth finished the game shooting 42 percent. They were led by Marlon 14 rebounds. It was his 21 career double-figure scoring game and 12 career game with 10 or Sanders' 14 points. more rebounds ... Gary Forbes scored in double-figures for the second game in a row with 15. th NOTES: UMass made a Mullins Center record 39 field goals and shot a Mullins Center record It was his 26 career game with 10 or more points ... UMass hit 10 of their first 11 shots of the 61.9 from the floor ... Tiki Mayben's becomes the first UMass player with 10 or more assists game in the first 10 minutes. That included 5-of-6 from the 3-point line. since Maurice Maxwell had 10 against Xavier on Jan. 8, 2005 ... Mayben's 11 assists tie a Mullins Oakland vs Massachusetts Center record. Monty Mack also had 11 dimes against Saint Joseph's on Feb. 21, 1998. ... 11/17/06 2:00 PM at Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, Pa. Rashaun Freeman's 31st career double-double. He finished with a game-high 23 points and 10 Colonial Athletic Association Basketball Classic rebounds. ... The 98 points by UMass at the Mullins Center is the most since it scored 99 vs. VISITORS: Oakland (2-1) Saint Joseph's on Feb. 22, 1994, a Mullins Center Record. tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 31 SEVEROVAS, Vova f 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 4 2 0 1 0 0 22 Dartmouth vs Massachusetts 50 HOPES, Shawn c 6 13 0 0 5 7 0 3 3 3 17 0 1 0 4 26 11/11/06 5:00 pm at Amherst, Mass. - Mullins Center 03 JONES, Johnathon g 3 8 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 1 7 4 3 0 3 32 VISITORS: Dartmouth 0-1 15 BILLINGS, Rick g 0 5 0 4 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 4 1 1 22 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 30 KANGAS, Erik g 2 6 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 5 1 4 0 0 25 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 01 NELSON, Derick 3 5 0 0 4 7 1 4 5 3 10 2 4 0 0 20 02 BIBER, Dan f 4 8 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 9 1 4 1 0 27 11 MacKENZIE, Keith 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 31 MEYER, Jason f 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 4 1 1 0 1 24 12 CASSISE, Brandon 5 9 1 5 2 2 0 2 2 3 13 0 0 0 1 19 34 McMILLAN, Brian f 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 4 5 3 3 0 2 0 0 21 20 LAWAL, Shane 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 9 01 BARNETT, Alex g 6 17 0 4 2 4 2 1 3 1 14 1 1 2 1 32 44 McCLOSKEY, Patrick 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 17 22 SANDERS, Marlon g 5 9 1 2 3 4 0 1 1 3 14 2 5 0 3 27 TEAM 7 1 8 1 03 SHICKEL, Reggie 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 Totals 20 56 3 15 13 19 13 21 34 20 56 12 18 3 9 200 04 PRIDE, Robby 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 05 WARE, Brandon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-28 35.7% 2nd Half: 10-28 35.7% Game: 35.7% DEADBALL 14 MATHIS, Jarrett 2 3 0 0 1 2 2 2 4 4 5 0 3 0 1 17 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd Half: 1-9 11.1% Game: 20.0% REBOUNDS 25 GIOVACCHINI, Michael 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 13 F Throw % 1st Half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd Half: 11-13 84.6% Game: 68.4% 1 30 MOSLEY, DeVon 3 7 1 3 1 3 0 1 1 1 8 1 1 0 1 22 32 FITZGERALD, Elgin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 HOME TEAM: Massachusetts (2-0) 41 GRAEBER, Kurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds TEAM 1 4 5 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Totals 24 57 2 13 11 18 8 16 24 23 61 9 18 3 9 200 13 LASME, Stephane f 4 5 0 0 3 5 4 10 14 2 11 1 1 5 0 29 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 5 6 0 0 1 2 0 4 4 3 11 2 3 1 1 27 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-25 48.0% 2nd Half: 12-32 37.5% Game: 42.1% DEADBALL 03 FORBES, Gary g 6 11 2 6 1 2 0 5 5 1 15 4 3 1 3 27 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-7 14.3% 2nd Half: 1-6 16.7% Game: 15.4% REBOUNDS 10 MAYBEN, Tiki g 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 6 0 0 16 F Throw % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd Half: 7-12 58.3% Game: 61.1% 3 34 LIFE, James g 6 8 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 28 02 THOMAS, Brandon 2 5 2 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 6 1 2 0 1 17 HOME TEAM: Massachusetts 1-0 05 HARRIS, Ricky 0 2 0 1 2 6 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 8 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 14 LOWE, Chris 2 7 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 4 4 4 1 1 24 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 0 1 2 1 1 13 03 FORBES, Gary f 8 11 0 2 1 4 2 4 6 1 17 3 3 1 1 29 31 BONNER, Luke 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 11 13 LASME, Stephane f 3 5 0 0 1 2 2 4 6 3 7 0 2 5 3 21 TEAM 3 1 4 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c12 16 0 0 1 3 5 5 10 2 25 1 3 0 1 25 Totals 25 50 7 18 8 22 9 27 36 20 65 17 22 10 7 200 10 MAYBEN, Tiki g 5 9 0 3 2 4 0 1 1 2 12 11 3 0 2 31 34 LIFE, James g 5 8 5 7 2 2 1 1 2 2 17 3 2 0 0 28 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-22 68.2% 2nd Half: 10-28 35.7% Game: 50.0% DEADBALL 02 THOMAS, Brandon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 18 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd Half: 1-10 10.0% Game: 38.9% REBOUNDS 05 HARRIS, Ricky 3 5 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 1 12 F Throw % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd Half: 4-14 28.6% Game: 36.4% 9,1 12 PENNIE, Matt 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 4 4 0 2 1 1 17 Officials: Jim Haney (R), Tim Clougherty, John Gaffney 31 BONNER, Luke 0 2 0 1 6 6 0 1 1 4 6 1 0 0 0 16 Technical fouls: Oakland-None. Massachusetts-None. TEAM 1 6 7 Attendance: 300 Totals 39 63 5 16 15 23 12 29 41 20 98 19 18 7 10 200 Score by Periods 1st2ndTotal Oakland 2432 56 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 19-29 65.5% 2nd Half: 20-34 58.8% Game: 61.9% DEADBALL Massachusetts 4025 65 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd Half: 1-7 14.3% Game: 31.3% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 10-12 83.3% 2nd Half: 5-11 45.5% Game: 65.2% 4 Points in the paint-OAKLAND 18,UMASS 26. Points off turnovers-OAKLAND 14,UMASS 21. 2nd chance points-OAKLAND 4,UMASS 3. Fast break points-OAKLAND 8,UMASS 13. Officials: Eugene Crawford, Kevin O’Connell, Lamar Simpson Bench points-OAKLAND 23,UMASS 13. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-1 time. Technical fouls: Dartmouth-None. Massachusetts-TEAM. Last FG-OAKLAND 2nd-00:01, UMASS 2nd-02:46. Attendance: 6079 Largest lead-OAKLAND by 2 1st-19:40, UMASS by 22 2nd-09:11. Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Dartmouth 29 32 61 Massachusetts 52 46 98 Points in the paint-DART 22,UMASS 60. Points off turnovers-DART 21,UMASS 27. 2nd chance points-DART 7,UMASS 14. Fast break points-DART 4,UMASS 15. Bench points-DART 17,UMASS 20. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times. Last FG-DART 2nd-02:13, UMASS 2nd-00:01. Largest lead-DART None, UMASS by 38 2nd-04:37. 06-07 UMASSbasketball 20 • 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND GAME 3 • NOV. 18, 2006 GAME 4 • NOV. 19, 2006 NO. 4/5 PITTSBURGH 85, UMASS 68 UMASS 79, NORTHEASTERN 56 FIRST COMMONWEALTH COLONIAL CLASSIC FIRST COMMONWEALTH COLONIAL CLASSIC PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh overcame Aaron Gray's injury and foul trouble, and the No. 4/5 PITTSBURGH – The inside-outside combination of seniors Rashaun Freeman and James Panthers used balanced scoring and a deep bench to beat Massachusetts 85-68 . Life proved to be lethal all afternoon as UMass beat the Huskies, 79-56 in the Minutemen's final Gray, the preseason Big East player of the year, drew his second foul 5 1/2 minutes in and game of the three-game Colonial Classic at Pittsburgh. Freeman finished with 24 points and 10 didn't return until the start of the second half. But he was cut on his lower lip within seconds rebounds while Life had 19 points. UMass moved to 3-1 overall while the Huskies remain and needed seven stitches. The 7-footer came back with Pitt up 68-52 with 11 minutes remain- winless at 0-4. ing. UMass busted open the game in the second half. The Minutemen, who play 10 players in Despite playing only 17 minutes, Gray had 14 points and five rebounds. He was coming off their normal rotation simply outmanned the Huskies, who had just seven scholarship players a 24-point, 14-rebound game against Northeastern. dressed. In the second half, Freeman and Life combined for 23 of UMass' 43 points. Gary Mike Cook also had 14, Levance Fields had 13 points and five assists, Antonio Graves added Forbes also heated up as he tallied seven of his 13 in the game. 12, and Tyrell Biggs had 11 points and eight rebounds in a reserve role. Northeastern shot just 18 percent (5-of-28) in the second half as UMass played great de- The Panthers (4-0) return eight of their top 10 players from a 25-victory team, and they fense. The Huskies went 9:25 without a field goal midway through the second half. The Min- relied on that depth to keep UMass from making any run to get back into the game in the utemen hit the glass hard. After Northeastern grabbed 15 of the game's first 25 rebounds, second half. UMass corralled 35 of the next 55 and finished with a +10 rebound margin. Stephane Lasme Pitt has already had nine players score in double figures at least once this season. Pitt's grabbed 11 rebounds to give him 34 in the tournament. bench outscored the Minutemen's backups 24-10. The second half opened with the Minutemen pounding the ball inside to Freeman as UMass Stephane Lasme had 17 points and nine rebounds for UMass (2-1), which was outrebounded had an 18-4 run bridging the halves to take a lead as large as 46-33 with 17:05 left in the game. 36-26. James Life scored 15 - all four field goals were 3-pointers - Rashaun Freeman had 14 The senior had eight of the 18 points in the run. and Gary Forbes scored 12. UMass scored eight of the final 11 points of the half and held Northeastern without a basket Even with Gray sitting out, the Panthers scored the final seven points of the first half - 6:49 late in the half before Matt Janning made a 3-pointer with 1:10 left in the stanza making Levon Kendall hit a jumper and added two free throws - to take a 46-37 halftime lead. They it 36-32 at intermission. stretched that to 13 points early in the second half on Mike Cook's drive to the basket off The Minutemen took the lead at 30-29 on a Freeman lay-up with 3:36 left in the first. Fields' pass, then held double-digit leads for most of the half. The biggest lead was 19. UMass slowly chipped away at the Huskies and tied the game at 28-28 on a James Life 3- The Panthers had a 14-3 run bridging the halves. Their lead ballooned to 53-40 just 2:15 pointer as the shot clock expired with 4:28 in the half. into the second half as the Panthers converted a pair of UMass turnovers with a 3-pointer by The Huskies continued their hot shooting in the first half as they took a 26-19 lead with Levance Fields and a break-away lay-up by Mike Cook. UMass would only get the lead to under 8:01 left after making three straight 3-pointers. The Huskies made five of their first eight treys 10 points with 1:17 left before Pitt made a bunch of free throws to secure the win. in the game. Pitt scored the final seven points of the first half over the last 2:47 to take a 46-37 lead into Northeastern jumped out early to a 14-8 lead just 4:35 into the game as Matt Janning halftime. The Minutemen's last score of the first half came with 3:13 left on the clock on a pair canned two 3-pointers and eight total points early. of free throws by Chris Lowe. The last basket was a 3-pointer by Forbes with 3:43 left in the half. Forbes put UMass up 27-25 with an emphatic dunk with 6:48 left in the first half which Northeastern vs Massachusetts forced Jamie Dixon to call timeout to regroup his Panthers. UMass tied the game at 23 all with 11/19/06 2:00 PM at Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, Pa. Colonial Athletic Association Basketball Classic 10:03 left in the half as Lowe's lay-up was swatted and Pitt was called for goaltending. Pitt went on a 6-0 run to take back the lead at 21-16 on a jump shot by Ronald Ramon with VISITORS: Northeastern (0-4) 11:26 left in the first half. tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Pitt got off to a 13-8 lead in the first 4:18. UMass rallied back to take their first lead of the ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min game at 16-15 on a Lasme lay-up and free throw with 13:38 left in the first half. 24 SPATES, Eugene f 2 13 2 10 2 4 2 3 5 3 8 2 5 0 0 30 14 DAVIS, Bennet c 3 14 1 4 11 14 7 2 9 2 18 4 4 4 2 35 32 ADAKO, Manny c 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 2 0 2 0 0 20 Massachusetts vs #4/5 Pittsburgh 22 KELLY, Bobby g 1 7 1 5 0 0 0 3 3 2 3 0 4 0 0 38 11/18/06 5:00 PM at Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, PA 23 JANNING, Matt g 6 13 4 8 3 6 1 2 3 4 19 3 3 0 0 37 Colonial Athletic Association Basketball Classic 01 POPOOLA, Dipo 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15 McDONALD, Brian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 VISITORS: Massachusetts (2-1) 20 SMITH, Matt 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 10 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 25 BATAILLE, Baptiste 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 50 WASHINGTON, Mark 1 2 0 0 3 6 4 3 7 5 5 0 1 0 0 23 03 FORBES, Gary f 4 15 3 6 1 2 1 5 6 4 12 1 3 0 0 35 TEAM 1 4 5 13 LASME, Stephane f 7 10 0 0 3 6 2 7 9 4 17 1 3 2 0 29 Totals 14 54 8 28 20 33 17 18 35 21 56 9 21 5 2 200 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 5 8 0 0 4 6 2 1 3 4 14 0 1 0 1 21 10 MAYBEN, Tiki g 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 27 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-26 34.6% 2nd Half: 5-28 17.9% Game: 25.9% DEADBALL 34 LIFE, James g 4 6 4 5 3 4 0 0 0 2 15 1 2 0 0 26 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 6-12 50.0% 2nd Half: 2-16 12.5% Game: 28.6% REBOUNDS 02 THOMAS, Brandon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 F Throw % 1st Half: 8-12 66.7% 2nd Half: 12-21 57.1% Game: 60.6% 8 14 LOWE, Chris 1 5 0 2 4 5 0 1 1 3 6 3 0 1 0 24 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 3 0 0 15 HOME TEAM: Massachusetts (3-1) 31 BONNER, Luke 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 12 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds TEAM 2 1 3 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Totals 23 48 7 14 15 23 9 17 26 22 68 12 16 4 1 200 03 FORBES, Gary f 5 11 1 2 2 3 1 2 3 1 13 3 1 0 2 30 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-28 50.0% 2nd Half: 9-20 45.0% Game: 47.9% DEADBALL 13 LASME, Stephane f 1 6 0 0 5 8 4 7 11 3 7 3 3 3 0 25 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-10 50.0% 2nd Half: 2-4 50.0% Game: 50.0% REBOUNDS 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c10 16 0 0 4 4 4 6 10 4 24 2 1 0 0 28 F Throw % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd Half: 11-17 64.7% Game: 65.2% 3 10 MAYBEN, Tiki g 2 3 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 4 5 6 4 0 3 20 34 LIFE, James g 7 11 4 8 1 1 1 1 2 2 19 1 2 0 1 32 HOME TEAM: #4/5 Pittsburgh (4-0) 02 THOMAS, Brandon 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 10 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 05 HARRIS, Ricky 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 8 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 12 PENNIE, Matt 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 14 KENDALL, Levon f 2 6 0 1 4 8 4 3 7 3 8 3 0 2 3 31 14 LOWE, Chris 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 2 5 0 0 20 31 COOK, Mike f 5 10 1 1 3 4 2 1 3 0 14 4 2 0 2 26 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 5 4 0 1 1 1 10 33 GRAY, Aaron c 6 8 0 0 2 2 2 3 5 2 14 0 0 1 1 17 31 BONNER, Luke 1 5 0 1 1 2 3 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 15 02 FIELDS, Levance g 4 13 2 6 3 4 1 4 5 1 13 5 0 0 1 29 TEAM 2 6 8 22 GRAVES, Antonio g 4 10 2 4 2 2 0 2 2 1 12 2 0 0 0 26 Totals 29 61 5 12 16 24 17 28 45 24 79 19 19 4 7 200 01 BENJAMIN, Keith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 7 04 RAMON, Ronald 3 5 1 3 0 0 1 2 3 3 7 6 2 0 1 27 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-29 44.8% 2nd Half: 16-32 50.0% Game: 47.5% DEADBALL 05 BIGGS, Tyrell 5 7 0 0 1 1 3 5 8 2 11 2 1 1 0 24 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd Half: 3-4 75.0% Game: 41.7% REBOUNDS 23 YOUNG, Sam 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 6 0 3 0 0 13 F Throw % 1st Half: 8-10 80.0% 2nd Half: 8-14 57.1% Game: 66.7% 5 TEAM 2 2 1 Totals 31 62 8 17 15 21 15 21 36 18 85 23 10 4 9 200 Officials: Bernard Clinton (R), Paul Faia, Ray Perone Technical fouls: Northeastern-None. Massachusetts-None. TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 17-31 54.8% 2nd Half: 14-31 45.2% Game: 50.0% DEADBALL Attendance: 300 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-7 71.4% 2nd Half: 3-10 30.0% Game: 47.1% REBOUNDS Score by Periods 1st2ndTotal F Throw % 1st Half: 7-12 58.3% 2nd Half: 8-9 88.9% Game: 71.4% 5 Northeastern 32 24 56 Massachusetts 36 43 79 Officials: John Cahill (R), Mike Stephens, Will Bush Fifth Game of the 2006 Colonial Classic. Attendance: 10209 Score by Periods 1st2ndTotal Points in the paint-NU 10,UMASS 42. Points off turnovers-NU 18,UMASS 16. Massachusetts 37 31 68 2nd chance points-NU 12,UMASS 18. Fast break points-NU 2,UMASS 12. #4/5 Pittsburgh 46 39 85 Bench points-NU 6,UMASS 11. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-3 times. Last FG-NU 2nd-02:19, UMASS 2nd-00:16. Points in the paint-UMASS 24,PITT 20. Points off turnovers-UMASS 9,PITT 16. Largest lead-NU by 8 1st-09:33, UMASS by 23 2nd-00:16. 2nd chance points-UMASS 5,PITT 19. Fast break points-UMASS 12,PITT 7. Bench points-UMASS 10,PITT 24. Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-6 times. Last FG-UMASS 2nd-02:51, PITT 2nd-00:04. Largest lead-UMASS by 2 1st-06:52, PITT by 19 2nd-08:55. www.umassathletics.com 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND • 21 GAME 5 • NOV. 22, 2006 GAME 6 • NOV. 25, 2006 UMASS 63, ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) 49 UMASS 100, JACKSONVILLE STATE 69 AMHERST, Mass. - Senior co-captain Stephane Lasme posted the first triple-double since JACKSONVILLE, Ala. — UMass jumped out to a 18-2 lead and host Jacksonville State trailed Al Skinner in 1973 to lead UMass to a 63-49 win over St. Francis (N.Y.) on Wednesday night at by double-figures for the remainder of the game as the Minutemen moved to 5-1 with a 100-69 the Mullins Center. He scored a game-high 19 points, hauled in 10 rebounds and blocked a victory at the Pete Mathews Coliseum on Saturday night. It is UMass’ best start since the Final school-record 11 shots. The Minutemen overcame a sluggish first half behind Lasme’s inspired Four seasons of 1995-96, when they got off to a 26-0 start. It is also the first time UMass scored second-half play to improve to 4-1 on the season. 100 points in a game since Dec 22, 1999. Lasme’s triple double was the first since current Boston College coach Al Skinner did so Seven players scored in double-figures for UMass, which is believed to be a school record. against Saint Peter’s on Dec. 28, 1973 with 27 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists. His 11 Last season UMass had six players with 10 or more against Savannah State – that the first time blocked shots was also a school-record besting the previous mark of nine. It was set by Harper UMass had that many in double-figures since 1991. Williams and equaled by Marcus Camby, and Lasme shared in the former record of nine blocks. Junior Gary Forbes led the way with 20 points for the Minutemen as he has scored in a The Minutemen opened the game on an 8-0 run before the Terriers (0-5) cut the lead down double-figures in all six games this season. The inside combination of seniors Rashaun Free- to two points, 9-7. Redshirt junior Gary Forbes hit a three-pointer to push the lead back to man (18 points, 10 rebounds) and Stephane Lasme (11 points, 11 rebounds) combined for 29 five and UMass never looked back. points and 21 rebounds in the victory. St. Francis fought hard during the first half keeping within double digits of UMass with the James Life tallied 11 points. A trio of bench players each scored 10 points: Chris Lowe, help of a 7-to-2 second-chance point advantage despite being outsized. A lay-up by sophomore Dante Milligan and Brandon Thomas. Chris Lowe with 10 seconds in the first half gave the Minutemen a 29-22 lead at intermission. Forbes scored a team-best 11 points in the first half as UMass led 47-28 at intermission. Within the first three minutes of the second half, UMass exploded on a 10-to-2 run building The Minutemen dominated early with Freeman scored six points in the 18-2 run as UMass a 39-24 lead paced by seven points from Lasme. In the second half he also recorded eight of his opened a lead of 23 points (38-15) on a 3-pointer by Thomas with 6:00 left in the first half. The 11 blocked shots. largest lead was 24 points at 46-22 on a Lowe 3-pointer. Sparked by Lasme’s play, Freeman was able to work the post as well going 6-for-8 from the The Minutemen shot 60 percent from the floor, 34-of-57. UMass outrebounded JSU, 47-37. floor for 14 points and eight rebounds. Forbes provided another nice inside-outside game offensively with 11 points, four assists, four blocks, and three rebounds. UMass vs Jacksonville State As a team, UMass shot 48.9 percent from the floor and had 16 assists on 23 field goals. 11/25/06 7:30 p.m. at Jacksonville, Ala. (Pete Mathews Col.) VISITORS: UMass 5-1 Points in the paint was also a factor with UMass holding a 40-to-28 advantage. tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min St. Francis (N.Y.) vs Massachusetts 03 FORBES, Gary f 6 10 1 3 7 10 1 4 5 1 20 3 3 0 1 32 11/22/06 7:05 p.m. at Mullins Center, Amherst, Mass. 13 LASME, Stephane f 4 6 0 0 3 7 4 7 11 4 11 0 1 3 1 19 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 5 9 0 1 8 8 5 5 10 4 18 2 2 2 1 22 VISITORS: St. Francis (N.Y.) (0-5) 10 MAYBEN, Tiki g 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 3 4 0 1 27 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 34 LIFE, James g 5 9 1 4 0 0 2 2 4 2 11 1 1 0 2 22 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 02 THOMAS, Brandon 4 5 2 3 0 2 0 1 1 3 10 1 2 0 2 16 12 HINES, Robert f 4 9 2 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 12 1 2 1 0 21 04 SINN, Mike 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 SHEPPARD, Allan f 2 12 0 2 1 1 2 2 4 0 5 1 2 1 0 31 05 HARRIS, Ricky 3 4 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 8 0 0 0 1 8 20 YESSOUFOU, Bass c 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 4 0 1 0 3 17 12 PENNIE, Matt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 03 WOMACK, Jamaal g 4 11 3 9 0 1 0 6 6 3 11 1 4 0 2 39 14 LOWE, Chris 2 6 1 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 10 1 2 0 2 19 05 WILLIAMS, Marcus g 3 13 1 3 0 3 1 2 3 4 7 3 4 0 3 35 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 5 6 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 4 10 1 2 0 2 17 01 RICKARDS, Rainier 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 31 BONNER, Luke 0 1 0 1 2 5 0 4 4 2 2 1 3 0 1 12 14 MELO, Ruandy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40 AMPIM, Nana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 32 AYENI, Kayode 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 TEAM 5 5 40 ST. ROBERT, James 5 7 0 0 0 0 1 6 7 3 10 2 4 2 1 22 Totals 34 57 7 16 25 42 14 33 47 27 100 13 21 5 14 200 44 GOODEN, John 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 3 0 2 2 1 2 29 TEAM 2 2 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 17-32 53.1% 2nd Half: 17-25 68.0% Game: 59.6% DEADBALL Totals 20 57 6 17 3 7 10 23 33 23 49 10 20 5 11 200 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd Half: 3-8 37.5% Game: 43.8% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 9-18 50.0% 2nd Half: 16-24 66.7% Game: 59.5% 5 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-25 36.0% 2nd Half: 11-32 34.4% Game: 35.1% DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd Half: 2-8 25.0% Game: 35.3% REBOUNDS HOME TEAM: Jacksonville State 1-3 F Throw % 1st Half: 0-3 0.0% 2nd Half: 3-4 75.0% Game: 42.9% 2 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min HOME TEAM: Massachusetts (4-1) 21 BRADLEY, Courtney f 6 19 0 2 7 7 5 6 11 5 19 2 2 1 2 34 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 33 BROWN, Dorien f 4 9 1 2 9 15 2 3 5 3 18 0 5 1 1 27 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 10 GINN, Will g 0 8 0 2 4 4 2 2 4 1 4 2 5 0 3 30 03 FORBES, Gary f 3 6 1 4 4 5 0 3 3 1 11 4 6 4 2 28 14 SMITH, Nick g 1 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 17 13 LASME, Stephane f 8 10 0 0 3 5 1 9 10 3 19 0 3 11 2 35 30 ADAMS, Erik g 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 19 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 6 8 0 0 2 5 4 4 8 2 14 2 4 0 1 31 01 THOMAS, Tracy 4 9 2 4 3 3 0 1 1 2 13 0 0 0 2 10 10 MAYBEN, Tiki g 1 6 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 6 3 0 1 25 05 BRAY, DeAndre 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 4 4 0 4 18 34 LIFE, James g 1 5 0 3 2 2 1 3 4 1 4 2 1 0 3 28 13 WORLEY, Jake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 02 THOMAS, Brandon 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 14 15 CROW, Harold 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 5 0 0 2 1 1 11 05 HARRIS, Ricky 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 22 MBDOJI, Amadou 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 5 2 1 0 1 0 15 14 LOWE, Chris 2 5 0 2 2 4 0 1 1 3 6 1 0 0 0 17 23 SHELLWOOD, Reggie 0 2 0 1 4 4 2 1 3 1 4 0 0 0 1 13 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 8 25 WILSON, Joseph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 31 BONNER, Luke 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 32 HARRIS, Jeremy 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 TEAM 2 4 6 TEAM 2 1 3 Totals 23 47 3 16 14 23 9 28 37 14 63 16 19 16 9 200 Totals 18 63 5 17 28 35 16 21 37 28 69 9 21 4 14 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-23 43.5% 2nd Half: 13-24 54.2% Game: 48.9% DEADBALL TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 8-28 28.6% 2nd Half: 10-35 28.6% Game: 28.6% DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-11 18.2% 2nd Half: 1-5 20.0% Game: 18.8% REBOUNDS 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd Half: 4-13 30.8% Game: 29.4% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 7-11 63.6% 2nd Half: 7-12 58.3% Game: 60.9% 1,1 F Throw % 1st Half: 11-14 78.6% 2nd Half: 17-21 81.0% Game: 80.0% 3

Officials: Duke Edsall, Donald Eppley, Kevin Ferguson Officials: R-Jeff Smith, U1-Kyle Chambers, U2-Kevin Scott Technical fouls: St. Francis (N.Y.)-None. Massachusetts-None. Technical fouls: UMass-None. Jacksonville State-None. Attendance: 5528 Attendance: 3488 Score by Periods 1st2ndTotal Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal St. Francis (N.Y.) 22 27 49 UMass 47 53 100 Massachusetts 29 34 63 Jacksonville State 28 41 69

Points in the paint-SFC 28,UMASS 40. Points off turnovers-SFC 11,UMASS 16. Points in the paint-UMASS 46,JSU 20. Points off turnovers-UMASS 25,JSU 19. 2nd chance points-SFC 13,UMASS 15. Fast break points-SFC 2,UMASS 4. 2nd chance points-UMASS 16,JSU 15. Fast break points-UMASS 14,JSU 4. Bench points-SFC 10,UMASS 12. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times. Bench points-UMASS 40,JSU 23. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times. Last FG-SFC 2nd-01:24, UMASS 2nd-00:13. Last FG-UMASS 2nd-00:11, JSU 2nd-04:53. Largest lead-SFC None, UMASS by 16 2nd-10:13. Largest lead-UMASS by 35 2nd-01:22, JSU None.

06-07 UMASSbasketball 22 • 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND GAME 7 • NOV. 28, 2006 GAME 8 • DEC. 2, 2006 UMASS 72, SAVANNAH STATE 49 BOSTON COLLEGE 84, UMASS 73 SAVANNAH, Ga. - Behind a 14 point scoring effort from senior Rashaun Freeman the AMHERST, Mass. - Five Eagles scored in double-figures led by Sean Marshall’s 19 points as UMass men’s basketball team handed Savannah State a 72-49 loss in Tiger Arena in front of a Boston College defeated the University of Massachusetts (6-2), 84-73, in the sold-out Leaman school-record 3,727 fans. UMass heads into Saturday’s nationally televised meeting with Bos- Legacy Classic. The Minutemen were led by senior Stephane Lasme’s 24 points and Rashaun ton College with a 6-1 overall record and is off to its best start since the 1995-96 Final Four Freeman’s 16 points, but a tough shooting night from behind the three-point line (4-for-22) season. The Minutemen used a strong first half to take a 42-24 lead at intermission before hurt UMass’ efforts. The Eagles (4-2) shot 52 percent for the night and went 29-for-38 from the cruising through the second half en route to the win. free throw line in the win. Freeman’s 14 points moved him above Julius Erving on the all-time scoring list and he now Saturday’s match-up was the first sellout (9,493) in the Mullins Center since Feb. 17, 2001 ranks No. 12 all-time. With 1,378, he is now just nine points shy of Marcus Camby on the points against Temple. list. UMass trailed by as many as 22 points in the second half but rallied back in the final 5:26 to Depth was again key for UMass as senior James Life had 13 points, senior Brandon Thomas cut the lead to eight, 81-73, with 45 seconds on a Chris Lowe three pointer. scored 10, redshirt junior Gary Forbes chipped in 10, and freshman Ricky Harris tallied nine Freeman’s 16 points moved him ahead of Marcus Camby and Edwin Green on the UMass to lead the Minutemen in the scoring column. As a team, UMass’s bench outscored Savannah career scoring list into 10th place. Freeman now has 1,394 career points. State’s 24-to-12 for the game. For Boston College, Sean Williams scored 16 points, Jared Dudley added 11, and Tyrese Rice For Thomas, it was the second consecutive game that he scored in double figures after chipped in 17, and Shamari Spears tallied 12 points to round out the Eagles scoring. BC shot 26- tallying just nine points in the first five games of the season. Thomas tallied eight in the first for-50 from the field and received 19 points from its bench compared to just four for UMass. half, while Harris scored seven of his final nine points, including a rare four-point play, in the Lasme shot 8-for-11 from the field and 8-for-10 from the free throw line scoring his career- first half. high mark of 24 points. He also hauled in 11 rebounds, giving him the only double-double of the UMass led by as much as 58-27 in the second half, but the Tigers mounted a 9-0 run to cut night, and blocked three shots. the lead down to 58-36. The Minutemen responded with a 7-2 run of their own taking a 65-38 The Minutemen struggled from the floor in the first half shooting just 35 percent to 50 lead on a lay-up by Life. percent for the Eagles. Included in that, UMass went 1-for-12 from behind the arc. Lasme and UMass jumped out to an 8-0 run to start the first half and a 7-1 lead to start the second Freeman were the highlights of the Minutemen offense scoring 10 and 12 points, respectively. half. Despite senior Stephane Lasme having no points and just two rebounds, UMass was able Boston College countered with 13 points from Marshall and 10 points from Williams. to control the first half and take the big halftime lead. Senior James Life scored his only two points of the first half to give UMass an 11-8 lead Lasme, the reigning Atlantic 10 Player of the Week, finished the game with three points, before the Eagles took control of the first half. Boston College went on a 22-to-8 run to open a six rebounds, and five blocked shots. 30-19 lead. BC went into the intermission with a 39-27 lead. The Minutemen finished the game shooting 24-for-54 (44.4%) and went 19-for-28 (67.9%) UMass stormed out of the gates to open the second half pulling within five, 46-41, on a Life from the free throw line. UMass also held a 41-to-38 edge over Savannah State in rebounding. three-pointer with 15:48 remaining in the game. Life finished the game with eight points. The Minutemen shot 50 percent in the first half. The 42 points in the first half marked the The Minutemen again went cold from the floor as Boston College went on a 20-to-3 run fourth time this season that the Minutemen scored 40-plus points in the opening frame. UMass taking a 66-44 lead with 9:41 to go. The Eagles held UMass without a basket for almost five also led the entire game for the fourth time this season. minutes until Lasme flushed a reverse dunk at the 10:49 mark. After going 2-28 last season, the Tigers are now 5-4 with the tough loss to the Minutemen. The win for UMass equals its total number of road wins that the Minutemen posted last year. Boston College) vs Massachusetts 12/2/06 7:36 p.m. at Mullins Center, Amherst, Mass. Massachusetts vs Savannah State 11/28/06 7:00 pm. at Savannah, Georgia (Tiger Arena) VISITORS: Boston College (4-2) VISITORS: Massachusetts 6-1 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 03 DUDLEY, Jared f 2 6 1 1 6 8 1 7 8 2 11 7 2 0 0 40 03 FORBES, Gary f 2 10 0 4 6 8 0 5 5 0 10 2 1 3 2 28 32 OATES, John f 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 1 1 16 13 LASME, Stephane f 1 2 0 0 1 3 3 3 6 3 3 1 6 5 0 23 51 WILLIAMS, Sean c 6 8 0 0 4 4 1 1 2 5 16 1 2 3 2 26 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 5 7 0 0 4 6 3 4 7 2 14 2 2 1 0 26 04 RICE, TYRESE g 4 11 0 3 9 14 0 5 5 0 17 3 2 0 0 35 10 MAYBEN, Tiki g 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 8 1 3 0 1 21 23 MARSHALL, Sean g 7 12 1 3 4 6 2 4 6 1 19 1 1 1 1 35 34 LIFE, James g 5 7 2 4 1 1 0 3 3 2 13 1 0 0 2 20 00 HAYNES, Marquez 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 1 0 1 17 02 THOMAS, Brandon 4 7 1 2 1 2 0 3 3 1 10 1 2 0 2 20 34 SPEARS, Shamari 4 7 0 0 4 4 2 3 5 4 12 2 3 0 1 24 05 HARRIS, Ricky 2 8 2 5 3 3 0 1 1 0 9 1 0 0 0 16 44 BLAIR, Tyrelle 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 14 LOWE, Chris 1 5 0 1 1 3 1 2 3 2 3 2 6 0 2 21 TEAM 2 2 4 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 0 11 Totals 26 50 3 11 29 38 8 24 32 19 84 14 13 5 6 200 31 BONNER, Luke 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 14 TEAM 3 5 8 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 16-32 50.0% 2nd Half: 10-18 55.6% Game: 52.0% DEADBALL Totals 24 54 5 18 19 28 12 29 41 17 72 13 22 11 10 200 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% 2nd Half: 0-2 0.0% Game: 27.3% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 4-4 100% 2nd Half: 25-34 73.5% Game: 76.3% 2,1 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-28 50.0% 2nd Half: 10-26 38.5% Game: 44.4% DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-12 33.3% 2nd Half: 1-6 16.7% Game: 27.8% REBOUNDS HOME TEAM: Massachusetts (6-2) F Throw % 1st Half: 10-15 66.7% 2nd Half: 9-13 69.2% Game: 67.9% 4 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min HOME TEAM: Savannah State 5-4 03 FORBES, Gary f 4 17 1 5 2 6 3 4 7 4 11 1 1 1 1 33 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 13 LASME, Stephane f 8 11 0 0 8 10 6 5 11 4 24 2 1 3 2 36 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 8 11 0 0 0 3 6 2 8 5 16 1 1 0 0 29 10 OBIAJUNWA,Joshua f 3 16 0 0 2 2 6 5 11 1 8 2 3 1 0 34 10 MAYBEN, Tiki g 5 10 0 3 0 0 2 2 4 2 10 9 4 0 2 30 14 COLEMAN,Lazarius f 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 0 2 8 34 LIFE, James g 3 10 2 8 0 0 1 2 3 3 8 1 2 0 1 28 24 LINTON,Chris f 3 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 7 0 1 0 0 16 02 THOMAS, Brandon 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 6 03 FLEGLER,Joseph g 4 13 2 3 2 3 10 1112 0 2 0 1 17 05 HARRIS, Ricky 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 34 RANDOLPH,Javon g 5 15 0 5 0 1 2 2 4 2 10 1 7 0 0 31 14 LOWE, Chris 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 0 16 01 EDWARDS, Alvin 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 0 2 1 0 1 24 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 04 HARDY,Patrick 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 2 1 3 1 24 22 BROWER, Etienne 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 05 OGLETREE,Jarvis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 31 BONNER, Luke 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 SHULER,Jovonni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 TEAM 2 2 4 23 BENNETT,Michael 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 Totals 29 70 4 23 11 21 22 21 43 25 73 17 14 4 6 200 42 STOWERS,Devin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 54 BOHLEY,Bjorn 3 4 0 0 2 4 1 4 5 0 8 0 2 1 1 28 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-37 35.1% 2nd Half: 16-33 48.5% Game: 41.4% DEADBALL TEAM 3 3 6 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-12 8.3% 2nd Half: 3-11 27.3% Game: 17.4% REBOUNDS Totals 20 63 3 10 6 10 15 23 38 22 49 8 20 5 6 200 F Throw % 1st Half: 0-1 0.0% 2nd Half: 11-20 55.0% Game: 52.4% 4,2

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-31 32.3% 2nd Half: 10-32 31.3% Game: 31.7% DEADBALL Officials: Joe DeMayo, Brian Dorsey, Sean Hull 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd Half: 1-6 16.7% Game: 30.0% REBOUNDS Technical fouls: Boston College-None. Massachusetts-None. F Throw % 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% 2nd Half: 4-5 80.0% Game: 60.0% 3 Attendance: 9493 Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal Officials: William Humes, Don Hudson, Victor Montgomery Boston College 39 45 84 Technical fouls: Massachusetts-None. Savannah State -None. Massachusetts 27 46 73 Attendance: 3727 Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal Points in the paint-BC 38,UMASS 46. Points off turnovers-BC 18,UMASS 13. Massachusetts 42 30 72 2nd chance points-BC 7,UMASS 19. Fast break points-BC 4,UMASS 6. Savannah State 24 25 49 Bench points-BC 19,UMASS 4. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-5 times. Last FG-BC 2nd-04:46, UMASS 2nd-00:45. Points in the paint-UMASS 34,SSUM 28. Points off turnovers-UMASS 19,SSUM 17. Largest lead-BC by 22 2nd-09:43, UMASS by 3 1st-18:37. 2nd chance points-UMASS 7,SSUM 9. Fast break points-UMASS 0,SSUM 0. Bench points-UMASS 24,SSUM 12. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times. Last FG-UMASS 2nd-00:45, SSUM 2nd-01:07. Largest lead-UMASS by 31 2nd-14:29, SSUM None.

www.umassathletics.com 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND • 23 GAME 9 • DEC. 6, 2006 GAME 10 • DEC. 9, 2006 UMASS 56, BOSTON UNIVERSITY 54 UMASS 79, CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 66 BOSTON - Led by Rashaun Freeman’s 20 points, 14 of which were in the second half, the AT MOHEGAN SUN ARENA UMass used a strong second half push to get by Boston University in the Minutemen’s first trip to Agganis Arena. The win is the ninth consecutive for UMass over the Terriers and improves UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Going to its ‘Big’ line-up in the second half, UMass used a 23-to-8 UMass to 7-2 overall heading into Saturday’s game agaisnt Central Connecticut State at the run en route to its 79-66 win over Central Connecticut State on at the Mohegan Sun Arena. The Mohegan Sun Arena. Minutemen (8-2) exploited it significant size advantage over the Blue Devils (3-6) paced by The win at Agganis continued UMass’ road-warrior ways this season. The Minutemen im- Rashaun Freeman and Stephane Lasme who combined for 42 points and 24 rebounds. Gary proved to 5-1 in games on the road after the win - its most wins on the road since posting eight Forbes and Brandon Thomas both had big games as well scoring 11 and 8 points, respectively. victories in 2000-01. UMass shot 50.8 percent for the game - the fourth game this season the Minutemen have UMass led by as many as 12 twice in the second half over the Terriers (3-5) after a slow done so - hitting 32-of-63 from the floor. In the second half, UMass was on fire hitting 62.5 starting first half. Boston University cut into UMass’ 27-24 halftime lead closing the gap to percent (20-of-32). UMass also protected the ball with a season-low 10 turnovers. one, 27-26, two minutes into the second half. The Minutemen, led by an eight point spurt from Freeman finished the night with 23 points and 10 rebounds for his fourth 20-point game this Freeman, went on a 15-to-4 run after that point to gain their first 12 point advantage of the year. Lasme also finished with a double-double scoring 19 points and adding 14 rebounds. game at the 12 minute mark. The game was close in the first half with six ties including the halftime score of 30 each. The Terriers continued to chip away throughout the remainder of the second half pulling The second half started similarly until UMass deployed its big line-up of Freeman, Lasme, within three with 1:31 remaining in the game on a lay-up by Corey Lowe after trailing by 10. Forbes, Thomas and Life. CCSU was held to just 34 percent shooting in the second half after Ibrahim Konate then hit the second of two free throws to cap an 8-to-0 run with 58 seconds to hitting 52 percent in the first. play. Tristan Blackwood of CCSU was the high scorer of the night with 25 points including 6-of-10 UMass missed two shots on the ensuing possession and Tyler Morris hit an apparent game- shooting from behind the arc. He kept the Blue Devils in the game for much of the second half winning three-pointer with 4.2 seconds remaining until the referees waived it off as a BU despite the team shooting poorly. timeout was called by Dennis Wolff just before the shot was taken. Carlos Strong pulled the Central Connecticut started the second half taking a 41-36 lead after Blackwood hit a trigger on another trey under duress as time was expiring, but it was just off as UMass survived three-pointer from the wing. UMass pulled even at 41 each on a lay-up by Lasme with 16:55 for the win. remaining. UMass shot just over 45 percent for the game hitting 19-for-42 from the floor. Free throws UMass tried to pull away from the Blue Devils as Freeman and Forbes, who finished with a were again a weak point as UMass hit just 14-for-25 (56 percent). The Terriers shot just under career-high eight assists, combined to put the Minutemen on a 10-to-3 run going up 53-48 40 percent converting 21-for-53 from the floor. before Blackwood hit his fourth three-pointer of the night to pull back within two. Along with Freeman’s 20 points, Stephane Lasme added 12 and Brandon Thomas scored 10 The Minutemen extended their lead to nine 62-53 when Forbes found Freeman off the drive off the bench. UMass had 15 assists on 19 baskets paced by Chris Lowe who had six for the for the lay-in. Life and Thomas then hit back-to-back three-pointers to push the lead up to 13 game. after another Blackwood lay-up for CCSU. Bench points were key for UMass on the night as the Minutemen reserves outscored BU 18- UMass trailed early in the first half before mounting an 11-to-0 run paced by a pair of deep to-8. The Terriers did convert 22 UMass turnovers into 26 points. treys from James Life to lead CCSU 15-8 at the 14:01 mark of the first half. The Blue Devils rallied back to tie the game 21-21 on a three-pointer from Joe Seymour Boston University vs. Massachusetts with 5:58 remaining. 12/6/06 8:00 pm. at Boston, Mass. (Agganis Arena) The first half featured six ties including three in the final six minutes as the teams went VISITORS: Massachusetts 7-2 into the locker rooms knotted at 30 each. tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Massachusetts vs. Central Connecticut State 03 FORBES, Gary f 0 4 0 1 2 2 1 4 5 1 2 1 4 1 0 26 12/9/06 8:00 PM at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Ct. 13 LASME, Stephane f 4 6 0 0 4 5 1 4 5 4 12 1 0 3 0 25 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 8 15 0 0 4 10 8 4 12 1 20 1 6 0 0 31 VISITORS: Massachusetts (8-2) 10 MAYBEN, Tiki g 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 5 0 4 26 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 34 LIFE, James g 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 4 5 5 3 3 1 1 0 30 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 02 THOMAS, Brandon 3 6 2 4 2 2 0 2 2 2 10 0 1 0 0 18 13 LASME, Stephane f 8 11 0 0 3 4 6 8 14 2 19 0 1 3 1 36 05 HARRIS, Ricky 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 7 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c11 14 0 0 1 2 7 3 10 4 23 0 2 0 1 36 14 LOWE, Chris 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 6 2 1 2 19 10 MAYBEN, Tiki g 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 8 2 0 1 18 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 5 14 LOWE, Chris g 2 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 16 31 BONNER, Luke 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 3 3 4 3 0 0 1 0 13 34 LIFE, James g 3 6 3 6 0 0 0 1 1 3 9 2 1 0 2 29 TEAM 2 3 5 02 THOMAS, Brandon 2 6 1 3 3 4 0 2 2 0 8 1 0 0 0 19 Totals 19 42 4 11 14 25 14 25 39 25 56 15 22 8 6 200 03 FORBES, Gary 5 15 0 3 1 2 1 3 4 3 11 8 1 0 1 34 05 HARRIS, Ricky 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-21 42.9% 2nd Half: 10-21 47.6% Game: 45.2% DEADBALL 12 PENNIE, Matt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd Half: 2-7 28.6% Game: 36.4% REBOUNDS 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 F Throw % 1st Half: 7-11 63.6% 2nd Half: 7-14 50.0% Game: 56.0% 4 22 BROWER, Etienne 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 31 BONNER, Luke 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 HOME TEAM: Boston University 3-5 TEAM 1 2 3 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Totals 32 63 5 15 10 16 18 19 37 16 79 19 10 3 7 200 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 01 Konate, Ibrahim * 2 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 3 4 5 0 1 1 0 19 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-31 38.7% 2nd Half: 20-32 62.5% Game: 50.8% DEADBALL 05 Macon, Brian * 5 8 1 1 2 5 0 2 2 1 13 2 0 0 3 35 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-9 22.2% 2nd Half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 33.3% REBOUNDS 13 Lowe, Corey * 7 16 1 4 1 2 3 4 7 2 16 2 3 0 0 37 F Throw % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0% 2nd Half: 6-11 54.5% Game: 62.5% 3 24 Morris, Tyler * 3 7 0 2 3 4 1 0 1 3 9 1 2 0 2 26 31 Brittain, Scott * 0 5 0 0 3 4 0 1 1 4 3 0 1 0 1 21 HOME TEAM: Central Connecticut (3-6) 15 Sirutis, Valdas 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 21 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 21 Peterkin, Omari 3 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 4 6 1 2 1 0 16 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 22 Strong, Carlos 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 15 01 POWELL, Dannie * 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 4 7 1 0 1 38 32 Johnson, Marques 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22 SOBERS, Jemino * 5 8 0 0 3 3 3 4 7 2 13 3 3 1 0 39 34 Smith, Sherrod 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 33 WINTERS, Chris * 3 9 1 2 2 7 1 3 4 4 9 0 1 0 1 29 Team 1 1 1 35 BLACKWOOD, Tristan * 8 14 6 10 3 4 2 0 2 1 25 4 3 0 2 39 Totals 21 53 2 10 10 17 11 16 27 23 54 7 12 2 7 200 44 MOJICA, Javier * 2 11 1 4 3 3 0 6 6 4 8 2 3 0 0 29 03 MYERS, Jeremy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-27 33.3% 2nd Half: 12-26 46.2% Game: 39.6% DEADBALL 32 SEYMORE, Joe 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 8 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% 2nd Half: 0-5 0.0% Game: 20.0% REBOUNDS 42 REDZIC, Alen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 F Throw % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0% 2nd Half: 6-12 50.0% Game: 58.8% 4 50 BEAUDET, Ingo 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 12 TEAM 2 2 Officials: Michael Stephens, John Hughes, John Gwynn Totals 23 53 9 18 11 17 11 16 27 17 66 16 12 1 4 200 Technical fouls: Massachusetts-None. Boston University-None. Attendance: 3101 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-23 52.2% 2nd Half: 11-30 36.7% Game: 43.4% DEADBALL Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd Half: 6-10 60.0% Game: 50.0% REBOUNDS Massachusetts 27 29 56 F Throw % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd Half: 8-13 61.5% Game: 64.7% 6 Boston University 24 30 54 Officials: Larry Scirotto, Guy Pagano, Jeff Plunkett Points in the paint-UMASS 30,BOSTONU 36. Points off turnovers-UMASS 8,BOSTONU 26. Technical fouls: UMass-None. Central Connecticut-None. 2nd chance points-UMASS 7,BOSTONU 10. Fast break points-UMASS 6,BOSTONU 0. Attendance: 3064 Bench points-UMASS 18,BOSTONU 8. Score tied-5 times. Lead changed-5 times. Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal Last FG-UMASS 2nd-04:33, BOSTONU 2nd-01:31. UMass 30 49 79 Largest lead-UMASS by 12 2nd-12:35, BOSTONU by 3 1st-09:49. Central Connecticut 30 36 66

Points in the paint-UMASS 48,CCSU 20. Points off turnovers-UMASS 9,CCSU 8. 2nd chance points-UMASS 23,CCSU 10. Fast break points-UMASS 0,CCSU 6. Bench points-UMASS 21,CCSU 7. Score tied-9 times. Lead changed-5 times. Last FG-UMASS 2nd-00:26, CCSU 2nd-00:17. Largest lead-UMASS by 15 2nd-00:26, CCSU by 5 2nd-17:43. 06-07 UMASSbasketball 24 • 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND GAME 11 • DEC. 12, 2006 GAME 12 • DEC. 22, 2006 UMASS 72, LOUISVILLE 68 KENTUCKY 82, UMASS 68 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville’s fans roared when the Cardinals tried to charge Massa- LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Travis Ford was able to beat his former teacher, but his former chusetts early in the second half. But the Minutemen were ready. school presented more of a problem. After all, Massachusetts coach Travis Ford played for Louisville coach Rick Pitino when they Kentucky spoiled the homecoming of Ford, the Massachusetts coach and Kentucky alumnus, were both at Kentucky in the early 1990s. with an 82-68 victory — the Wildcats' fifth in a row. Rashaun Freeman scored 21 points as Massachusetts (9-2) beat Louisville (5-3) 72-68 and "The fans are great, and I think they knew they could cheer for me and still kick our butts," was named the MVP of the Billy Minardi Classic. said Ford, who entered to resounding applause from the Rupp Arena crowd. “Coach Ford told us we could be up 20, and they could come back at anytime and make a He is now 0-4 against his alma mater. The previous three games — including one in the NCAA game of it,” said forward Etienne Brower. “Don’t let down.” tournament — came when Ford coached at Eastern Kentucky. Brower scored eight points for Massachusetts, going 3-for-3 from the field and on free Ford's UMass team was coming off an upset Wednesday night of Louisville and Rick Pitino, throws. who coached him when he was a Wildcat. And Massachusetts didn’t let down. The Minutemen took charge, scoring the next eight The Wildcats dominated virtually every aspect of the game — shooting 59 percent, holding points over two minutes. the Minutemen to 37 percent and winning the rebounding battle 37-to-32. Massachusetts led 41-26 at halftime despite not making a field goal for the last 6:23 of the "This was one of our better defensive efforts of the year," Kentucky coach Tubby Smith said. half, and Louisville (5-3) held the Minutemen scoreless for almost five minutes at the start of "I was very impressed with our ability to move the ball and pass the ball. It was a good all- the second half. around effort." The Cardinals began the second half with five straight points to pull to 41-31. James Life provided almost all the offense for UMass, scoring 24 points — including six 3- Then Louisville went on a 10-2 run led by Terrence Williams’ eight consecutive points to pointers. Stephane Lasme had five blocks, but the Wildcats kept challenging him, as Lasme trim the lead to 47-41 with 10:34 to play. Louisville continued to chip away, tying the game at fouled out with two minutes left. 53 with about 4 1/2 minutes to go, and the fans reacted. Joe Crawford, Ramel Bradley and Randolph Morris each had 14 points and freshman point Williams, the only other player in the game to score in double figures, also had 21 points, guard Derrick Jasper had a career-high nine assists — the most by a Kentucky player this year. all in the second half. Kentucky's backcourt trio of Crawford, Bradley and Jasper had its most complete game Williams took four shots in the first half, three from the free-throw line or deeper. In the since coach Tubby Smith went with the three-guard lineup Dec. 5 against Chattanooga. second half, Williams scored by driving to the bucket and took only one 3-pointer. "We've just got to get used to one another," Crawford said. "Everything looks a lot better Louisville trailed by as much as 17 points in the first half. The Cardinals’ only lead of the when you're hitting shots." game came after a layup by Earl Clark made it 9-8 with about 16 minutes in the half. Crawford came out of a shooting funk by hitting 3-of-4 shots from 3-point range. Bradley Freeman’s bucket gave the lead back to Massachusetts and ignited a 13-point run that made both of his long-range shots. But Smith saved most of his praise for Jasper. ended with a pair of free throws by Stephane Lasme, giving the Minutemen a 21-9 lead five "He stepped up," Smith said. "He's getting better every game." minutes later. Freeman scored seven of Massachusetts’ first 13 points. Eight minutes into the game with the Minutemen ahead 19-16, Kentucky went on a 23-3 run “Look at what a warrior Rashaun was,” Ford said. “He scored 21 points and they double- to take a 17-point lead. Six different Wildcats scored on the 10-minute drive, highlighted by and triple-teamed him every time he touched the ball.” three consecutive 3-pointers — two from Crawford and one by Bradley. Massachusetts held Louisville to 23 percent field-goal shooting and outrebounded the Car- "When we're knocking shots down, it's no big deal to move the ball because the offense is dinals 21-15 in the first half. flowing," Bradley said. The Minutemen did most of their damage in the half without their best players. Lasme and The Minutemen trimmed a 22-point Kentucky lead down to 12 with two minutes left but got Freeman combined for nine points in 19 minutes of playing time in the period. no closer. Wednesday’s game was Louisville’s annual Billy Minardi Classic. Minardi, Louisville coach Rick Pitino’s brother-in-law, was killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. 12/22/06 7:00pm at Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY VISITORS: Massachusetts 9-3 12/13/06 7:07 PM at FREEDOM HALL, LOUISVILLE, KY tot-fg 3-pt rebounds VISITORS: Massachusetts 9-2 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun f 2 9 0 0 3 3 1 6 7 4 7 0 2 0 1 28 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 13 LASME, Stephane f 1 5 0 0 6 6 1 2 3 5 8 1 4 5 2 31 03 FORBES, Gary f 2 9 0 3 1 5 1 8 9 3 5 5 5 0 0 33 03 FORBES, Gary g 3 9 0 2 1 4 3 4 7 4 7 2 1 0 1 27 13 LASME, Stephane f 1 3 0 0 4 6 2 6 8 4 6 0 1 3 1 22 10 MAYBEN, Tiki g 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 15 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 7 11 0 0 7 10 2 3 5 3 21 1 0 0 0 28 34 LIFE, James g 8 16 6 13 2 2 2 1 3 3 24 0 1 2 1 32 10 MAYBEN, Tiki g 2 4 2 3 0 0 1 1 2 3 6 0 1 0 0 12 02 THOMAS, Brandon 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 12 34 LIFE, James g 2 6 1 4 1 2 0 2 2 2 6 2 2 1 3 31 05 HARRIS, Ricky 4 8 1 3 4 7 0 0 0 2 13 0 1 0 2 16 02 THOMAS, Brandon 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 10 14 LOWE, Chris 4 6 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 9 4 3 0 3 25 05 HARRIS, Ricky 2 5 2 4 2 4 0 2 2 2 8 1 0 0 0 17 22 BROWER, Etienne 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 14 LOWE, Chris 2 4 0 0 4 4 0 2 2 1 8 3 2 0 0 26 31 BONNER, Luke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 TEAM 2 1 3 22 BROWER, Etienne 2 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 4 8 2 2 1 1 14 Totals 22 59 7 22 17 24 11 21 32 23 68 11 15 7 11 200 31 BONNER, Luke 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 TEAM TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-23 39.1% 2nd Half: 13-36 36.1% Game: 37.3% DEADBALL Totals 21 48 7 17 23 36 7 27 34 27 72 15 14 5 5 200 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-10 30.0% 2nd Half: 4-12 33.3% Game: 31.8% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 6-9 66.7% 2nd Half: 11-15 73.3% Game: 70.8% 2,1 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-22 54.5% 2nd Half: 9-26 34.6% Game: 43.8% DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 7-11 63.6% 2nd Half: 0-6 0.0% Game: 41.2% REBOUNDS HOME TEAM: Kentucky 9-3 F Throw % 1st Half: 10-16 62.5% 2nd Half: 13-20 65.0% Game: 63.9% 8 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min HOME TEAM: Louisville 5-3 13 Perry, Bobby f 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 2 1 0 0 11 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 33 Morris, Randolph c 6 10 0 0 2 5 1 4 5 4 14 1 2 4 0 25 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 03 Bradley, Ramel g 5 9 2 2 2 2 1 4 5 2 14 2 2 0 2 25 01 WILLIAMS, Terrence f 8 16 0 3 5 7 4 3 7 4 21 2 5 0 1 31 05 Jasper, Derrick g 3 4 0 0 3 6 1 4 5 3 9 8 4 0 2 29 03 PALACIOS, Juan f 1 2 0 0 2 4 1 7 8 3 4 0 2 1 0 21 32 Crawford, Joe g 4 10 3 4 3 6 0 4 4 0 14 3 4 0 0 30 04 PADGETT, David c 3 7 0 0 3 4 3 5 8 5 9 4 2 3 1 26 01 Porter, Michael 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 10 SOSA, Edgar g 4 13 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 4 9 1 0 0 1 28 10 Obrzut, Lukasz 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 3 4 0 1 2 0 13 11 JENKINS, Brandon g 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 16 20 Meeks, Jodie 2 4 1 3 5 5 1 2 3 1 10 3 0 0 3 24 05 CLARK, Earl 2 3 0 0 4 4 0 2 2 1 8 0 1 0 0 11 21 Stevenson, Perry 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 13 15 JOHNSON, Perrin 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 8 22 Harris, Ramon 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 20 SCOTT, Will 0 3 0 3 7 8 1 1 2 1 7 0 0 0 0 16 30 HUFFMAN, Jonathan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23 Thomas, Sheray 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 3 0 2 0 0 23 32 CARACTER, Derrick 1 3 0 0 0 5 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 30 Perry, Dwight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 33 McGEE, Andre 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 0 1 11 42 Coury, Mark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 34 SMITH, Jerry 1 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 2 4 3 1 0 0 0 18 TEAM 1 4 5 43 FARLEY, Terrance 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 Totals 30 51 7 11 15 28 6 31 37 20 82 20 18 6 7 200 TEAM 2 1 3 Totals 22 57 3 15 21 35 16 25 41 27 68 8 16 4 6 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 16-28 57.1% 2nd Half: 14-23 60.9% Game: 58.8% DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-7 71.4% 2nd Half: 2-4 50.0% Game: 63.6% REBOUNDS TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 6-26 23.1% 2nd Half: 16-31 51.6% Game: 38.6% DEADBALL F Throw % 1st Half: 2-2 100% 2nd Half: 13-26 50.0% Game: 53.6% 6 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd Half: 2-9 22.2% Game: 20.0% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 13-19 68.4% 2nd Half: 8-16 50.0% Game: 60.0% 6 Officials: Tom Lopes, Tracy Woodson, Brian Forte Technical fouls: Massachusetts-None. Kentucky-None. Officials: Curtis Shaw, Tony Greene, Reggie Greenwood Attendance: 24307 Technical fouls: Massachusetts-MAYBEN, Tiki. Louisville-None. Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal Attendance: 18464 Massachusetts 27 41 68 Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal Kentucky 39 43 82 Massachusetts 41 31 72 Points in the paint-UMASS 30,UK 38. Points off turnovers-UMASS 19,UK 16. Louisville 26 42 68 2nd chance points-UMASS 6,UK 5. Fast break points-UMASS 14,UK 8. Points in the paint-UMASS 24,LOU 26. Points off turnovers-UMASS 11,LOU 8. Bench points-UMASS 22,UK 23. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-4 times. 2nd chance points-UMASS 7,LOU 15. Fast break points-UMASS 17,LOU 6. Last FG-UMASS 2nd-00:43, UK 2nd-00:24. Bench points-UMASS 28,LOU 20. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-2 times. Largest lead-UMASS by 3 1st-18:58, UK by 22 2nd-06:34. Last FG-UMASS 2nd-02:35, LOU 2nd-00:01. Largest lead-UMASS by 17 1st-07:22, LOU by 1 1st-16:03. www.umassathletics.com 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND • 25 GAME 13 • DEC. 28, 2006 GAME 14 • JAN. 2, 2007 UMASS 78, YALE 69 MIAMI (FLA.) 72, UMASS 71 AMHERST, Mass. - Senior guard James Life scored 16 points and senior forward Stephane AMHERST, Mass. - Anthony Harris scored a career-high 33 points as Miami held off a late Lasme added eight points, seven blocks and 16 rebounds as UMass defeated Yale 78-69 on in charge from UMass for a 72-71 win in the Mullins Center. It was the most points scored at the the Mullins Center. Lasme’s 16 rebounds was a new career-high as the Minutemen improved to Mullins Center since Feb. 2004. Senior center Rashaun Freeman and junior guard Gary Forbes 10-3 overall this season. With its 10th win of the season, UMass equals its earliest calendar each scored 16 points to lead UMass. Freeman also tallied 10 rebounds for the 36th double- date for a 10th win in school history. double of his career. Along with Life and Lasme, Tiki Mayben and Brandon Thomas also scored in double figures. After trailing by as many as eight in the second half, 65-57, UMass (10-4) mounted a come- Mayben hit for 10 points, while Thomas scored 11 on the night. back effort pulling within two, 70-68, on a James Life (Fort Myers, Fla.) lay-up with 1:21 The Minutemen shot 49 percent for the game hitting 29-of-59 shots, while Yale (2-8) was remaining. Miami hit two-of-four free throws down the stretch and held UMass scoreless until just 21-for-65 from the floor (32 percent). Forbes hit a three as time expired. Eric Flato led the Bulldogs scoring a game-high 22 points, while Casey Hughes added 12 Senior Stephane Lasme was a major force in the rally posting four of his seven blocked points. shots in the final seven minutes. The game was nip-and-tuck throughout the first half after Yale battled back from a 12-point Four players, paced by Freeman and Forbes, finished the night in double-figures for UMass. deficit to tie the game at 30 each with 2:20 in the period. UMass went on a 10-2 run capped by Life ended the night with 14 points, while Lasme posted 10 points, seven blocks and five a Mayben three-pointer with 0.2 seconds remaining before halftime to take a 40-32 lead. rebounds. Both teams traded baskets in the first part of the second half before UMass proved too For Miami (8-7), Jack McClinton scored 15 off the bench and Denis Clemente scored 11 to strong and pulled away for the win. round out the Hurricane scoring. In that second half, dominated in the paint with 22 rebounds. UMass went on a 16-5 run as Miami shot 50 percent on the night hitting 26-of-52 from the floor, while UMass shot 44.8 they took a 60-54 lead with 9:15 left to 76-59 with 1:27 remaining. In that spurt six different percent going 26-of-58. Free throw shooting hurt UMass who hit 13-of-25 from the charity players scored showing the overall balance. stripe compared to 9-for-15 for Miami. UMass did hold an edge on the glass outrebounding Miami 37-to-29. The game featured four ties and 10 lead changes. 12/28/06 7:00 p.m. at Amherst, Mass. (Mullins Center) VISITORS: Yale 2-8 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 01/02/07 7:00 p.m. at Amherst, Mass. (Mullins Center) ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min VISITORS: Miami (Fla.) 8-7 00 MORIN, Ross f 2 7 0 0 5 7 3 4 7 4 9 0 1 0 0 26 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 01 HUGHES, Casey f 2 13 0 1 8 9 4 3 7 1 12 1 2 0 0 28 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 15 KYLE, Matt c 4 7 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 8 0 2 0 0 14 32 Asbury, Brian f 0 5 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 18 22 FLATO, Eric g 6 13 2 4 8 9 0 2 2 3 22 5 5 0 4 34 44 Copeland, Keaton f 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 5 5 1 0 2 0 19 33 HOLMES, Caleb g 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 26 21 Collins, Dwayne c 1 3 0 0 3 6 1 4 5 1 5 0 3 0 2 34 05 PINICK, Travis 1 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 0 0 10 12 Harris, Anthony g13 19 4 6 3 5 0 2 2 1 33 4 1 0 1 35 21 ABROMAITIS, Jason 2 7 0 2 0 0 1 2 3 3 4 0 3 0 3 21 15 Clemente, Denis g 5 10 1 2 0 0 0 3 3 4 11 2 2 1 1 28 23 HOLMES, Nick 3 7 2 4 0 0 1 3 4 2 8 2 3 0 3 25 00 Graham, Jimmy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 24 ZAMPIER, Alexander 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 7 22 Nass, Fabio 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 32 NELSON, Paul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 23 Dews, James 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 TEAM 2 3 5 33 McClinton, Jack 4 7 3 5 4 5 0 2 2 0 15 3 3 0 0 28 Totals 21 65 5 17 22 28 13 21 34 26 69 10 21 1 12 200 42 Hicks, Raymond 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 21 TEAM 4 2 6 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 8-31 25.8% 2nd Half: 13-34 38.2% Game: 32.3% DEADBALL Totals 26 52 9 15 11 18 7 22 29 17 72 11 13 3 4 200 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd Half: 2-10 20.0% Game: 29.4% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 13-18 72.2% 2nd Half: 9-10 90.0% Game: 78.6% 3,2 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-26 50.0% 2nd Half: 13-26 50.0% Game: 50.0% DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd Half: 5-7 71.4% Game: 60.0% REBOUNDS HOME TEAM: Massachusetts 10-3 F Throw % 1st Half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd Half: 9-12 75.0% Game: 61.1% 4,1 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min HOME TEAM: Massachusetts 10-4 13 LASME, Stephane f 4 10 0 0 0 0 1 15 16 3 8 1 6 7 1 34 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 22 BROWER, Etienne f 2 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 3 6 2 3 2 0 21 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 5 8 0 0 2 6 3 4 7 4 12 2 3 0 0 18 13 LASME, Stephane f 4 11 0 0 2 7 5 0 5 4 10 0 2 7 1 27 14 LOWE, Chris g 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 3 2 3 5 3 0 1 16 22 BROWER, Etienne f 2 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 5 1 0 1 25 34 LIFE, James g 6 11 4 8 0 0 1 2 3 1 16 1 2 0 3 33 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 6 11 0 0 4 9 3 7 10 2 16 0 2 1 0 34 02 THOMAS, Brandon 3 6 1 2 4 4 2 0 2 2 11 0 2 0 1 18 14 LOWE, Chris g 0 1 0 0 2 4 1 3 4 2 2 3 5 0 1 23 03 FORBES, Gary 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 4 5 1 4 1 2 0 2 12 34 LIFE, James g 5 14 2 9 2 2 1 3 4 3 14 1 1 0 2 33 05 HARRIS, Ricky 1 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 1 9 02 THOMAS, Brandon 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 5 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 4 8 1 3 1 4 0 2 2 3 10 4 6 0 1 22 03 FORBES, Gary 6 8 1 1 3 3 1 4 5 3 16 3 1 2 1 25 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 1 4 0 0 2 4 4 2 6 3 4 0 1 0 1 12 05 HARRIS, Ricky 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 31 BONNER, Luke 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 16 TEAM 1 1 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 Totals 29 59 8 16 12 23 15 34 49 25 78 17 30 9 11 200 31 BONNER, Luke 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 TEAM 4 2 6 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-31 45.2% 2nd Half: 15-28 53.6% Game: 49.2% DEADBALL Totals 26 58 6 18 13 25 15 22 37 19 71 16 13 11 6 200 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 6-10 60.0% 2nd Half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 50.0% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 6-12 50.0% 2nd Half: 6-11 54.5% Game: 52.2% 3 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-30 43.3% 2nd Half: 13-28 46.4% Game: 44.8% DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-11 27.3% 2nd Half: 3-7 42.9% Game: 33.3% REBOUNDS Officials: John Gwynn, Walter Rutecki, Ray Perone F Throw % 1st Half: 5-8 62.5% 2nd Half: 8-17 47.1% Game: 52.0% 6 Technical fouls: Yale-None. Massachusetts-None. Attendance: 4212 Officials: Bryan Kersey, Reggie Greenwood, Mike Eades Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal Technical fouls: Miami (Fla.)-None. Massachusetts-None. Yale 32 37 69 Attendance: 3982 Massachusetts 40 38 78 Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal Miami (Fla.) 32 40 72 Points in the paint-YALE 26,UMASS 38. Points off turnovers-YALE 25,UMASS 17. Massachusetts 34 37 71 2nd chance points-YALE 9,UMASS 15. Fast break points-YALE 6,UMASS 15. Bench points-YALE 16,UMASS 33. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-0 times. Points in the paint-MIAMI 30,UMASS 36. Points off turnovers-MIAMI 17,UMASS 14. Last FG-YALE 2nd-00:00, UMASS 2nd-01:54. 2nd chance points-MIAMI 7,UMASS 10. Fast break points-MIAMI 7,UMASS 14. Largest lead-YALE None, UMASS by 17 2nd-01:07. Bench points-MIAMI 17,UMASS 24. Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-10 times. Last FG-MIAMI 2nd-03:43, UMASS 2nd-00:00. Largest lead-MIAMI by 8 2nd-06:45, UMASS by 9 1st-07:34.

06-07 UMASSbasketball 26 • 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND GAME 15 • JAN. 6, 2007 GAME 16 • JAN. 10, 2007 UMASS 79, LA SALLE 71 UMASS 91, GEORGE WASHINGTON 84 PHILADELPHIA - A strong start to the second half overcame a rough first half as UMass rallied AMHERST, Mass. - Senior forward Stephane Lasme scored a team-high 23 points and Massa- to defeat La Salle 79-71 at Tom Gola Arena. Seniors Rashaun Freeman and Stephane Lasme each chusetts withstood a couple determined George Washington comebacks for a 91-84 A-10 victory. played in their 100th career games and showed why they are the anchor points of the Minutemen Lasme, who also had 15 rebounds and 11 blocks, became the 23rd player in NCAA history to by combining for 35 points on the day. Lasme nearly recorded his second triple double of the record two triple-doubles in the same season. The list of previous players to post two triple- season falling just a blocked shot shy. The Minutemen trailed by 14 in the first half. doubles in the same season includes Shaquille O’Neal (1990 and ’92 at LSU), Jason Kidd (1994 at UMass improved to 11-4 overall and 1-0 in the Atlantic 10, while La Salle fell to 6-8 overall Cal) and David Robinson (1986 at Navy). and 0-2 in league play. Lasme’s other triple-double was against St. Francis on Nov. 22, when he had 19 points, 10 Freeman registered 18 points and 11 rebounds, while Lasme scored 17 points, hauled in 11 rebounds and 11 blocks. rebounds and swatted 9 shots to lead the Minutemen. Freeman hit 9-of-14 field goals in the “I’m happy with the way I played,” Lasme said. “I’ve just tried to focus on not getting stupid game for his 78th career game in double-figures. Lasme fell just one blocked shot shy of his fouls and turnovers. I’m proud of the way I played. Coach [Travis] Ford has given me a lot of second triple-double of the season which would have made him the 26th player in NCAA history confidence in my game and I’m just happy with where I’m at and that I can help the team win a to record multiple triple doubles in one season. He finished the game hitting 7-of-9 field goals couple games.” for his second-best shooting game of the year. Lasme was UMass' go-to man in the second half as he had 14 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 Senior shooting guard James Life entered the game averaging 18.0 points in the prior three blocked shots in the frame. Rashaun Freeman scored 21 points, while Gary Forbes scored 16 games but struggled early from the perimeter. He hit two key three pointers in the second half and James Life scored 11 to round out the box score. Forbes hit a career-best 10-for-12 from and finished with 16 points. Sophomore point guard Chris Lowe (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) scored 14 the free throw line on the night. points and added a season-high six assists to round out the UMass scoring. The Minutemen (12-4, 2-0 Atlantic 10) never trailed. George Washington (10-4, 1-1 A10) was Darnell Harris led La Salle with 19 points - 12 of which were scored in the first half. Rodney behind by as many as 17 points in the second half but twice rallied to within one point of pulling Green scored 12 points, while Kimmani Barrett and Brian Grimes each scored 11 points. even. After trailing at halftime, UMass climbed back into the game with a strong second half. A lay- The last time, at 72-71, came on a basket by Carl Elliott with 4:23 to play. up and subsequent free throw by Lasme tied the two squads at 39 each. La Salle took a two point “The type of team we have, we’re going to win a lot of games and this type of game gives us lead on a lay-up by Reuben Guillandeux before a Freeman lay-up at the 16:35 mark that gave confidence going into the Atlantic 10 schedule because I think the whole rest of the A10 was the Minutemen a 43-41 lead. looking at this game to see who would win it,” Freeman said. “[George Washington] has held Halfway through the second half, Freeman was forced to sit after picking up his fourth foul, down this league for a few years now so this was a quality win.” but the damage was done and Lasme was there to pick up the slack in the post. Lasme scored Maureece Rice nailed a game-high 30 points for GW, which also got a 19-point performance the 10 of his points in the second half. from Elliott. With under five minutes to play, UMass held its largest lead of the game at that point 66-57 UMass led throughout the first half and by as many as 14 points (41-27) with less than four before La Salle went on a 8-to-3 run to pull within four. Redshirt junior Gary Forbes hit a lay-up minutes to play on a basket by Lasme. After closing the gap to seven (41-34), GW still couldn’t and then two free throws down the stretch to give UMass a 71-65 lead with 1:05 to play. Forbes make a serious run. UMass still led 45-36 at the half despite a tip-in at the buzzer by Regis finished the game with 12 points - 10 in the second half. Roundjia. UMass got off to a shaky start falling behind 28-14 following a Harris three-pointer at the 7:53 The Minutemen were 56.7 (17-for-30) from the field in the first half, with Freeman getting 13 mark in the first half. Travis Ford then called a 30-second timeout to settle down the Minutemen points. Rice had 12 for GW before the break. who responded with a 10-to-0 run to come within four. “I take my hat off to UMass,” GW coach Karl Hobbs said. “They had veteran guys that played Freeman and Lasme finished the frame doing the most damage with a combined 19 points on like veteran guys do. Whenever the game was on the line, the two big guys [Freeman and Lasme] 9-of-11 shooting. La Salle, meanwhile, hit 12 of its first 14 shots before going silent. The Explor- made the plays and they converted and scored.” ers took a 37-33 halftime lead after UMass climbed back into the game. UMass finished the game shooting 58.8 percent hitting 30-of-51 shots, while the Colonials The Minutemen shot 29-for-62 from the field for the game, while the Explorers hit 25-for-56 shot just 39 percent (30-for-77). In the second half despite the big George Washington run, from the floor. Free throw shooting down the stretch was key for UMass who hit 10 straight in UMass shot nearly 62 percent from the field and over 70 percent from the free throw line (26- the last minute of play despite shooting 17-of-27 for the game. for-38 for the game).

01/06/07 4:00 at Philadelphia, PA Tom Gola Arena 01/10/07 7:00 p.m. at Amherst, Mass. (Mullins Center) VISITORS: Massachusetts 11-4, 1-0 A-10 VISITORS: George Washington 10-4, 1-1 A-10 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 13 LASME, Stephane f 7 9 0 0 3 8 5 8 13 4 17 1 3 9 0 34 23 KOUNDJIA, Regis f 2 7 0 1 4 6 4 2 6 5 8 1 3 0 1 28 22 BROWER, Etienne f 0 4 0 2 0 0 3 3 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 17 42 AKINGBADE, Dokun f 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 15 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 9 14 0 0 0 2 9 2 11 5 18 1 1 1 0 33 05 DIGGS, Rob c 3 10 0 0 4 6 3 5 8 4 10 0 0 0 0 24 14 LOWE, Chris g 4 6 1 2 5 6 0 0 0 2 14 6 2 0 3 34 25 ELLIOTT, Carl g 9 18 1 1 0 3 3 3 6 4 19 2 1 0 3 37 34 LIFE, James g 4 14 3 11 5 6 0 1 1 3 16 2 2 0 3 32 33 RICE, Maureece g11 25 3 6 5 9 4 3 7 4 30 2 2 0 2 39 02 THOMAS, Brandon 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 01 KING, Travis 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 3 4 1 2 0 1 19 03 FORBES, Gary 4 7 0 1 4 5 0 4 4 4 12 2 1 0 2 22 11 OPOKU, Hermann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 05 HARRIS, Ricky 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 15 MOORE, Cheyenne 2 5 1 3 0 0 1 1 2 4 5 2 2 0 2 16 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22 HOLLIS, Damian 2 6 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 2 1 0 0 20 31 BONNER, Luke 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 8 31 WILMORE, Noel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM 1 1 2 TEAM 5 3 8 Totals 29 62 4 21 17 27 18 19 37 23 79 14 10 10 8 200 Totals 30 77 7 16 17 28 20 18 38 28 84 10 12 0 9 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-33 42.4% 2nd Half: 15-29 51.7% Game: 46.8% DEADBALL TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-36 33.3% 2nd Half: 18-41 43.9% Game: 39.0% DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-12 8.3% 2nd Half: 3-9 33.3% Game: 19.0% REBOUNDS 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-5 60.0% 2nd Half: 4-11 36.4% Game: 43.8% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd Half: 13-18 72.2% Game: 63.0% 3 F Throw % 1st Half: 9-12 75.0% 2nd Half: 8-16 50.0% Game: 60.7% 8,1

HOME TEAM: LASALLE 6-8, 0-2 A-10 HOME TEAM: Massachusetts 12-4, 2-0 A-10 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 12 MEKONGO MBALA, Yvesf3 8 0 2 2 413458100025 13 LASME, Stephane f 7 11 0 0 9 12 2 13 15 2 23 3 3 11 1 34 42 ST. JOHN, Mike f 2 7 0 3 2 2 4 4 8 5 6 3 4 0 2 26 22 BROWER, Etienne f 3 6 2 4 0 0 1 4 5 4 8 2 2 0 0 18 10 GREEN, Rodney g 4 11 0 1 4 6 3 4 7 3 12 2 3 0 2 32 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 9 12 0 0 3 8 3 4 7 4 21 0 5 1 1 30 11 HARRIS, Darnell g 6 11 5 9 2 3 1 2 3 4 19 2 1 0 0 37 14 LOWE, Chris g 2 4 0 1 3 4 0 1 1 4 7 7 1 0 1 29 34 GUILLANDEAUX, Rubeng2 7 0 1 0 000014320021 34 LIFE, James g 4 7 3 6 0 0 0 2 2 3 11 2 3 0 3 33 01 JOHNSON, Paul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 02 THOMAS, Brandon 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 03 DIAZ, Sherman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 03 FORBES, Gary 3 6 0 1 10 12 1 1 2 3 16 2 2 1 0 22 05 BARRETT, Kimmani 4 4 0 0 3 4 3 1 4 3 11 1 3 1 1 23 05 HARRIS, Ricky 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 41 GRIMES, Brian 4 8 0 1 3 5 2 4 6 2 11 0 1 0 0 26 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 5 3 6 4 0 1 19 TEAM 3 1 4 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 25 56 5 17 16 24 17 19 36 24 71 12 15 2 5 200 TEAM 1 1 2 1 Totals 30 51 5 15 26 38 9 29 38 28 91 23 22 13 7 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-24 58.3% 2nd Half: 11-32 34.4% Game: 44.6% DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd Half: 1-9 11.1% Game: 29.4% REBOUNDS TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 17-30 56.7% 2nd Half: 13-21 61.9% Game: 58.8% DEADBALL F Throw % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd Half: 11-18 61.1% Game: 66.7% 3,3 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-11 36.4% 2nd Half: 1-4 25.0% Game: 33.3% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 7-11 63.6% 2nd Half: 19-27 70.4% Game: 68.4% 5,1 Officials: Fran Connelly, Eric Anderson, Mike Roberts Attendance: 1430 Officials: James Breeding, Jeff Clark, Frank Scagliotta Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal Attendance: 4106 Massachusetts 33 46 79 Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal LASALLE 37 34 71 George Washington 36 48 84 Massachusetts 45 46 91 Points in the paint-UMASS 48,LASALLE 30. Points off turnovers-UMASS 19,LASALLE 16. Points in the paint-GW 40,UMASS 44. Points off turnovers-GW 25,UMASS 13. 2nd chance points-UMASS 16,LASALLE 13. Fast break points-UMASS 10,LASALLE 0. 2nd chance points-GW 18,UMASS 8. Fast break points-GW 6,UMASS 6. Bench points-UMASS 14,LASALLE 22. Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-3 times. Bench points-GW 15,UMASS 21. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times. Last FG-UMASS 2nd-02:22, LASALLE 2nd-00:20. Last FG-GW 2nd-00:17, UMASS 2nd-01:44. Largest lead-UMASS by 9 2nd-04:56, LASALLE by 14 1st-07:53. Largest lead-GW None, UMASS by 17 2nd-15:21. www.umassathletics.com 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND • 27 GAME 17 • JAN. 13, 2007 GAME 18 • JAN. 18, 2007 • ESPN UMASS 88, TEMPLE 77 XAVIER 83, UMASS 77 AMHERST, Mass. - A huge second half propelled UMass past Atlantic 10 rival Temple, 88-77 CINCINNATI, Ohio - In a battle between the Atlantic 10’s preseason No. 1 and No. 2, Xavier on in the Mullins Center. The Minutemen had four players in double-figures led by seniors Rashaun held court and handed visiting UMass its first league loss on Thursday night, 83-77, at a soldout Freeman and Stephane Lasme who combined for 42 points, 22 rebounds and nine blocked shots Cintas Center. Senior Rashaun Freeman became UMass’ sixth all-time leading scorer notching After Temple led at halftime, UMass used a 23-to-10 run during the second half and led by as a game-high 22 points, but the Musketeers had six players score in double figures led by 16 many as 17 points. from Justin Doellman. With the win UMass improves to 13-4 overall and 3-0 in the A-10, while Temple falls to 6-9 Preseason A-10 No.1 pick Xavier improves to 13-5 overall and 3-1 in the league, while UMass overall and 0-3 in the league. The win total for the Minutemen equals all of last season (13-15 falls to 13-4 overall and 3-1 in the conference. The two teams are now tied for the top spot in overall) which was Travis Ford’s first at UMass. It also made UMass 3-0 in the league for the first the A-10. The loss was just the third non-home loss for UMass who is 8-3 this season away from time since the 1997-98 season when the Minutemen started 8-0. the Mullins Center. Freeman and Lasme each scored 21 points and pulled down 11 and 10 rebounds, respectively, Pressure free throw shooting gave Xavier the late edge as the Musketeers hit six straight to lead the Minutemen. Lasme had a monster second half with 17 points, six rebounds and six from the charity stripe in the final 23 seconds. With 30 seconds remaining, UMass junior for- blocked shots. ward Etienne Brower hit a three-pointer from the left wing to pull the Minutemen within two, Junior Gary Forbes scored 18 points on the strength of five three-pointers, posted seven 77-75, following sophomore Chris Lowe’s steal off the Xavier inbound. rebounds and handed out four assists, while senior James Life scored 16 points and handed out For the game, free throw shooting gave Xavier an 11-point edge as the Musketeers hit 15-of- four assists as well. Point guard Chris Lowe rounded out the day with nine points and six assists 22 from the line compared to just 2-for-4 for the Minutemen. That included NO free throw to just two turnovers. attempts by Freeman or Stephane Lasme. The Owls were led by Dionte Christmas who scored a game-high 23 points. Mark Tyndale had 19 points, while Dustin Salisbery and Dion Dacons each finished with 14 and 11 points, respec- The Minutemen had a season-high 25 offensive rebounds and controlled the boards by a 47- tively. to-31 margin. UMass held a significant size advantage over Temple which translated into a 40-to-26 advan- The game featured seven ties and 12 lead changes. tage in the paint and a 23-to-8 edge in second chance points. The Minutemen held a 43-to-24 Freeman’s game-high 22 points give him 1,575 for his career which is the sixth most in margin in rebounding for the game. school history. Already this season he has surpassed Julius ‘Dr. J.’ Erving and Marcus Camby on Temple led at halftime as Salisbery hit two three-pointers to bookend a 11-to-5 run in the the all-time scoring list. He also pulled in 13 rebounds giving him the 39th double-double of his final 3:51. His second trey went in with just three seconds remaining to give the Owls a 45-40 career. halftime lead. Senior forward Stephane Lasme added 18 points and nine rebounds, while junior guard UMass opened the second half with an 8-to-0 run to go up 48-45 just two minutes into the Gary Forbes chipped in 19 points off the bench. frame. Coming out of the intermission it was clear that UMass was going to pound the inside Senior James Life scored 10 points, while Lowe had seven assists and six rebounds. which led to Lasme’s 17-point production. He finished the game shooting 9-for-10 from the Xavier was led by Doellman’s 16 points and Stanley Burrell who scored 15 points. Drew floor. Lavender scored 14 points and had five steals. The Owls pulled back even at 50 each with 17:08 to go on a three-pointer from Dacons. UMass trailed by as many 12 in the first half but cut the lead down to one, 37-36, when Forbes responded at the other end with a three-pointer to kick-off a 23-to-10 run which solidi- Lasme hit a turn-around jumper in the lane with 40 seconds before halftime. fied the game for UMass. Prior to that, Xavier put together a 12-to-4 run capped by three consecutive field goals - Christmas hit a lay-up with 7:29 to play cutting the lead to nine points, 76-67, but the two by Josh Duncan and one by Doellman to take a 37-25 lead with 3:53 to play. Minutemen went on another run highlighted by a Lowe three-pointer. UMass took its largest lead UMass held the Musketeers scoreless for the remainder of the half and behind six points of the game, 17 points, on a Lasme put-back with 5:28 to go. from Lasme and a three-pointer from Brower, the Minutemen closed the half with an 11-to-0 Temple rallied once again closing the gap to seven points, 84-77, with 1:34 remaining, but a run. Lasme dunk and two Life free throws prevented them from getting any closer. The Minutemen hit 50 percent of their shots in the first half shooting 17-of-34 attempts in UMass shot just over 51 percent from the floor for the game, while the Owls shot 46.6 the first half. Lasme led the team with 12 points, while Freeman scored 10 points. Lasme was percent. In the second half, the Minutemen shot 64.3 percent hitting 18-of-28 shots. Free throw 6-for-8 from the field. UMass also outrebounded Xavier by a 22-to-16 edge. shooting hurt UMass in the first half as they hit just 7-for-20 from the stripe compared to 13-for- UMass hit four of its first five shots to start the second half, but four consecutive three 15 for Temple. The Minutemen finished the game shooting 13-for-28 from the line. pointers from Burrell (two), Doellman, and Lavender gave Xavier a 55-47 lead with 14:18 to play in the half forcing a UMass timeout. 01/13/07 12:00 PM at Amherst, Mass. (Mullins Center) 01/18/07 7:00 PM at Cincinnati, Ohio (Cintas Center) VISITORS: Temple 6-9, 0-3 A-10 VISITORS: Massachusetts 13-5, 3-1 A-10 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 04 DACONS, Dion f 4 6 3 4 0 0 3 2 5 4 11 0 0 0 0 31 02 THOMAS, Brandon f 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 03 SALISBERY, Dustin g 5 13 3 5 1 2 0 4 4 4 14 3 2 1 0 37 13 LASME, Stephane f 9 13 0 0 0 0 7 2 9 4 18 2 2 2 0 38 13 TYNDALE, Mark g 6 15 1 2 6 6 0 3 3 2 19 2 2 2 1 39 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c11 19 0 0 0 0 11 2 13 2 22 0 3 0 1 33 15 INGE, Semaj g 4 6 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 8 3 4 1 4 24 14 LOWE, Chris g 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 6 6 1 0 7 1 0 0 25 22 CHRISTMAS, Dionte g 7 14 3 5 6 6 2 1 3 3 23 0 0 0 2 38 34 LIFE, James g 4 11 2 7 0 2 1 3 4 3 10 2 3 1 2 28 01 CLARK, Chris 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 17 03 FORBES, Gary 8 16 1 5 2 2 2 6 8 4 19 4 4 0 0 33 02 BROOKS, Ryan 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 05 HARRIS, Ricky 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 10 14 OLMOS, Sergio 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 9 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 15 32 KIRKENDOLL, DaShone 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 TEAM 1 1 2 22 BROWER, Etienne 2 4 2 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 0 1 0 0 13 Totals 27 58 10 19 13 15 8 16 24 22 77 14 10 4 7 200 TEAM 2 2 Totals 35 75 5 18 2 4 25 22 47 18 77 16 16 3 4 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-25 56.0% 2nd Half: 13-33 39.4% Game: 46.6% DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd Half: 6-11 54.5% Game: 52.6% REBOUNDS TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 17-34 50.0% 2nd Half: 18-41 43.9% Game: 46.7% DEADBALL F Throw % 1st Half: 13-15 86.7% 2nd Half: 0-0 0.0% Game: 86.7% 0,2 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd Half: 3-11 27.3% Game: 27.8% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 0-2 0.0% 2nd Half: 2-2 100% Game: 50.0% 1 HOME TEAM: Massachusetts 13-4, 3-0 A-10 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds HOME TEAM: Xavier 13-5, 3-1 A-10 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 02 THOMAS, Brandon f 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 10 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 13 LASME, Stephane f 9 10 0 0 3 5 5 6 11 4 21 2 2 6 0 28 01 DUNCAN, Josh f 4 8 1 5 4 4 1 1 2 2 13 1 2 0 0 25 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 9 13 0 0 3 7 4 6 10 3 21 0 0 3 2 38 03 CAGE, Justin f 5 9 0 1 2 4 1 2 3 1 12 1 0 1 0 31 14 LOWE, Chris g 3 7 2 3 1 2 0 3 3 1 9 6 2 0 0 28 15 DOELLMAN, Justin f 6 9 1 3 3 4 5 2 7 3 16 4 0 1 0 26 34 LIFE, James g 4 9 4 7 4 4 1 2 3 4 16 4 1 0 0 34 24 LAVENDER, Drew g 6 10 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 2 3 0 5 32 03 FORBES, Gary 6 13 5 7 1 4 2 5 7 2 18 4 3 0 1 35 34 BURRELL, Stanley g 4 12 2 3 5 7 1 1 2 0 15 1 2 0 1 32 05 HARRIS, Ricky 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 05 BROWN, Derrick 4 9 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 10 0 0 1 2 19 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 4 3 0 1 14 11 RAYMOND, B.J. 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 0 1 2 12 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 1 4 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 14 WOLF, Johnny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 8 31 BONNER, Luke 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 33 COLE, Brandon 1 3 0 0 1 2 4 6 10 2 3 1 1 1 0 15 TEAM 3 1 4 TEAM Totals 32 62 11 20 13 28 18 25 43 18 88 22 13 9 5 200 Totals 30 62 8 18 15 22 15 16 31 10 83 15 9 5 10 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-34 41.2% 2nd Half: 18-28 64.3% Game: 51.6% DEADBALL TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 16-34 47.1% 2nd Half: 14-28 50.0% Game: 48.4% DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-11 45.5% 2nd Half: 6-9 66.7% Game: 55.0% REBOUNDS 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd Half: 4-9 44.4% Game: 44.4% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 7-20 35.0% 2nd Half: 6-8 75.0% Game: 46.4% 9 F Throw % 1st Half: 1-3 33.3% 2nd Half: 14-19 73.7% Game: 68.2% 2 Officials: Mike Kitts, Ed Corbett, Karl Hess Officials: Joe DeMayo, Joe Townsell Attendance: 9901 Attendance: 6212 Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal Massachusetts 36 41 77 Temple 45 32 77 Xavier 37 46 83 Massachusetts 40 48 88 Points in the paint-UMASS 56,XU 34. Points off turnovers-UMASS 19,XU 23. Points in the paint-TEMPLE 26,UMASS 40. Points off turnovers-TEMPLE 20,UMASS 16. 2nd chance points-UMASS 28,XU 16. Fast break points-UMASS 6,XU 12. 2nd chance points-TEMPLE 8,UMASS 23. Fast break points-TEMPLE 7,UMASS 4. Bench points-UMASS 27,XU 13. Score tied-8 times. Lead changed-9 times. Bench points-TEMPLE 2,UMASS 21. Score tied-6 times. Lead changed-4 times. Last FG-UMASS 2nd-00:05, XU 2nd-01:20. Last FG-TEMPLE 2nd-01:34, UMASS 2nd-01:00. Largest lead-UMASS by 4 1st-13:24, XU by 12 1st-03:54. Largest lead-TEMPLE by 5 1st-00:03, UMASS by 17 2nd-05:28. 06-07 UMASSbasketball 28 • 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND GAME 19 • JAN. 21, 2007 GAME 20 • JAN. 24, 2007 UMASS 101, DUQUESNE 87 RHODE ISLAND 75, UMASS 72 AMHERST, Mass. - Senior shooting guard James Life scored a game-high 24 points and KINGSTON, R.I. - Rhode Island hit 16 straight free throws in the final 4:12 to overcome junior Gary Forbes added 19 as UMass defeated scrappy Duquesne, 101-87, on Sunday after- UMass 75-72 on Wednesday night at the Ryan Center. UMass led by as many as nine and clutched noon in the Mullins Center. Life hit two free throws with 32 seconds remaining to push the a lead over the Rams for much of the game until just after the halfway mark of the second half. score over the century mark for the first time in Mullins Center history. Senior forward Stephane Lasme tied the UMass career blocked shots record to match Marcus UMass improves to 14-5 overall and 4-1 in the Atlantic 10, while Duquesne falls to 5-11 Camby’s 336 with seven swats on the night. overall and 1-4 in league play. UMass will face Rhode Island this Wednesday in a showdown UMass falls to 14-6 overall and 4-2 in the Atlantic 10, while first-place Rhode Island im- between the only one-loss teams in the A-10. proves to 13-8 overall and 6-1 for the A-10 lead. Life scored his 24 points on the strength of six three-pointers. Forbes was a perfect 8-for-8 The Minutemen disrupted the Rams around the perimeter as Rhode Island entered the game on the day from the free throw line as part of his 19 and added nine rebounds. as the top three-point shooting team in the conference. League leader Jimmy Baron was held Senior Stephane Lasme posted a double-double with 14 points and a career-high 17 re- to just 1-for-5 from behind the arc, while the team was just 4-for-17. URI made up the differ- bounds - just one shy of the Mullins Center record. Guards Chris Lowe and Ricky Harris had ence, however, at the free throw line where the Rams converted 33-of-43 attempts including nice games as well for UMass scoring 14 and 13 points, respectively. Lowe added six assists in the 16 consecutive in the final minutes. the game, while Harris tied his career-high and snapped a five-game scoreless streak. Lasme finished the game with seven blocks to go along with eight points and five rebounds Duquesne was led by Robert Mitchell and Reggie Jackson who each scored 22 points. Kieron despite being saddled with foul problems for much of the game. He now has 105 for season Achara scored 17, while Aaron Jackson tallied 11 points. Achara, Jackson, and Mitchell each which is third-best in a single season and also holds the No. 2 single-season mark (108, 2005- had seven rebounds. 06), No. 3 mark (105, 2006-07), and No. 8 mark (72, 2004-05). The Minutemen carried a 43-41 lead into halftime behind 17 points from Life. The Dukes Senior center Rashaun Freeman led UMass with 19 points and 12 rebounds. James Life came out firing holding an 8-2 lead to start the game and never trailing in the half by more scored 19 points as well on the strength of five three-pointers. Freshman guard Ricky Harris than nine points. added 10 points off the bench. The second half started out nip-and-tuck before UMass’ depth became apparent with 10 Will Daniels led Rhode Island with 20 points hitting 9-of-13 free throws. Baron added 11 different players scoring. The Dukes had pulled within three, 61-68, with 10:48 to play on a points and Keith Cothran added 14 off the bench. Achara lay-up. UMass then outscored Duquesne 40-29 from that point forward to crack the 100- The two teams went to halftime with UMass ahead 28-24. Rhode Island started cold hitting point mark. just one of their first 11 shots. UMass shot 47 percent for the game hitting 35-of-74 shots from the floor. Duquesne hit 32- The Rams fought back in the second half to tie the game at 45 each with 11:51 to play after of-76 from the floor (42 percent). Duquesne, normally the best free throw shooting team in the a three-pointer from Parfait Bitee. league, hit just 11-for-22, while UMass shot 20-for-27 from the charity stripe. Baron then hit three free throws after being fouled behind the arc to give Rhode Island a 51- The Minutemen held a decisive edge on the glass, 55-35, including 24 offensive rebounds. 49 lead with 7:08 to play after trailing all game. This was the second time this season that UMass cracked the 100-point barrier having done UMass briefly retook the lead on a Life three-pointer, but Baron hit a three on the next so at Jacksonville State back in November, 100-69. The Minutemen are 33-2 all-time now when possession, his only field goal of the game, to give the Rams a 54-52 lead with 5:32 remaining. scoring over 100 points. This was the first time since the 1994-95 season that UMass has posted Gary Forbes tied the game and stayed close until Daniels hit a three-pointer with 1:51 to go two 100-point games in the same season. stretching the lead to 62-56. Rhode Island put together a 12-4 run down the stretch until Harris hit a pair of lay-ups and 01/21/07 2:00 p.m. at Amherst, Mass. - Mullins Center Life hit another three-pointer with 14 seconds to play after stealing the inbounds pass at VISITORS: Duquesne 5-11, 1-4 A-10 halfcourt. tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min The Rams hit four straight free throws in the final 12 seconds and sophomore point guard 31 WOOD, Stephen f 1 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 11 Chris Lowe hit a lay-up and then a three-pointer at the buzzer to give the final score. 02 ACHARA, Kieron c 7 14 3 7 0 0 1 6 7 2 17 1 2 1 2 30 01 JACKSON, Aaron g 4 9 2 4 1 3 3 4 7 4 11 7 2 0 2 30 1/24/07 7:00 p.m. at Kingston, R.I. (The Ryan Center) 04 SHERWOOD, Jimmy g 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 VISITORS: Massachusetts 14-6, 4-2 A-10 43 DUTY, Jason g 2 4 1 3 2 3 1 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 18 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 03 JACKSON, Reggie 8 12 4 6 2 5 0 1 1 1 22 2 3 0 1 26 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 20 FAYNE, Phillip 1 3 0 1 1 2 3 1 4 2 3 2 0 0 1 17 13 LASME, Stephane f 3 7 0 0 2 2 1 4 5 4 8 0 2 7 0 33 22 TUCKER, Gary 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 17 22 BROWER, Etienne f 1 7 1 5 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 2 3 1 0 21 23 MITCHELL, Robert 8 23 1 4 5 7 5 2 7 3 22 2 2 1 1 24 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 8 12 0 0 3 4 5 7 12 4 19 0 4 0 1 33 30 GROTE, Scott 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 5 0 1 4 0 0 16 14 LOWE, Chris g 4 8 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 3 9 7 2 1 3 33 TEAM 2 1 3 34 LIFE, James g 6 12 5 10 2 2 1 2 3 4 19 0 2 0 1 32 Totals 32 76 12 31 11 22 16 19 35 24 87 16 15 2 9 200 02 THOMAS, Brandon 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 03 FORBES, Gary 2 6 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 5 4 0 1 0 0 14 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-38 39.5% 2nd Half: 17-38 44.7% Game: 42.1% DEADBALL 05 HARRIS, Ricky 4 7 2 5 0 2 0 2 2 2 10 0 1 0 1 14 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 7-18 38.9% 2nd Half: 5-13 38.5% Game: 38.7% REBOUNDS 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 0 0 7 F Throw % 1st Half: 4-7 57.1% 2nd Half: 7-15 46.7% Game: 50.0% 7,1 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 31 BONNER, Luke 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 HOME TEAM: Massachusetts 14-5, 4-1 A-10 TEAM 2 1 3 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Totals 28 63 9 25 7 10 10 22 32 28 72 14 18 9 6 200 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 02 THOMAS, Brandon f 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 11 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-33 36.4% 2nd Half: 16-30 53.3% Game: 44.4% DEADBALL 13 LASME, Stephane f 5 9 0 0 4 8 11 6 17 2 14 0 3 5 2 33 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-13 30.8% 2nd Half: 5-12 41.7% Game: 36.0% REBOUNDS 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 3 8 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 0 6 0 5 1 0 19 F Throw % 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd Half: 7-10 70.0% Game: 70.0% 3 14 LOWE, Chris g 5 7 1 2 3 3 0 0 0 3 14 6 3 0 0 28 34 LIFE, James g 8 19 6 16 2 2 2 2 4 4 24 1 4 0 1 29 HOME TEAM: Rhode Island 13-8, 6-1 A-10 03 FORBES, Gary 5 11 1 3 8 8 4 5 9 1 19 2 2 0 1 26 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 05 HARRIS, Ricky 5 6 2 2 1 2 0 4 4 2 13 3 0 0 0 18 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 1 4 0 1 2 4 0 2 2 2 4 6 5 1 2 20 25 DANIELS, Will f 5 9 1 3 9 13 1 5 6 2 20 1 4 0 2 32 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 33 SEAWRIGHT, Kahiem f 2 8 0 0 4 7 3 4 7 4 8 1 1 1 2 36 22 BROWER, Etienne 1 6 1 3 0 0 2 1 3 3 3 0 0 1 0 12 34 HARRIS, Darrell c 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 10 31 BONNER, Luke 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 BITEE, Parfait g 3 9 1 3 0 0 1 5 6 0 7 5 1 1 0 29 TEAM 1 5 6 20 BARON, Jimmy g 1 6 1 5 8 9 0 3 3 1 11 1 2 0 2 28 Totals 35 74 11 29 20 27 24 31 55 20 101 19 23 8 6 200 01 MBANG, Joe 2 8 1 5 4 4 0 4 4 4 9 0 2 2 0 22 15 ULMER, Lamonte 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 14 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 16-41 39.0% 2nd Half: 19-33 57.6% Game: 47.3% DEADBALL 22 COTHRAN, Keith 3 4 0 1 8 8 0 1 1 1 14 0 5 0 2 23 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 6-18 33.3% 2nd Half: 5-11 45.5% Game: 37.9% REBOUNDS 32 CRUZ, Jonathan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 F Throw % 1st Half: 5-8 62.5% 2nd Half: 15-19 78.9% Game: 74.1% 2,1 TEAM 3 3 6 Totals 19 49 4 17 33 43 11 26 37 14 75 8 16 4 8 200 Officials: Reggie Greenwood, Frankie Bordeaux, Bryan Kersey Technical fouls: Duquesne-None. Massachusetts-None. TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 7-25 28.0% 2nd Half: 12-24 50.0% Game: 38.8% DEADBALL Attendance: 4648 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-8 12.5% 2nd Half: 3-9 33.3% Game: 23.5% REBOUNDS Score by Periods 1st2ndTotal F Throw % 1st Half: 9-13 69.2% 2nd Half: 24-30 80.0% Game: 76.7% 6 Duquesne 41 46 87 Massachusetts 43 58 101 Officials: Ron Tyburski, David Walker, Earl Walton Points in the paint-DUQ 26,UMASS 46. Points off turnovers-DUQ 16,UMASS 19. Attendance: 7021 2nd chance points-DUQ 14,UMASS 20. Fast break points-DUQ 4,UMASS 9. Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal Bench points-DUQ 49,UMASS 41. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-9 times. Massachusetts 28 44 72 Last FG-DUQ 2nd-00:22, UMASS 2nd-01:26. Rhode Island 24 51 75 Largest lead-DUQ by 6 1st-18:14, UMASS by 16 2nd-00:42. Points in the paint-UMASS 32,URI 18. Points off turnovers-UMASS 15,URI 18. 2nd chance points-UMASS 10,URI 8. Fast break points-UMASS 8,URI 4. Bench points-UMASS 14,URI 25. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-3 times. Last FG-UMASS 2nd-00:00, URI 2nd-00:38. Largest lead-UMASS by 9 1st-09:08, URI by 10 2nd-00:27.

www.umassathletics.com 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND • 29 GAME 21 • JAN. 28, 2007 GAME 22 • FEB. 3, 2007 UMASS 66, CHARLOTTE 61 UMASS 72, RICHMOND 56 CHARLOTTE, N.C. - UMass overcame an early 25-9 first-half deficit to rally in the second AMHERST, Mass. - Gary Forbes had his first double-double effort as a Minuteman and Chris half at Halton Arena for a 66-61 win at Charlotte in a key Atlantic 10 match-up on Sunday Lowe scored a career-high 19 points as UMass used a strong second half to get past Richmond afternoon. The trio of senior Stephane Lasme, senior Rashaun Freeman, and redshirt junior 72-56 on Saturday afternoon in an Atlantic 10 tilt at the Mullins Center. The Minutemen trailed Gary Forbes were instrumental in the come-back win as each scored in double figures. Lasme by one at halftime, but used a 12-2 run to start the second half and iced the game as Forbes and set the new UMass career blocked shots record blocking three in the game to give him 339 and Lowe scored 15 of UMass' final 17 points of the game. Forbes finished the game with 16 points surpass Marcus Camby’s previous school record of 336. and 16 rebounds, while Lowe's 19 points were on the strength of 11-for-12 free throw shooting. The Minutemen improve to 15-6 overall and 5-2 in the A-10, while Charlotte falls to 8-11 UMass improved to 16-6 overall and 6-2 in the Atlantic 10, while the Spiders fall to 5-17 overall and 2-5 in the league. overall and 1-8 in the league. The 16-point deficit was the largest UMass has faced this season in Atlantic 10 play. Earlier Lowe led all players with his 19 points, while Rashaun Freeman chipped in 13. this season at La Salle, the Explorers built a 14-point first half lead against the Minutemen Forbes 16 rebounds were three more than Richmond had as a team. The Minutemen before UMass was able to right the ship in the second half to win. outrebounded the Spiders 39-to-13. Freeman recorded his first 41st career double-double with a game-high 18 points and 11 rebounds. Forbes scored 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting, while Lasme scored 12 points, had nine David Gonzalvez led Richmond with 15 points, while Brian Morris scored 11. rebounds, and blocked three shots. The game started out sluggishly for UMass who trailed Richmond by as many as nine, 23-14, Lasme now owns the UMass career blocked shots record with 339 after tying Camby on midway through the first half. UMass used a 10-0 run following the third media timeout of the Wednesday night at Rhode Island. He has 108 for the season which is ties the school’s second- half on a three-point play by Forbes with 4:04 to play. best single season mark which he set last year. He needs 21 more blocks this season to own the Forbes drained a pair of free throws with four seconds in the half to give UMass a 30-29 lead, UMass single season record. but a defensive lapse allowed the Spiders to go the legnth of the court and Jarhon Giddings Despite the large deficit early in the first half, the Minutemen continued to chip away at the tipped in a Ryan Butler missed lay-up to take a 31-30 lead at intermission. 49er lead cutting it to just three, 32-29, at halftime. UMass came out firing in the second half In the second half, UMass opened up with a 12-2 run highlighted by a fastbreak, two-handed and took a brief lead 35-34 on a Lasme tip-in with 17:06 to go. dunk by Life just over six minutes into the period. The opportunity was created by the full Charlotte reclaimed the lead on the next possession and extended it to as many as five court trapping pressure that UMass switched to in the period. That pressure helped UMass hold before sophomore Chris Lowe and Etienne Brower hit back-to-back three pointers and Free- onto the lead despite Richmond cutting it down to five on three separate occasions. man hit a lay-up to cap a 12-2 run to give UMass a 47-42 lead with 10:19 to play. With 6:53 to play and holding on to a 53-48 lead, UMass sparked a 9-2 run with senior The 49ers made a run to answer the Minutemen tying the game 55-55 on a tip-in by E.J. Stephane Lasme feeding Freeman in the post for a two-handed slam. Drayton with 3:14 remaining. Richmond could get no closer and Forbes and Lowe iced the game scoring 15 of the final 17 As they had all game, UMass continued to absorb the punches and put together a run of their UMass points. own taking a 62-58 lead on a free throw by Forbes. UMass drilled 10 of its final 12 free throws in the final 1:39 and finished the game hitting 33- The UMass defense kept Leemire Goldwire quiet until the final 30 seconds when he hit his of-43 for the game. The 33 free throws was the most in the season and the most since hitting 40 first three-pointer of the game to cut UMass’ lead to just two, 63-61, with 28.4 seconds. against the defending National Champion Arkansas on Nov. 25, 1994. The 49ers tried to extend the game with fouls, but the Minuteman defense held tight and For the game, UMass shot 51.4 percent on 19-of-37 shooting, while Richmond shot 38.5 Lowe hit three-of-four free throws in the waning seconds to give the final margin of victory. percent for the game shooting 20-of-52 for the game. For the game, UMass’ Ricky Harris held Goldwire to just two field goals and 11 points. De’Angelo Alexander, the A-10’s third leading scorer at just over 18 points per game, was held 02/03/07 12:00 p.m. at Amherst, Mass. - Mullins Center in check to just 13 points - just one in the second half. VISITORS: Richmond 5-17, 1-8 A-10 Drayton led Charlotte in the scoring column with 16 points and added 13 rebounds. Alexander’s tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 13 points was second, while Goldwire added 11 points. ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min UMass finished the game shooting 24-for-52, while Charlotte hit 21-for-57 from the floor. 11 SYLLA, Oumar f 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 3 30 The free throw line was key as UMass shot 13-for-22 and the 49ers shot 13-for-20. Bench points 13 THOMAS, Peter f 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 2 19 were key for UMass who had a 14-to-8 advantage thanks in part to Brower who scored seven 54 CRANK, Drew c 3 9 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 9 1 0 1 0 18 points in reserve. 05 MORRIS, Brian g 5 11 1 4 0 0 1 1 2 4 11 1 1 0 1 28 44 BUTLER, Ryan g 3 8 1 3 2 2 0 3 3 5 9 1 2 0 1 29 04 GIDDINGS, Jarhon 2 3 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 3 6 1 0 0 0 15 01/28/07 1:00 p.m. at Halton Arena (Charlotte, N.C.) 10 McLEAN, Duncan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 VISITORS: Massachusetts 15-6, 5-2 A-10 21 GONZALVEZ, David 4 10 0 1 7 12 1 2 3 2 15 1 0 0 0 33 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 35 HOVDE, Kevin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 40 GERIOT, Dan 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 17 03 FORBES, Gary f 5 7 1 2 2 5 2 2 4 4 13 2 4 0 0 28 TEAM 1 1 13 LASME, Stephane f 4 4 0 0 4 7 1 8 9 3 12 1 2 3 1 27 Totals 20 52 3 11 13 18 4 9 13 30 56 9 6 1 9 200 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 8 14 0 0 2 4 3 8 11 4 18 1 2 1 0 33 14 LOWE, Chris g 1 5 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 3 6 4 0 0 0 26 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-26 46.2% 2nd Half: 8-26 30.8% Game: 38.5% DEADBALL 34 LIFE, James g 1 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 14 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd Half: 1-7 14.3% Game: 27.3% REBOUNDS 02 THOMAS, Brandon 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 F Throw % 1st Half: 5-5 100% 2nd Half: 8-13 61.5% Game: 72.2% 2,3 05 HARRIS, Ricky 1 7 1 5 2 2 0 0 0 2 5 2 1 0 0 26 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 14 HOME TEAM: Massachusetts 16-6, 6-2 A-10 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 22 BROWER, Etienne 3 5 1 2 0 0 0 4 4 3 7 2 1 1 1 21 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 31 BONNER, Luke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 03 FORBES, Gary f 3 6 0 0 10 15 1 15 16 1 16 3 1 1 0 36 TEAM 1 1 2 13 LASME, Stephane f 3 6 0 0 2 3 1 4 5 4 8 1 3 1 2 32 Totals 24 52 5 16 13 22 10 28 38 22 66 16 14 5 2 200 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 6 9 0 0 1 1 3 5 8 4 13 0 2 1 0 33 14 LOWE, Chris g 4 5 0 0 11 12 0 4 4 3 19 1 3 0 0 34 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-29 37.9% 2nd Half: 13-23 56.5% Game: 46.2% DEADBALL 34 LIFE, James g 3 10 1 8 2 2 0 0 0 3 9 1 0 0 3 35 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-9 22.2% 2nd Half: 3-7 42.9% Game: 31.3% REBOUNDS 05 HARRIS, Ricky 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 5 F Throw % 1st Half: 5-8 62.5% 2nd Half: 8-14 57.1% Game: 59.1% 5 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 1 3 0 0 6 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 0 0 0 0 5 6 1 1 2 1 5 1 0 0 0 9 HOME TEAM: Charlotte 8-11, 2-5 A-10 22 BROWER, Etienne 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 31 BONNER, Luke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min TEAM 2 2 01 DRAYTON, E.J. f 7 17 1 3 1 3 6 7 13 2 16 0 2 1 1 37 Totals 19 37 1 8 33 43 8 31 39 20 72 8 15 3 6 200 15 ALEXANDER, De'Angelo f5 14 2 5 1 4 23 5313110332 00 COLEMAN, Antwon c 4 9 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 5 10 0 2 0 3 21 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-20 45.0% 2nd Half: 10-17 58.8% Game: 51.4% DEADBALL 11 ANDERSEN, Ian g 1 5 1 4 0 1 1 5 6 2 3 2 1 0 0 25 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-5 20.0% 2nd Half: 0-3 0.0% Game: 12.5% REBOUNDS 12 GOLDWIRE, Leemire g 2 8 1 2 6 6 1 1 2 3 11 6 1 0 1 37 F Throw % 1st Half: 11-16 68.8% 2nd Half: 22-27 81.5% Game: 76.7% 8 02 WILLIAMS, Courtney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 9 05 BOOKER, David 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Officials: Eric Anderson, Dwayne Gladen, John LaRocca 24 WILLIAMS, Carlos 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 0 1 3 8 1 2 0 0 19 Attendance: 5221 40 JAMISON, Jerell 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 1 0 1 17 Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal TEAM 2 2 4 Richmond 31 25 56 Totals 21 57 6 16 13 20 13 21 34 25 61 10 11 2 9 200 Massachusetts 30 42 72 Points in the paint-UR 28,UMASS 32. Points off turnovers-UR 14,UMASS 10. TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-29 37.9% 2nd Half: 10-28 35.7% Game: 36.8% DEADBALL 2nd chance points-UR 4,UMASS 13. Fast break points-UR 2,UMASS 4. 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd Half: 2-8 25.0% Game: 37.5% REBOUNDS Bench points-UR 23,UMASS 7. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-8 times. F Throw % 1st Half: 6-9 66.7% 2nd Half: 7-11 63.6% Game: 65.0% 2,1 Last FG-UR 2nd-01:47, UMASS 2nd-02:10. Largest lead-UR by 9 1st-07:52, UMASS by 16 2nd-00:33. Officials: D.J. Carstensen, Jeff Clark, Mike Eades Attendance: 7679 Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal Massachusetts 29 37 66 Charlotte 49ers 32 29 61 Points in the paint-UMASS 34,CHA 26. Points off turnovers-UMASS 16,CHA 17. 2nd chance points-UMASS 7,CHA 9. Fast break points-UMASS 6,CHA 6. Bench points-UMASS 14,CHA 8. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-3 times. Last FG-UMASS 2nd-00:56, CHA 2nd-00:29. Largest lead-UMASS by 7 2nd-06:27, CHA by 16 1st-09:10. 06-07 UMASSbasketball 30 • 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND GAME 23 • FEB. 8, 2007 GAME 24 • FEB. 11, 2007 UMASS 77, RHODE ISLAND 55 TEMPLE 98, UMASS 89 AMHERST, Mass. - UMass jumped out to a 23-5 run and held Rhode Island to 0-for-11 shooting PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Despite UMass’ first 30-point effort in three seasons, the Minutemen in the first 11 minutes in cruising to a convincing 77-55 win in front of a rowdy 8,358 at the lost 98-89 at Temple on Sunday afternoon. Junior guard Gary Forbes netted a career-high 31 Mullins Center on the first annual Black Out Night. The Minutemen now take over first place in points but it was not enough as Temple shot 53 percent from the floor. The Minutemen fall out the Atlantic 10 and at 17-6 overall (7-2 A-10) have their most wins in a season since the 1999- of first place (17-7, 7-3 A-10) as Xavier and Rhode Island (both 8-3 in the league) go back on top 00 campaign. Senior Stephane Lasme had his third triple-double of the season which makes by a half-game. The Owls have won four games in a row and stand at 11-12 overall and 5-5 in him the eighth player in NCAA history to accomplish three-or-more in one season. the league. Lasme finished the game with 18 points, 12 rebounds and 11 blocked shots. Earlier this Temple’s guards were sensational all afternoon as the A-10’s leading scorer Dionte Christ- season, he broke Marcus Camby's school record for blocked shots and with his effort tonight mas poured in 30 points, Dustin Salisbery tallied 25, Mark Tyndale netted 15 and point guard needs just nine more to set the single-season mark. Lasme now has 351 for his career and 120 Semaj Inge had 11 points. For Christmas it was his fourth 30-point effort in five games. for the season which ties him for the national lead. The 98 points were the most scored against UMass since a 98-92 victory for the Owls over Rhode Island (14-10, 7-3 A-10) started slowly missing their first 11 shots of the game as UMass in double-overtime. It was the most points scored against UMass in a regulation game UMass took a 41-27 lead into intermission. The Rams did not hit a field goal until the 11 minutes Fresno State beat the Minutemen, 102-80 on Dec. 10, 1996. and nine seconds into the game when Jimmy Baron cut backdoor off a screen for an uncon- Stephane Lasme, who shared this week’s A-10 player of the week honors with Christmas, tested lay-up to cut UMass' lead to 23-7. tallied 17 points and Rashaun Freeman had 12 points. Forbes had his second double-double of The second half saw more of the same cold shooting for the Rams who finished the game the season - both in the last three games - as he had a game-high 14 rebounds. hitting just 17-of-64 field goal attempts. Normally one of the better three-point shooting teams Prior to Forbes’ 31 at Temple, Freeman was the last Minuteman to go for 30 or more points in the league, UMass played tight perimeter defense holding Rhode Island to just 1-of-13 from as he had 31 against St. Bonaventure on Feb. 28, 2004. beyond the arc. UMass trailed the entire game, for the first time this season. They did cut the lead to as UMass, meanwhile, hit 30 of its 63 attempts and outrebounded the Rams 50-to-39 for the small as seven in the final seconds, but could not overcome Temple’s red shot shooting. game. UMass trailed 44-35 at halftime as Temple shot 59 percent in the first half and UMass was Gary Forbes scored 22 points which was a season-high and one shy of tying his career-best just 34 percent from the floor. of 23 points which he scored at North Carolina when he played at Virgina. Down by as many as 20 points midway through the first half, UMass rallied back to within Behind Forbes and Lasme, UMass outscored Rhode Island 48-to-20 in the paint. eight points at 39-31 with 2:20 left in the half. The Minutemen hit three 3-pointers in a row to Chris Lowe had a well rounded game at the point for UMass scoring six points, handing out rally back with James Life canning his two treys in the half. six assists, and pulling in eight rebounds. Temple jumped out on UMass with dynamic shooting, making their first five shots of the Rhode Island was led by Baron's 17 point effort and 10 points from Joe Mbang. Baron was the game. The Owls built a lead as large as 20 points at 30-10 with 9:55 left in the first half. Temple only Ram to shoot 50 percent from the floor on the night as he hit 7-of-14 shots. Mbang led the hit four consecutive 3-pointers including three in a row by Salisbery for that 20-point advan- team in rebounding with 10 boards. tage. The Owls made 13 of their first 19 shots in the game (68 percent) including six of their first 10. 02/08/07 8:05 p.m. at Amherst, Mass. - Mullins Center UMass did have its best day from the free-throw line in the game making 86 percent (18-of- VISITORS: Rhode Island 14-10, 7-3 A-10 21). tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 25 DANIELS, Will f 3 12 0 3 1 1 3 6 9 3 7 0 0 0 1 27 2/11/07 2:00 p.m. at Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, Pa. 32 CRUZ, Jonathan f 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 11 VISITORS: Massachusetts 17-7, 7-3 A-10 33 SEAWRIGHT, Kahiem f 1 10 0 0 7 8 3 0 3 4 9 1 0 1 0 28 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 14 BITEE, Parfait g 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 22 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 20 BARON, Jimmy g 7 14 1 4 2 3 1 2 3 1 17 0 2 0 0 30 03 FORBES, Gary f10 23 3 6 8 8 6 8 14 1 31 1 2 0 1 36 01 MBANG, Joe 4 11 0 4 2 2 2 8 10 2 10 1 3 1 1 30 13 LASME, Stephane f 6 7 0 0 5 6 3 1 4 5 17 0 3 3 1 30 05 LYNCH, Jamael 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 5 12 0 0 2 3 6 3 9 3 12 1 5 0 0 28 12 GRIER, Terence 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 14 LOWE, Chris g 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 4 3 0 1 20 15 ULMER, Lamonte 1 4 0 0 0 3 1 2 3 3 2 0 0 1 2 21 34 LIFE, James g 2 5 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 6 0 1 0 2 17 22 COTHRAN, Keith 1 8 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 4 3 3 0 0 26 02 THOMAS, Brandon 1 4 1 2 2 2 0 2 2 0 5 2 0 0 0 15 TEAM 4 1 5 05 HARRIS, Ricky 2 5 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 8 Totals 17 64 1 13 20 27 16 23 39 20 55 6 9 3 5 202 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 3 3 0 1 20 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 7 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 8-29 27.6% 2nd Half: 9-35 25.7% Game: 26.6% DEADBALL 22 BROWER, Etienne 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 15 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0-8 0.0% 2nd Half: 1-5 20.0% Game: 7.7% REBOUNDS 31 BONNER, Luke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 F Throw % 1st Half: 11-15 73.3% 2nd Half: 9-12 75.0% Game: 74.1% 2,1 TEAM 6 6 Totals 32 72 7 17 18 21 23 21 44 23 89 11 18 3 6 200 HOME TEAM: Massachusetts 17-6, 7-2 A-10 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-35 34.3% 2nd Half: 20-37 54.1% Game: 44.4% DEADBALL ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-6 50.0% 2nd Half: 4-11 36.4% Game: 41.2% REBOUNDS 03 FORBES, Gary f 9 17 2 3 2 4 2 7 9 1 22 3 2 0 1 34 F Throw % 1st Half: 8-8 100% 2nd Half: 10-13 76.9% Game: 85.7% 1 13 LASME, Stephane f 6 9 0 0 6 10 5 7 12 3 18 1 3 11 1 31 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 5 7 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 4 10 1 3 0 0 21 HOME TEAM: Temple 11-12, 5-5 A-10 14 LOWE, Chris g 4 10 0 1 0 2 2 4 6 2 8 6 1 0 0 28 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 34 LIFE, James g 2 6 1 5 0 0 0 3 3 3 5 3 0 0 0 23 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 02 THOMAS, Brandon 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 04 DACONS, Dion f 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 3 2 1 3 1 1 39 05 HARRIS, Ricky 1 4 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 16 03 SALISBERY, Dustin g 7 14 3 6 8 8 2 3 5 5 25 1 3 1 2 32 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 3 3 1 3 1 0 0 12 13 TYNDALE, Mark g 5 13 1 3 4 7 3 6 9 3 15 7 3 1 3 33 12 PENNIE, Matt 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 INGE, Semaj g 5 6 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 3 11 2 0 1 3 18 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 4 0 0 2 0 12 22 CHRISTMAS, Dionte g10 16 5 8 5 5 0 4 4 4 30 1 4 1 0 39 22 BROWER, Etienne 1 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 18 01 CLARK, Chris 1 2 1 2 4 4 0 2 2 1 7 0 2 0 0 22 31 BONNER, Luke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 02 BROOKS, Ryan 3 5 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 1 12 TEAM 2 3 5 14 OLMOS, Sergio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 To tals...... 30 63 3 14 14 24 16 34 50 22 77 20 10 13 3 200 TEAM 2 2 Totals 31 58 11 22 25 29 8 18 26 19 98 13 15 5 10 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 16-34 47.1% 2nd Half: 14-29 48.3% Game: 47.6% DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-5 20.0% 2nd Half: 2-9 22.2% Game: 21.4% REBOUNDS TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 16-27 59.3% 2nd Half: 15-31 48.4% Game: 53.4% DEADBALL F Throw % 1st Half: 8-14 57.1% 2nd Half: 6-10 60.0% Game: 58.3% 3,2 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 8-15 53.3% 2nd Half: 3-7 42.9% Game: 50.0% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0% 2nd Half: 21-24 87.5% Game: 86.2% 2,1 Officials: John Cahill, Mike Kitts, Bryan Kersey Technical fouls: Rhode Island-SEAWRIGHT, Kahiem. Massachusetts-FREEMAN, Rashaun. Officials: Frank Scagliotta, John Hughes, Gary Prager Attendance: 8358 Technical fouls: UMASS-LIFE, James. Temple-None. Attendance: 7136 Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal Rhode Island 27 28 55 Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal Massachusetts 41 36 77 UMASS 35 54 89 Points in the paint-URI 20,UMASS 48. Points off turnovers-URI 9,UMASS 2. Temple 44 54 98 2nd chance points-URI 11,UMASS 14. Fast break points-URI 6,UMASS 14. Points in the paint-UMASS 44,TEMPLE 30. Points off turnovers-UMASS 17,TEMPLE 17. Bench points-URI 19,UMASS 14. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times. 2nd chance points-UMASS 21,TEMPLE 8. Fast break points-UMASS 0,TEMPLE 4. Last FG-URI 2nd-00:06, UMASS 2nd-01:55. Bench points-UMASS 21,TEMPLE 15. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times. Largest lead-URI None, UMASS by 26 2nd-01:08. Last FG-UMASS 2nd-00:12, TEMPLE 2nd-02:41. Largest lead-UMASS None, TEMPLE by 20 1st-09:55.

www.umassathletics.com 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND • 31 GAME 25 • FEB. 15, 2007 GAME 26 • FEB. 18, 2007 UMASS 74, FORDHAM 59 UMASS 77, DAYTON 69 BRONX, N.Y. - Two unlikely heroes emerged as UMass won at Fordham for the first time in DAYTON, Ohio — UMass ended Dayton’s home dominance in 2006-07, handing the Flyers seven years, 74-59 on Thursday night at Rose Hill Gym. Senior Brandon Thomas scored a sea- their first loss after a 14-0 start at UD Arena, winning 77-69. The win was also UMass’ first at son-high 12 points while Dante Milligan, playing on his 23rd birthday, had nine points and a Dayton since 1999. The Minutemen improve to 19-7 overall and 9-3 in the Atlantic 10, just one- career-high 11 rebounds. Senior Stephane Lasme a game-high 18 points, 10 rebounds and half game behind first place Rhode Island (10-3). Junior Gary Forbes led UMass with 23 points seven blocked shots. while the senior inside force of Stephane Lasme (14 points, 12 rebounds, five blocks) and The Minutemen improved to 18-7 overall and 8-3 in the Atlantic 10, just one-half game Rashaun Freeman (15 points, 12 rebounds) combined for 29 points and 24 rebounds. Each behind Rhode Island (9-3) in the league standings. Fordham lost its fourth game in a row and player posed his 12th double-double of the season. stands at 13-11 overall, 6-6 in the league. UMass was able to withstand the 3-point shooting barrage by Brian Roberts, the A-10’s UMass took over in the second half as they outscored the Rams, 44-32. Lasme had 12 in the second leading scorer, who made six 3-pointers. The Minutemen sealed the game with 1:26 as half while Gary Forbes scored all 11 of his points in the period. The Minutemen opened the half Lasme dunked in a Chris Lowe free throw miss to give them a nine-point lead, 68-59. outscoring Fordham 26-9 to go up by 20 points at 56-36 with 7:27 left in the game on a Milligan Roberts finished with 25 points and Charles Little tied his career-high with 21 points for lay-up. Dayton (16-9, 6-6 A-10). UMass held a 30-27 lead at halftime after a 20 ragged minutes of basketball. Thomas had The win wraps up UMass’ three-game road swing with a 2-1 record. UMass has won five-of- seven points to lead UMass in the first half. The Minutemen shot just 35.5 percent from the six overall. floor while the Rams were just 25.7 percent in the half. UMass outrebounded Fordham, 26-14, Dayton made a furious rush in the final minutes as they cut the lead to five at 64-59 with in the first half with Lasme grabbing seven and Milligan corralling six. 2:39 left as Roberts canned a 3-pointer and Little made a runner in the lane. The Minutemen held the Rams scoreless spanning 8:08 as the Minutemen went on a 16-0 run UMass continued to keep its double-figure lead through a good majority of the second half. with Thomas hitting a lay-up and 3-pointer put UMass ahead 11-6 with 8:55 left in the first. The The Flyers cut it to nine on a Little fast-break lay-up with 6:52 left in the game, making it 55- Minutemen built the lead to 18-6 on a James Life 3-pointer with 7:22 left in the half. 46 UMass. But Tiki Mayben answered on the next possession to take the lead back to 12 at 58- UMass started off cold as the air in New York City, missing 11 of their first 12 shots and 46. trailing 6-4 through the first 10 minutes of the game. The Minutemen hit the first two shots of the second half to take a double-figure lead again With Lasme’s seven swats, he is now the single-season record holder at UMass (130), passing at 36-25 as Forbes hit his fourth 3-pointer of the game just 1:04 into the half. Marcus Camby’s mark of 128 set in 1995-96. UMass led 31-25 at halftime with Forbes scoring at will, standing with a game-best 14 points UMass last won at Fordham on Feb. 16, 2000, an 81-72 victory. The Minutemen had lost four after 20 minutes, UMass controlled the glass, 23-17 with Freeman grabbing seven rebounds. in a row at Rose Hill Gym. After a Brian Roberts 3-pointer cut the UMass lead to 25-22 with 3:56 left in the first half, the Minutemen scored the next four points on Forbes and Dante Milligan lay-ups to go up by 02/15/07 9:00 PM at Bronx, NY (Rose Hill Gym) seven at 29-22 with 2:25 left. VISITORS: Massachusetts 18-7, 8-3 A10 Dayton began to hit their shots and turned up the defensive pressure to rally back to within tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min two points at 19-17 with 5:25 left in the first half. Little and Norman Plummer were the offense 03 FORBES, Gary f 5 11 1 2 0 2 1 2 3 3 11 1 2 0 1 23 for Dayton as they had 12 of the points in the 14-to-1 run. 13 LASME, Stephane f 7 11 0 0 4 6 4 6 10 3 18 0 1 7 0 35 The Minutemen played stifling defense for the first 10 minutes of the game building an 18- 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 3 5 0 0 2 2 2 1 3 5 8 1 0 0 0 22 3 lead finished off by a Milligan lay-up. Dayton missed 11 of their first 12 shots in the game. 14 LOWE, Chris g 3 6 1 2 0 0 0 5 5 2 7 5 2 0 0 26 UMass scored the first nine points of the game shutting out the Flyers for the first 3:48 as 34 LIFE, James g 2 8 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 1 1 1 26 02 THOMAS, Brandon 5 9 2 5 0 0 2 2 4 1 12 5 0 0 1 17 Forbes made a 3-pointer to make it 9-0. Dayton’s first score came on Little’s lay-up to make it 05 HARRIS, Ricky 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 9 9-2. 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 4 2 0 1 18 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 4 7 0 0 1 3 1 10 11 3 9 2 1 2 0 22 2/18/07 2:00 pm EST at UD Arena, Dayton, Ohio 22 BROWER, Etienne 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 VISITORS: Massachusetts 19-7, 9-3 A-10 31 BONNER, Luke 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds TEAM 3 1 4 1 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Totals 30 63 6 18 8 17 15 29 44 24 74 20 10 10 4 200 03 FORBES, Gary f 8 16 4 7 3 6 3 2 5 1 23 4 2 0 0 37 13 LASME, Stephane f 6 12 0 0 2 5 6 6 12 4 14 0 1 5 0 36 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-31 35.5% 2nd Half: 19-32 59.4% Game: 47.6% DEADBALL 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 5 10 0 0 5 5 4 8 12 4 15 0 2 0 1 25 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-10 30.0% 2nd Half: 3-8 37.5% Game: 33.3% REBOUNDS 14 LOWE, Chris g 1 4 1 2 3 6 1 3 4 2 6 5 3 1 0 28 F Throw % 1st Half: 5-10 50.0% 2nd Half: 3-7 42.9% Game: 47.1% 7,3 34 LIFE, James g 2 8 1 6 4 4 0 1 1 3 9 0 0 0 2 28 02 THOMAS, Brandon 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 HOME TEAM: Fordham 13-11, 6-6 A10 05 HARRIS, Ricky 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 10 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 3 5 0 0 0 1 4 4 8 2 6 1 2 0 1 20 30 GREENE, Sebastian f 1 8 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 2 31 31 BONNER, Luke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 42 DUNSTON, Bryant f 4 9 2 2 8 10 4 6 10 4 18 1 2 3 0 37 TEAM 1 1 50 BETHEL, Chris f 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 4 2 0 2 1 0 15 Totals 26 63 7 19 18 29 20 27 47 20 77 12 10 6 4 200 01 STOUT, Marcus g 2 11 2 9 3 5 1 2 3 1 9 3 2 0 1 29 14 ANDERSON, Kevin g 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 1 0 1 26 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-33 36.4% 2nd Half: 14-30 46.7% Game: 41.3% DEADBALL 04 TANNER, Herb 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 11 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-13 30.8% 2nd Half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 36.8% REBOUNDS 05 BOYKIN, David 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 F Throw % 1st Half: 3-5 60.0% 2nd Half: 15-24 62.5% Game: 62.1% 5 21 BINNS, Michael 3 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 3 8 0 0 0 0 20 24 BUTLER, Brenton 6 13 2 3 0 0 2 4 6 1 14 1 2 0 1 30 HOME TEAM: Dayton 16-9, 6-6 A-10 TEAM 3 2 5 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Totals 18 58 9 20 14 21 12 20 32 19 59 10 10 4 5 200 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 01 SCOTT, Monty f 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 4 4 4 3 0 0 2 0 19 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 7-27 25.9% 2nd Half: 11-31 35.5% Game: 31.0% DEADBALL 33 BINNIE, Jimmy f 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 15 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-11 45.5% 2nd Half: 4-9 44.4% Game: 45.0% REBOUNDS 41 HUELSMAN, Kurt f 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 2 0 16 F Throw % 1st Half: 8-10 80.0% 2nd Half: 6-11 54.5% Game: 66.7% 3 02 ROBERTS, Brian g 7 12 6 8 5 6 0 2 2 2 25 3 0 0 0 40 03 SANDOVAL, Andres g 2 7 2 5 0 3 0 3 3 2 6 2 2 0 0 27 Officials: John Cahill, Ed Corbett, Karl Hess 14 WARREN, London 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 4 4 2 0 1 25 Technical fouls: Massachusetts-TEAM (FORD, Travis). Fordham-None. 15 LITTLE, Charles 10 18 0 0 1 4 5 5 10 3 21 3 3 2 0 31 Attendance: 3200 21 PLUMMER, Norman 3 11 0 0 0 2 5 0 5 3 6 1 1 0 0 22 32 JOHNSON, Marcus 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal TEAM 1 1 1 Massachusetts 30 44 74 Totals 26 58 10 19 7 18 13 22 35 24 69 13 12 6 1 200 Fordham 27 32 59 Points in the paint-UMASS 44,FOR 14. Points off turnovers-UMASS 7,FOR 11. TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-26 42.3% 2nd Half: 15-32 46.9% Game: 44.8% DEADBALL 2nd chance points-UMASS 11,FOR 10. Fast break points-UMASS 15,FOR 0. 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd Half: 8-12 66.7% Game: 52.6% REBOUNDS Bench points-UMASS 24,FOR 22. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-1 time. F Throw % 1st Half: 1-5 20.0% 2nd Half: 6-13 46.2% Game: 38.9% 3,1 Last FG-UMASS 2nd-00:48, FOR 2nd-00:08. Largest lead-UMASS by 20 2nd-07:27, FOR by 4 1st-15:22. Officials: Bryan Kersey, Gene Steratore, Mike Eades Attendance: 13213

Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal Massachusetts 31 46 77 Dayton 25 44 69 Points in the paint-UMASS 38,UD 30. Points off turnovers-UMASS 16,UD 10. 2nd chance points-UMASS 16,UD 9. Fast break points-UMASS 9,UD 12. Bench points-UMASS 10,UD 31. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times. Last FG-UMASS 2nd-01:29, UD 2nd-00:06. Largest lead-UMASS by 15 1st-11:26, UD None.

06-07 UMASSbasketball 32 • 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND GAME 27 • FEB. 21, 2007 GAME 28 • FEB. 24, 2007 UMASS 83, ST. BONAVENTURE 44 UMASS 53, SAINT LOUIS 50 AMHERST, Mass. - UMass used a 15-0 early first-half run and cruised the rest of the way to AMHERST, Mass. - It took some last minute heroics from Gary Forbes and James Life, but an 83-44 win over St. Bonaventure to earn the Minutemen's 20th victory of the season. The UMass was able to withstand Saint Louis 53-50 in front of a near sellout crowd of 9,088. Life senior duo of Rashaun Freeman and Stephane Lasme proved too much in the post scoring a nailed a three-pointer and hit two free throws and Forbes iced the game stealing the ball away combined 33 points in the game. UMass improves to 20-7 overall and 10-3 in the Atlantic 10 from Billikens guard Tommie Liddell with 6.5 seconds remaining and then hitting two more free marking the 13th time in school history that the Minutemen have won 20-or-more games in one throws to give the final score. season. The last time UMass won 20 games was in 1997-98, when they went 21-11. UMass improves to 21-7 overall and 11-3 in the Atlantic 10, while Saint Louis drops to 17-11 With the win UMass is now tied with Xavier for first place in the Atlantic 10 after the overall and 7-7 in the league. UMass remains tied with Xavier for first-place in the conference Musketeers defeated Rhode Island, 98-72 in Cincinnati. standings after the Musketeers defeated Dayton earlier Saturday. The 39-point win equaled the largest at the Mullins Center, as UMass beat Rhode Island, 89- After a sluggish first half, UMass went on an 11-to-4 run early in the second half to go up 33- 50 in 2000. 26. The Billikens fought back and a pair of consecutive three-pointers from Luke Meyer and The Minutemen again received a spark from its bench as freshman Ricky Harris and Luke Kevin Lisch cut the lead to two points, 39-37 with 10:27 remaining. Bonner chipped in 14 and 11 points, respectively. Bonner scored all of his career-high point Despite a foot injury that kept him out of practice the past week, Saint Louis’ leading scorer total in the second half highlighted by a pair of three-pointers. He also had a career-high three Liddell played in the game and his fast break lay-up with 2:13 to go gave the Billikens a 47-46 blocks and five rebounds while drawing two charges. Harris scored seven points in each half. lead. The Minutemen were extremely efficient shooting from the floor for the game hitting 53 However, a Liddell turnover on the next SLU possession, one of 18 on the night for the percent thanks in part to Freeman and Lasme in the paint. Freeman hit 8-of-9 shots for 16 Billikens, gave UMass the ball and Forbes found an open Life who drained a 28-foot trey from points, while Lasme also went 8-of-9 from the floor for 17 points. As a team, UMass outscored just behind the left arc. St. Bonaventure (6-20, 3-10) 60-to-36 in the paint. SLU bigman Ian Vouyoukas kept Saint Louis in the game with turn-around hook shot on the The Bonnies were led by A.J. Hawkins who scored 12 points and Paul Williams who added 11 next possession that drew the fifth foul on senior Rashaun Freeman with 25.9 seconds left to points. tie the game at 49 each. The 6-foot, 10 inch, 270 pound Vouyoukas hit the free throw despite St. Bona led 7-4 just 2 minutes and 20 seconds into the game. The Minutemen then mounted the UMass timeout to freeze him. a 15-0 run sparked by a jumper from sophomore point guard Chris Lowe and a dunk by Lasme. Two more free throws by Life gave UMass the lead once again before Forbes stole the ball At halftime, UMass flexed its muscle to a 36-22 lead which grew to as large as 43 points in from Liddell with 6.5 seconds remaining just past half court. Forbes drove straight to the the second half. The Minutemen started the half on a 20-to-4 run leading 56-28 on a jumper basket but was fouled on the way up and missed the lay-in with 1.9 seconds to go. The only from Bonner. UMass player to finish the night in double-figures, Forbes converted both free throws and UMass also controlled the glass with a 43-to-33 edge in rebounds sparked by junior Gary Dante Milligan stole the SLU inbounds pass to seal the game. Forbes who led all players with 10. Forbes finished with a team-high 13 points, five rebounds, four steals and three assists. Stephane Lasme had nine points and nine rebounds, whie Chris Lowe also added nine points. 02/21/07 7:00 p.m. at Amherst, Mass. - Mullins Center Vouyoukas led the Billikens with a game-high 18 points, while Lisch scored 10. VISITORS: St. Bonaventure 6-20, 3-10 UMass committed a season-low nine turnovers on the night while forcing 18 from Saint tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Louis. 05 LEE, Michael f 3 11 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 6 0 2 0 1 24 25 HAWKINS, A.J. f 5 13 0 0 2 5 3 1 4 4 12 1 8 1 1 36 02/24/07 7:00 pm at Amherst, Mass. - Mullins Center 02 WILLIAMS, Paul c 5 11 0 0 1 7 7 2 9 3 11 0 4 0 0 25 VISITORS: Saint Louis 17-11, 7-7 A-10 03 DIGGS, Terron g 2 7 1 4 2 2 1 3 4 3 7 4 3 0 1 33 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 10 RELPH, Tyler g 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 4 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 29 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 04 CALVIN, Jermaine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 32 MEYER, Luke f 4 9 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 3 8 3 2 2 1 34 11 KOVACEVIC, Ivan 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 4 4 1 0 0 1 16 15 VOUYOUKAS, Ian c 6 11 0 1 6 7 1 4 5 2 18 1 3 2 0 31 12 BENSON, Tyler 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 00 POLK, Dwayne g 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 24 21 KABA, Lounceny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 LISCH, Kevin g 3 9 1 3 3 5 0 6 6 1 10 6 1 1 2 37 23 HVIZDZAK, Shane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 JOHNSON, Justin g 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 9 24 MORRIS, Jourdan 2 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 4 0 3 0 0 13 01 BROWN, Danny 1 1 1 1 3 4 0 3 3 2 6 0 0 0 1 20 33 KING, Perry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 25 LIDDELL, Tommie 2 6 0 3 2 2 0 6 6 3 6 0 5 0 0 28 TEAM 2 1 3 44 HUSAK, Bryce 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 17 Totals 19 59 1 13 5 15 17 16 33 22 44 9 20 1 4 200 TEAM 2 2 1 Totals 17 42 2 10 14 18 5 29 34 15 50 11 18 7 4 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-27 37.0% 2nd Half: 9-32 28.1% Game: 32.2% DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-8 12.5% 2nd Half: 0-5 0.0% Game: 7.7% REBOUNDS TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 6-19 31.6% 2nd Half: 11-23 47.8% Game: 40.5% DEADBALL F Throw % 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd Half: 4-13 30.8% Game: 33.3% 6 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0-3 0.0% 2nd Half: 2-7 28.6% Game: 20.0% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 8-11 72.7% 2nd Half: 6-7 85.7% Game: 77.8% 1,3 HOME TEAM: Massachusetts 20-7, 10-3 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds HOME TEAM: Massachusetts 21-7, 11-3 A-10 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 03 FORBES, Gary f 2 10 0 1 1 2 4 6 10 1 5 1 0 0 1 20 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 13 LASME, Stephane f 8 9 0 0 1 4 3 0 3 2 17 1 3 1 2 20 03 FORBES, Gary f 5 13 0 2 3 4 1 4 5 0 13 3 4 0 4 32 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 8 9 0 0 0 2 2 4 6 2 16 1 0 0 1 23 13 LASME, Stephane f 3 6 0 0 3 5 4 5 9 4 9 0 1 4 1 30 14 LOWE, Chris g 1 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 4 3 2 0 2 17 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 2 9 0 0 0 0 4 8 12 5 4 0 0 0 1 24 34 LIFE, James g 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 17 14 LOWE, Chris g 3 9 2 4 1 2 1 1 2 1 9 2 1 0 0 23 02 THOMAS, Brandon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 34 LIFE, James g 1 7 1 5 2 2 1 0 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 32 04 SINN, Mike 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 02 THOMAS, Brandon 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 05 HARRIS, Ricky 3 7 1 3 7 7 2 1 3 0 14 2 0 0 0 21 05 HARRIS, Ricky 2 8 1 4 2 2 0 1 1 2 7 0 2 0 0 14 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 5 5 2 4 8 2 0 0 21 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 1 4 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 15 12 PENNIE, Matt 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 2 5 0 0 2 5 2 2 4 2 6 0 1 2 1 13 22 BROWER, Etienne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22 BROWER, Etienne 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 4 1 2 2 13 31 BONNER, Luke 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 11 31 BONNER, Luke 4 6 2 3 1 2 2 3 5 2 11 1 1 3 0 17 TEAM 1 1 2 40 AMPIM, Nana 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 18 61 5 19 12 18 13 22 35 18 53 9 9 5 7 200 TEAM 1 1 Totals 33 62 3 13 14 24 17 26 43 16 83 23 13 8 11 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 7-32 21.9% 2nd Half: 11-29 37.9% Game: 29.5% DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-11 18.2% 2nd Half: 3-8 37.5% Game: 26.3% REBOUNDS TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 16-27 59.3% 2nd Half: 17-35 48.6% Game: 53.2% DEADBALL F Throw % 1st Half: 6-11 54.5% 2nd Half: 6-7 85.7% Game: 66.7% 4,1 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-5 20.0% 2nd Half: 2-8 25.0% Game: 23.1% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd Half: 11-16 68.8% Game: 58.3% 6,1 Officials: Dwayne Gladden, John Hughes, Larry Scirotto Attendance: 9088 Officials: Sean Hull, Ron Tyburski, Brent Hampton Attendance: 6203 Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal Saint Louis 20 30 50 Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal Massachusetts 22 31 53 St. Bonaventure 22 22 44 Massachusetts 36 47 83 Points in the paint-SLU 18,UMASS 26. Points off turnovers-SLU 9,UMASS 12. Points in the paint-SBU 36,UMASS 60. Points off turnovers-SBU 4,UMASS 23. 2nd chance points-SLU 5,UMASS 7. Fast break points-SLU 2,UMASS 2. 2nd chance points-SBU 17,UMASS 17. Fast break points-SBU 2,UMASS 10. Bench points-SLU 12,UMASS 13. Score tied-9 times. Lead changed-10 times. Bench points-SBU 8,UMASS 41. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-5 times. Last FG-SLU 2nd-00:26, UMASS 2nd-01:38. Last FG-SBU 2nd-00:20, UMASS 2nd-01:52. Largest lead-SLU by 4 1st-05:12, UMASS by 7 2nd-14:47. Largest lead-SBU by 3 1st-17:40, UMASS by 43 2nd-01:52.

www.umassathletics.com 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND • 33 GAME 29 • FEB. 28, 2007 GAME 30 • MARCH 3, 2007 UMASS 102, LA SALLE 63 UMASS 71, SAINT JOSEPH’S 67 AMHERST, Mass. - UMass seniors came out on fire and continued to click on all cylinders as PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - UMass captured its first Atlantic 10 Regular-Season Championship since the Minutemen pounded La Salle, 102-63. The Minutemen jumped out to a 16-2 lead in the first 1996 as the Minutemen defeated Saint Joseph's, 71-67, before a raucous sell-out crowd in five minutes and proceeded to dominate the game. The Minutemen have won five games in a Philadelphia. The Minutemen finish tied with Xavier at 13-3 to claim a share of the crown. row and eight of their last nine with the win. Sophomore Chris Lowe made a play of the game as he stole the ball from D.J. Rivera. had a lay- Senior Stephane Lasme made NCAA history with his fourth triple-double of the season, up and converted the foul shot with 3:17 left to give UMass a lead it would never relinquish. becoming just the third player to accomplish the feat. He had 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 As the No. 2 seed, UMass will face the winner of the No. 7 Saint Louis/No. 10 Duquesne on blocked shots to join Jason Kidd (1994 at California) and Michael Anderson (1986 at Drexel) as Thursday at 6:30 p.m., from Boardwalk Hall Arena in Atlantic City. It will be shown on CN8 in the extraordinary trio. Lasme is the nation’s second-leading shot blocker with 5.2 per game. Massachusetts. Senior Rashaun Freeman tallied 20 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in his Mullins Center Gary Forbes scored 13 points to lead the Minutemen in scoring. Forbes scored the go-ahead regular-season finale. It was Freeman’s 13th double-double this season. While senior James basket with just under three minutes left, and UMass (23-7, 13-3) used a late seven-point run to Life tallied 17 points hitting five 3-pointers, as he reached double-figures for the first time in secure its sixth straight victory and the second seeded position in the upcoming A-10 tourna- nine games. ment. The Minutemen lost the head-to-head tiebreaker to co-champ Xavier. Brandon Thomas had two thunderous dunks in the opening minutes and finished with 11 UMass has won the Atlantic 10 regular-season title five times, from 1992-96. The Minutemen points. went on to win the conference tournament those five seasons. UMass led 55-23 halftime and opened the lead to as large as 50 points on three occasions in Ahmad Nivins, who missed most of the second half due to foul trouble, scored 18 points for the second half. The Minutemen picked up their second 39-point margin of victory in a week, Saint Joseph's (17-13, 9-7), which lost its third straight. beating St. Bonaventure 83-44 one week prior. The Hawks led 63-60 with 3:37 left and were poised to spoil UMass' title hopes. But Lowe Prior to the game, seniors Freeman, Lasme, Life, Thomas and walk-on Matt Pennie were stole the ball from the Hawks' Jawan Carter at midcourt and converted a three-point play that honored in ceremonies and all five drew starting nods. It was the first start for Pennie, who had tied the game at 63-all. an assist. Stephane Lasme, who is second in the NCAA in blocked shots, rejected a shot by Hawks In honor of Lasme, the Gabon national anthem was played and Freeman sang the American forward Rob Ferguson, and Forbes converted at the other end to put UMass ahead for good. anthem, taped the previous day. Saint Joseph's had two chances to tie in the final seconds. UMass' Brandon Thomas missed a UMass has scored 100 or more points in three games this season, the most since they had a pair of free throws with 4.8 seconds left and Lasme traveled after grabbing the rebound. record six 100-point games with the squad in 1971-72. The Minutemen also had 40 field goals in Ferguson overshot Carter on the inbounds attempt, giving possession back to UMass. The Min- a game for the first time in more than 12 years as they last made 40 shots against West Virginia utemen then threw the ball away on their inbounds attempt. After a timeout, Ferguson was on Jan. 27, 1995. unable to connect on a long inbounds pass, and Lasme sealed the win with a free throw. After trading of baskets for much of the second half, Saint Joseph's took their first lead of 02/28/07 7:00 p.m. at Amherst, Mass. - Mullins Center the game on a Ferguson jumper with 13:46 left in regulation to make it 53-52 Hawks. VISITORS: La Salle 10-19, 3-12 The second half saw both teams lose their leading scorers to four fouls within the first four tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min minutes as Freeman and Nivins both took a seat on the bench with a pair of quick fouls in the 12 MEKONGO MBALA, Y. f 4 11 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 9 0 1 1 1 26 second half. 42 ST. JOHN, Mike c 3 9 1 4 0 0 0 8 8 2 7 0 3 0 2 34 UMass got off to a great start in the first half building a lead of eight on several occasions as 10 GREEN, Rodney g 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 6 1 2 0 2 16 it led 44-39 at halftime. The Minutemen shot 64 percent in the first half converting 16-of-25 11 HARRIS, Darnell g 1 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 26 shots. UMass got well-rounded scoring as eight different players scored including 17 of the 44 20 NEAL, Sean g 1 3 0 1 2 2 0 2 2 4 4 5 4 0 1 21 01 JOHNSON, Paul 1 10 1 3 0 0 3 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 9 points coming from bench players. Both Dante Milligan and Ricky Harris had seven points off 03 DIAZ, Sherman 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 the pine in addition to Lasme tallying seven. Saint Joseph's depended on Nivins, who had a 05 BARRETT, Kimmani 3 7 0 2 1 2 3 1 4 2 7 1 0 0 0 22 game-best 13 points at intermission. 34 GUILLANDEAUX, R. 8 13 3 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 21 2 1 0 0 31 41 GRIMES, Brian 1 4 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 10 3/3/07 4:00 at Saint Joseph’s Fieldhouse, Phila., Pa. TEAM 2 4 6 VISITORS: Massachusetts 23-7, 13-3 A-10 Totals 25 73 7 21 6 8 11 19 30 18 63 11 14 1 6 200 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-38 26.3% 2nd Half: 15-35 42.9% Game: 34.2% DEADBALL 03 FORBES, Gary f 5 8 0 1 3 4 1 1 2 3 13 2 4 0 0 28 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-9 22.2% 2nd Half: 5-12 41.7% Game: 33.3% REBOUNDS 13 LASME, Stephane f 3 6 0 0 5 8 5 4 9 2 11 1 4 4 2 30 F Throw % 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd Half: 5-6 83.3% Game: 75.0% 1 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 3 6 0 0 0 2 2 5 7 4 6 1 4 0 2 22 14 LOWE, Chris g 2 7 0 2 4 7 0 2 2 3 8 5 0 0 1 32 HOME TEAM: Massachusetts 22-7, 12-3 34 LIFE, James g 2 6 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 1 0 0 0 24 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 02 THOMAS, Brandon 3 4 2 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 11 3 1 0 1 17 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 05 HARRIS, Ricky 3 5 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 0 1 0 0 14 12 PENNIE, Matt f 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 LASME, Stephane f 5 9 0 0 7 10 4 6 10 0 17 2 0 10 1 32 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 4 6 0 0 1 4 2 5 7 3 9 0 0 1 1 20 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c10 14 0 1 0 1 4 8 12 1 20 1 2 1 1 25 31 BONNER, Luke 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 8 02 THOMAS, Brandon g 5 9 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 11 3 3 0 0 24 TEAM 2 3 5 34 LIFE, James g 6 13 5 12 0 3 1 4 5 3 17 1 1 0 3 26 Totals 25 48 5 15 16 33 12 22 34 22 71 14 14 6 7 200 03 FORBES, Gary 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 9 04 SINN, Mike 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 16-25 64.0% 2nd Half: 9-23 39.1% Game: 52.1% DEADBALL 05 HARRIS, Ricky 4 5 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 10 1 1 0 1 12 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd Half: 1-5 20.0% Game: 33.3% REBOUNDS 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 5 2 0 0 16 F Throw % 1st Half: 8-14 57.1% 2nd Half: 8-19 42.1% Game: 48.5% 8 14 LOWE, Chris 1 4 0 2 2 2 0 3 3 0 4 8 3 0 2 21 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 2 6 0 1 2 0 11 HOME TEAM: Saint Joseph’s 17-13, 9-7 A-10 22 BROWER, Etienne 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 31 BONNER, Luke 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 4 4 1 9 0 0 1 0 11 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 40 AMPIM, Nana 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 12 CALATHES, Pat f 3 9 1 3 5 7 1 3 4 4 12 1 2 2 1 37 TEAM 2 2 4 52 FERGUSON, Rob f 5 14 2 4 0 0 2 5 7 4 12 3 2 0 0 31 Totals 40 71 9 24 13 20 16 38 54 10 102 22 15 15 9 200 34 NIVINS, Ahmad c 5 9 0 0 8 11 4 2 6 4 18 1 3 0 1 27 03 CARTER, Jawan g 3 10 0 2 3 4 0 2 2 4 9 3 2 0 0 38 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 21-36 58.3% 2nd Half: 19-35 54.3% Game: 56.3% DEADBALL 23 WILLIAMSON, Garrettg 3 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 4 6 1 0 0 2 21 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd Half: 5-14 35.7% Game: 37.5% REBOUNDS 10 RIVERA, D.J. 3 8 1 2 3 4 2 2 4 1 10 0 3 1 0 26 F Throw % 1st Half: 9-13 69.2% 2nd Half: 4-7 57.1% Game: 65.0% 3 22 LASHLEY, Edwin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 32 MOFUNANYA, Alvin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 7 Officials: Earl Watson, David Walker, George Harry 40 MOODY, Rockwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 10 Attendance: 6205 41 LIDZIUS, Arvydas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 Score by Periods 1st2ndTotal TEAM 3 3 6 La Salle 2340 63 Totals 22 56 4 12 19 26 15 20 35 26 67 10 13 4 4 200 Massachusetts 5547 102 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-25 48.0% 2nd Half: 10-31 32.3% Game: 39.3% DEADBALL Points in the paint-LASALLE 28,UMASS 60. Points off turnovers-LASALLE 16,UMASS 26. 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd Half: 1-4 25.0% Game: 33.3% REBOUNDS 2nd chance points-LASALLE 8,UMASS 20. Fast break points-LASALLE 6,UMASS 11. F Throw % 1st Half: 12-16 75.0% 2nd Half: 7-10 70.0% Game: 73.1% 4 Bench points-LASALLE 34,UMASS 37. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-1 time. Last FG-LASALLE 2nd-00:11, UMASS 2nd-00:58. Officials: D.J. Carstensen, Frankie Bordeaux, Wally Rutecki Largest lead-LASALLE by 2 1st-19:29, UMASS by 50 2nd-09:10. Attendance: 3200

Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal Massachusetts 44 27 71 Saint Joseph’s 39 28 67

Points in the paint-UMASS 40,SJU 32. Points off turnovers-UMASS 15,SJU 9. 2nd chance points-UMASS 10,SJU 16. Fast break points-UMASS 9,SJU 2. Bench points-UMASS 27,SJU 10. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-4 times. Last FG-UMASS 2nd-00:20, SJU 2nd-00:05. Largest lead-UMASS by 8 1st-05:01, SJU by 4 2nd-06:52. 06-07 UMASSbasketball 34 • 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND ATLANTIC 10 QUARTERFINAL NIT FIRST ROUND GAME 31 • MARCH 8, 2007 GAME 32 • MARCH 13, 2007 SAINT LOUIS 74, UMASS 71 (OT) UMASS 89, ALABAMA 87 (OT) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - It was a reversal of fortune for Saint Louis guard Tommie Liddell on AMHERST, Mass. -- Chris Lowe's pull-up jumper with 1.6 seconds left in overtime gave Thursday night as he forced a steal with six second remaining in overtime to preserve a 74-71 Massachusetts an 89-87 victory over Alabama in the first round of the NIT on Tuesday night. overtime win against UMass in the Atlantic 10 Quarterfinal. In the earlier meeting between the Stephane Lasme led fourth-seeded UMass with 21 points and nine blocked shots, while two teams this year, it was a Liddell turnover that led to a UMass win during the regular season Lowe added a career-high tying 19 points, six assists and five steals. Mykal Riley had 24 points at the Mullins Center. The Minutemen held a 29-24 lead at halftime, but Saint Louis used an 11- to lead No. 5 seed Alabama, including a 3-pointer at the regulation buzzer to force overtime. 2 run in the second half to climb back into the game. The second half was back and forth until the end of regulation as the teams were tied at 65 forcing the overtime. In a game highlighted The Crimson Tide (20-12) took an 85-84 lead early in the extra session, but Gary Forbes by 14 lead changes and 13 ties, UMass ran out of gas in the overtime period falling behind by as converted a three-point play to put UMass ahead 87-85 with 1:15 to go. After both teams many as seven before the Minutemen clawed within two before Liddell’s defensive play. Liddell missed shots, Demetrius Jamison scored inside to tie it before Lowe hit his game-winning shot. finished with a game-high 24 points and Billiken bigman Ian Vouyoukas added 21 points. UMass The Minutemen (24-8) advanced to play at West Virginia in the second round Thursday had four players in double figures led by Gary Forbes who had 13 points. The Minutemen went night. The Mountaineers, the No. 1 seed in the East Region, defeated eighth-seeded Delaware without senior Rashaun Freeman who fouled out with just under seven minutes remaining in State 70-54. regulation. The Crimson Tide led by nine with 11:47 remaining, but coming out of a timeout the Minute- The Billikens raced out to a 72-65 lead with 1:12 remaining in overtime as UMass (23-8) men went on a 12-3 run to tie the score at 65. Alabama stretched its lead back to 78-73 with missed its first four shots in the period. Forbes hit a three pointer followed by a Life three, his just under 4 minutes left, but UMass answered again, scoring nine of the next 11 points to lead fourth of the game, to pull the Minutemen within two, 73-71, with 28 seconds to go. Liddell was then called for a backcourt violation giving the UMass faithful hope. He made up 82-80 with 5 seconds left. for that mistake and his turnover in the previous meeting with a strip of Chris Lowe who drove After Lasme blocked Jamison's shot with 6 seconds left, Alabama was forced to foul, send- the lane with six seconds to play. Liddell hit the first of two free throws, but missed the second ing Lowe to the line with a chance to clinch the game. The sophomore point guard made the to ice the game. With three seconds, Forbes let fly a three-point heave but his shot was off the first, but missed the second free throw, giving the Tide a chance. mark. Riley, who kept the Tide in the game early, came off a screen and barely got the shot off on The Billikens led for much of the second half after trailing at the break. Alongside Liddell time, but it dropped in to force overtime. and Vouyoukas, Saint Louis was aided by Bryce Husak who scored 10 points after averaging just Brandon Hollinger, who started in place of injured point guard Ronald Steele, had 19 points two during the regular season. UMass managed a four-point lead 61-57 with just under seven for Alabama, including 16 after halftime. Alonzo Gee added 14. minutes to go in the second half on the strength of six straight free throws and a Life trey. Justin Johnson and Vouyoukas then hit two jumpers each for SLU to tie the game at 65. UMass had possession of the ball with 40 seconds remaining but turned the ball over on a shot NIT First Round clock violation with 4.7 seconds to go. Saint Louis missed a three-pointer at the other end to 03/13/07 9:35 p.m. at Amherst, Mass. - Mullins Center force the OT period. VISITORS: Alabama 20-12 Liddell was hot in the first half scoring 13 of Saint Louis’ 24 points. UMass strung together a tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 10-3 run to go up 27-20 before Vouyoukas and Liddell each scored to close the half. ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Kevin Lisch scored 11 points and Husak added 10 to round out the Billiken scoring. 12 GEE, Alonzo f 6 9 0 1 2 4 4 2 6 5 14 1 5 1 4 19 Along with Forbes, Life had 12 points - all three pointers, Lowe scored 11 and Brandon 35 HENDRIX, Richard f 4 9 0 0 0 0 4 4 8 5 8 7 1 1 0 25 Thomas added 10. Stephane Lasme and Freeman were both held under double-figures, but 33 DAVIDSON, Jermareo c 4 14 0 0 2 3 2 4 6 3 10 0 1 4 2 35 Lasme did manage a game-high 13 rebounds. 01 RILEY, Mykal g 6 17 5 11 7 7 2 3 5 3 24 1 6 0 2 41 UMass finished the game shooting 39.3 percent hitting 24-of-61 shots, while SLU shot 47.4 04 HOLLINGER, Brandon g 6 14 3 7 4 4 2 1 3 2 19 2 3 0 0 38 percent on 27-of-57 shooting. Free throws were big on the night with the Billikens converting 02 TORRANCE, Mikhail 1 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 16 03 TUBBS, Justin 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 21 18-of-24 attempts compared to 13-of-18 for UMass. 23 JEMISON, Demetrius 3 4 0 0 0 2 4 1 5 4 6 1 0 1 0 25 The Minutemen took the regular-season meeting 53-50 in Amherst. The last four games of 34 COLEMAN, Yamene 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 the series have been decided by three points. TEAM 2 2 Totals 31 73 9 21 16 23 23 19 42 25 87 13 17 7 8 224 ATLANTIC 10 MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS —> QUARTERFINALS 03/08/07 06:30 pm at Boardwalk Hall - Atlantic City, NJ TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-36 41.7% 2nd Half: 15-31 48.4% Game: 42.5% DEADBALL VISITORS: Saint Louis 20-12 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-11 45.5% 2nd Half: 4-9 44.4% Game: 42.9% REBOUNDS tot-fg 3-pt rebounds F Throw % 1st Half: 5-11 45.5% 2nd Half: 9-10 90.0% Game: 69.6% 3 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 23 JOHNSON, Justin f 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 4 2 1 1 0 25 HOME TEAM: Massachusetts 24-8 32 MEYER, Luke f 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 37 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 15 VOUYOUKAS, Ian c 8 10 0 0 5 6 3 6 9 4 21 1 4 0 1 32 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 21 LISCH, Kevin g 3 11 1 5 4 6 2 6 8 3 11 3 3 1 1 43 03 FORBES, Gary f 4 15 1 5 2 3 2 4 6 3 11 2 4 1 0 38 25 LIDDELL, Tommie g 8 16 1 3 7 9 2 2 4 2 24 0 3 1 3 40 13 LASME, Stephane f 7 11 0 0 7 9 4 2 6 5 21 0 5 9 1 38 00 POLK, Dwayne 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 2 4 0 0 6 9 1 9 10 4 10 2 1 0 1 39 01 BROWN, Danny 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 20 14 LOWE, Chris g 8 11 2 3 1 2 3 4 7 2 19 6 4 0 5 42 44 HUSAK, Bryce 5 9 0 2 0 1 2 4 6 4 10 0 0 1 1 21 34 LIFE, James g 5 10 2 6 0 0 2 0 2 3 12 2 3 0 1 38 TEAM 1 1 02 THOMAS, Brandon 1 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 6 Totals 27 57 2 12 18 24 9 26 35 16 74 8 12 5 8 225 05 HARRIS, Ricky 1 2 0 1 5 6 0 1 1 0 7 1 0 0 2 7 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 8 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-29 34.5% 2nd Half: 15-24 62.5% Game: 47.4% DEADBALL 22 BROWER, Etienne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-7 14.3% 2nd Half: 1-4 25.0% Game: 16.7% REBOUNDS 31 BONNER, Luke 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 F Throw % 1st Half: 3-5 60.0% 2nd Half: 10-11 90.9% Game: 75.0% 3 TEAM 2 1 3 Totals 30 60 6 16 23 33 17 23 40 19 89 13 20 10 11 225 HOME TEAM: Massachusetts 23-8 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 18-31 58.1% 2nd Half: 10-20 50.0% Game: 50.0% DEADBALL ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd Half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 37.5% REBOUNDS 03 FORBES, Gary f 4 12 2 4 3 6 0 7 7 0 13 1 2 0 0 36 F Throw % 1st Half: 2-3 66.7% 2nd Half: 19-27 70.4% Game: 69.7% 4 13 LASME, Stephane f 2 5 0 0 4 4 6 7 13 4 8 1 0 2 0 39 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 6 1 0 0 0 17 Officials: Jerry Heater, Don Daily, Tim Gattis 14 LOWE, Chris g 4 11 1 4 2 2 0 1 1 2 11 5 4 0 0 34 Technical fouls: Alabama-None. Massachusetts-TEAM. 34 LIFE, James g 4 10 4 8 0 0 0 2 2 3 12 1 0 0 2 33 02 THOMAS, Brandon 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 12 Attendance: 4207 05 HARRIS, Ricky 2 4 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 11 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Total 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 10 Alabama 40 43 4 87 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 12 Massachusetts 41 42 6 89 22 BROWER, Etienne 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 6 31 BONNER, Luke 0 2 0 1 3 4 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 15 TEAM 3 3 6 Points in the paint-UA 36,UMASS 40. Points off turnovers-UA 20,UMASS 20. Totals 24 61 10 23 13 18 11 24 35 21 71 12 11 3 2 225 2nd chance points-UA 30,UMASS 17. Fast break points-UA 9,UMASS 6. Bench points-UA 12,UMASS 16. Score tied-9 times. Lead changed-13 times. TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-30 43.3% 2nd Half: 9-21 42.9% Game: 39.3% DEADBALL Last FG-UA OT-00:08, UMASS OT-00:03. 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-11 45.5% 2nd Half: 3-7 42.9% Game: 43.5% REBOUNDS Largest lead-UA by 9 2nd-11:37, UMASS by 7 2nd-17:35. F Throw % 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd Half: 12-16 75.0% Game: 72.2% 5

Officials: Ray Perone, Gene Steratore, Eric Anderson Attendance: 5488

Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Total Saint Louis 24 41 9 74 Massachusetts 32 33 6 71

Points in the paint-SLU 38,UMASS 26. Points off turnovers-SLU 17,UMASS 13. 2nd chance points-SLU 9,UMASS 8. Fast break points-SLU 4,UMASS 3. Bench points-SLU 12,UMASS 21. Score tied-13 times. Lead changed-13 times. Last FG-SLU OT-02:45, UMASS OT-00:33. Largest lead-SLU by 7 OT-01:22, UMASS by 8 1st-00:41. www.umassathletics.com 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND • 35 NIT FIRST ROUND NIT SECOND ROUND GAME 32 • MARCH 13, 2007 GAME 33 • MARCH 15, 2007 UMASS 89, ALABAMA 87 (OT) WEST VIRGINIA 90, UMASS 77 AMHERST, Mass. -- Chris Lowe's pull-up jumper with 1.6 seconds left in overtime gave MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - It looked like it might be a repeat of the 1995 season when UMass Massachusetts an 89-87 victory over Alabama in the first round of the NIT on Tuesday night. rallied back from 18 points down to beat West Virginia in overtime the last time these two Stephane Lasme led fourth-seeded UMass with 21 points and nine blocked shots, while teams faced each other. This time, the Minutemen trailed by 19 in the second half, whittling it Lowe added a career-high tying 19 points, six assists and five steals. Mykal Riley had 24 points to four on two occassions, but the Mountaineers were too much down the stretch defeating to lead No. 5 seed Alabama, including a 3-pointer at the regulation buzzer to force overtime. UMass 90-77 in the second round of the 2007 MasterCard NIT on Thursday night at the WVU The Crimson Tide (20-12) took an 85-84 lead early in the extra session, but Gary Forbes Coliseum. converted a three-point play to put UMass ahead 87-85 with 1:15 to go. After both teams At 24-9 overall, UMass finishes its season with the fifth best record in school history. missed shots, Demetrius Jamison scored inside to tie it before Lowe hit his game-winning shot. West Virginia’s Frank Young led all scorers in the game with a career-high 31 points on the The Minutemen (24-8) advanced to play at West Virginia in the second round Thursday strength of six three pointers and 11-of-15 shooting from the floor. His six three pointers in the night. The Mountaineers, the No. 1 seed in the East Region, defeated eighth-seeded Delaware game gave him the school record for treys in a single-season with 101. State 70-54. Stephane Lasme led UMass with 14 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks to finish his The Crimson Tide led by nine with 11:47 remaining, but coming out of a timeout the Minute- career with 1,011 points becoming the 38th player in UMass history with 1,000 career points. men went on a 12-3 run to tie the score at 65. Alabama stretched its lead back to 78-73 with James Life was the high-scorer for the Minutemen with 20 points despite going 0-4 in the first just under 4 minutes left, but UMass answered again, scoring nine of the next 11 points to lead half from behind the three-point arc and scoring just two points. He found his stroke in the 82-80 with 5 seconds left. second half hitting four-of-five from down town to help the UMass rally. After Lasme blocked Jamison's shot with 6 seconds left, Alabama was forced to foul, send- West Virginia (24-9) led by as many as 19 early in the second half before the Minutemen ing Lowe to the line with a chance to clinch the game. The sophomore point guard made the were able to whittle that down to a 56-52 with 11:52 to play. UMass cut the lead thanks to a 16- first, but missed the second free throw, giving the Tide a chance. 5 run on the strenght of seven points from Life and five points from Dante Milligan. Milligan Riley, who kept the Tide in the game early, came off a screen and barely got the shot off on finished the game with a second-high 10 points after Rashaun Freeman was saddled early in time, but it dropped in to force overtime. the second half with his fourth foul. Freeman finished his career with 1,744 points and 998 Brandon Hollinger, who started in place of injured point guard Ronald Steele, had 19 points rebounds, fourth and third all-time at UMass, respectively. for Alabama, including 16 after halftime. Alonzo Gee added 14. WVU hit six free throws to extend the lead to 62-52 in the next two minutes. The Mountaineers continued to build their lead before Life hit back-to-back treys and then scored a lay-up off a WVU turnover to make it a four point game, 74-70, with 4:55 to go. NIT First Round A jumper from Da’Sean Butler and two free throws from Young stretched the lead back to 03/13/07 9:35 p.m. at Amherst, Mass. - Mullins Center eight, 78-70. VISITORS: Alabama 20-12 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds The Mountaineers, however, closed the final minutes of the half on a 12-7 run to improve to ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 16-1 at home this season. 12 GEE, Alonzo f 6 9 0 1 2 4 4 2 6 5 14 1 5 1 4 19 WVU led at the half 37-23 after UMass had one of its worst halves of basketball all season. 35 HENDRIX, Richard f 4 9 0 0 0 0 4 4 8 5 8 7 1 1 0 25 The Minutemen scored the second-fewest total points in a half and had their second-worst 33 DAVIDSON, Jermareo c 4 14 0 0 2 3 2 4 6 3 10 0 1 4 2 35 field goal shooting percentage. 01 RILEY, Mykal g 6 17 5 11 7 7 2 3 5 3 24 1 6 0 2 41 04 HOLLINGER, Brandon g 6 14 3 7 4 4 2 1 3 2 19 2 3 0 0 38 UMass finished the game shooting 50 percent hitting 31-of-62 field goals. The Minutemen 02 TORRANCE, Mikhail 1 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 16 were able to convert 13 Mountaineer turnovers into 22 points, however, the WVU bench outscored 03 TUBBS, Justin 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 21 UMass 23-to-19. 23 JEMISON, Demetrius 3 4 0 0 0 2 4 1 5 4 6 1 0 1 0 25 34 COLEMAN, Yamene 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 Massachusetts vs West Virginia - NIT Second Round TEAM 2 2 3/15/07 9:00 p.m. at WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, W.Va. Totals 31 73 9 21 16 23 23 19 42 25 87 13 17 7 8 224 VISITORS: Massachusetts 24-9 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-36 41.7% 2nd Half: 15-31 48.4% Game: 42.5% DEADBALL ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-11 45.5% 2nd Half: 4-9 44.4% Game: 42.9% REBOUNDS 03 FORBES, Gary f 6 13 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 0 15 3 4 0 1 31 F Throw % 1st Half: 5-11 45.5% 2nd Half: 9-10 90.0% Game: 69.6% 3 13 LASME, Stephane f 7 15 0 0 0 2 7 7 14 4 14 1 4 3 0 38 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 2 5 0 0 2 2 3 3 6 4 6 0 2 0 0 15 HOME TEAM: Massachusetts 24-8 14 LOWE, Chris g 3 4 0 1 2 4 0 1 1 3 8 5 1 0 3 29 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 34 LIFE, James g 7 13 4 9 2 2 0 3 3 2 20 0 2 0 2 36 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 10 MAYBEN, Tiki 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 16 03 FORBES, Gary f 4 15 1 5 2 3 2 4 6 3 11 2 4 1 0 38 02 THOMAS, Brandon 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 13 LASME, Stephane f 7 11 0 0 7 9 4 2 6 5 21 0 5 9 1 38 05 HARRIS, Ricky 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 01 FREEMAN, Rashaun c 2 4 0 0 6 9 1 9 10 4 10 2 1 0 1 39 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 4 6 0 0 2 4 2 0 2 5 10 1 0 0 1 15 14 LOWE, Chris g 8 11 2 3 1 2 3 4 7 2 19 6 4 0 5 42 22 BROWER, Etienne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 34 LIFE, James g 5 10 2 6 0 0 2 0 2 3 12 2 3 0 1 38 31 BONNER, Luke 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 02 THOMAS, Brandon 1 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 6 TEAM 1 2 3 05 HARRIS, Ricky 1 2 0 1 5 6 0 1 1 0 7 1 0 0 2 7 Totals 31 62 5 15 10 17 16 19 35 20 77 15 15 3 8 200 20 MILLIGAN, Dante 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 8 22 BROWER, Etienne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 31 BONNER, Luke 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-32 31.3% 2nd Half: 21-30 70.0% Game: 50.0% DEADBALL TEAM 2 1 3 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-10 10.0% 2nd Half: 4-5 80.0% Game: 33.3% REBOUNDS Totals 30 60 6 16 23 33 17 23 40 19 89 13 20 10 11 225 F Throw % 1st Half: 2-2 100% 2nd Half: 8-15 53.3% Game: 58.8% 2

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 18-31 58.1% 2nd Half: 10-20 50.0% Game: 50.0% DEADBALL HOME TEAM: West Virginia 24-9 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd Half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 37.5% REBOUNDS tot-fg 3-pt rebounds F Throw % 1st Half: 2-3 66.7% 2nd Half: 19-27 70.4% Game: 69.7% 4 ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 11 ALEXANDER, Joe f 4 9 0 3 1 1 2 1 3 1 9 0 0 1 0 17 Officials: Jerry Heater, Don Daily, Tim Gattis 21 YOUNG, Frank f11 15 6 8 3 6 0 4 4 2 31 3 0 1 2 35 Technical fouls: Alabama-None. Massachusetts-TEAM. 33 SUMMERS, Rob c 2 5 0 0 1 1 2 3 5 2 5 1 0 2 0 21 14 NICHOLS, Darris g 4 5 2 3 4 4 1 1 2 4 14 6 4 0 0 37 Attendance: 4207 22 RUOFF, Alex g 3 10 1 8 1 3 0 4 4 3 8 7 5 2 1 32 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Total 01 BUTLER, Da’Sean 4 8 2 5 0 0 1 2 3 0 10 2 3 0 1 28 Alabama 40 43 4 87 03 MAZZULLA, Joe 1 2 0 0 6 6 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 11 Massachusetts 41 42 6 89 43 SMALLIGAN, Jamie 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 3 5 0 1 0 1 19 TEAM 2 2 4 Points in the paint-UA 36,UMASS 40. Points off turnovers-UA 20,UMASS 20. Totals 31 57 12 28 16 21 9 20 29 15 90 19 13 6 5 200 2nd chance points-UA 30,UMASS 17. Fast break points-UA 9,UMASS 6. Bench points-UA 12,UMASS 16. Score tied-9 times. Lead changed-13 times. TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-31 48.4% 2nd Half: 16-26 61.5% Game: 54.4% DEADBALL Last FG-UA OT-00:08, UMASS OT-00:03. 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 7-18 38.9% 2nd Half: 5-10 50.0% Game: 42.9% REBOUNDS Largest lead-UA by 9 2nd-11:37, UMASS by 7 2nd-17:35. F Throw % 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd Half: 16-21 76.2% Game: 76.2% 3

Officials: John Gaffney, Sean Hull, Tim Nestor Attendance: 7146

Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal Massachusetts 23 54 77 West Virginia 37 53 90

Points in the paint-UMASS 46,WVU 28. Points off turnovers-UMASS 22,WVU 19. 2nd chance points-UMASS 17,WVU 10. Fast break points-UMASS 6,WVU 4. Bench points-UMASS 14,WVU 23. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-0 times. Last FG-UMASS 2nd-00:08, WVU 2nd-00:55. Largest lead-UMASS None, WVU by 19 2nd-16:48. 06-07 UMASSbasketball 36 • 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND HEAD COACH TRAVIS FORD Second Year as UMass Head Coach 10th Year as a Head Coach Kentucky ‘94 A new chapter in UMass basketball began on March 25, 2005 as Travis Ford has also had a long run of producing successful Ford was named the new head coach of the Minutemen by Director of players. He has had at least one player named to the Athletics John McCutcheon. Ford is a rising star in the coaching profession all-league teams in each of his five seasons, including two at the conclusion of and comes to UMass after leading Eastern Kentucky to the NCAA Tourna- the 2003-04 season and Michael Haney this past season. Ford also guided Matt ment to culminate his five-year stint with the Colonels. Witt to the OVC Freshman of the Year award in 2002-03. With UMass winning Atlantic 10 Regular Season Championship since 1995- Ford used his team’s success to his advantage during the recruiting pro- 96, Ford has returned the energy and enthusiasm to the Mullins Cen- cess, landing a class that has been ranked No. 28 nationally by ter with winning ways in 2006-07. UMass made its first postseason HoopScoop Magazine. His class was the second-highest rated in appearance since 2000, playing in the NIT in 2007, reaching the the OVC heading into 2004-05. second round with a memorable 89-87 win over Alabama on Ford’s success at EKU, came as no surprise to anyone famil- ESPN in the first round. UMass forward Stephane Lasme was iar with basketball in the Bluegrass State. He began his bench named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year and Defensive duties at Campbellsville University, where he served as Player of the Year as he became just the third player in head coach for three seasons. During his tenure at NCAA history with four triple-doubles in a season. Cen- Campbellsville, Ford led the Tigers to a 67-31 overall ter Rashaun Freeman earned his third straight Atlantic record. During the 1999-2000 season – his last at 10 First-Team honor, the first player to do that since Campbellsville – Ford guided his team to a 23-11 record Jameer Nelson at Saint Joseph’s (2001-04). UMass and an appearance in the NAIA National Tournament. averaged close to 6,000 fans per game, its highest Ford’s Tigers tallied a 28-3 mark in 1998-99 in- crowd since 1998. cluding an impressive 10-2 record in Mid-South Con- Ford used his first season at UMass to build the ference play, earning him MSC Coach of the Year hon- base for years to come. He re-energized all of Western ors. While on the bench at Campbellsville, Ford pro- Massachusetts as the Minutemen increased their attendance num- duced seven First Team All-MSC players and 10 that bers by 50 percent to its highest in five years. were voted honorable mention all-conference. Three Ford has done countless interviews with local and national of his players were named honorable mention All-Ameri- media. In his first few months at UMass he crossed the state and cans and one was selected second team. New England region back-and-forth with ‘Meet-N-Greet’ sessions. The playing career of Travis Ford was impressive as well. He He was honored by throwing out the first pitch at a Red Sox game began his collegiate career at Missouri, where he was named to at Fenway Park. One thing was sure, if you wanted to meet Ford, the UPI Big Eight All-Freshman team. During that season, Ford you had plenty of opportunities to get to know the new face of UMass averaged 6.4 points and 3.5 assists per game. Ford would transfer basketball. to Kentucky prior to his sophomore year and made a big impact on When Ford was hired, McCutcheon lauded Ford: “We are ex- the Wildcat program after sitting out a season due to transfer rules. tremely pleased that Travis Ford and his wife Heather have become He helped the Wildcats to NCAA Tournament appearances in each part of the UMass family,” the A.D. said of UMass’ 20th men’s bas- season in Lexington. ketball coach. “He brings exactly the kind of experience, energy Ford went on to earn First Team All-SEC honors once, while and charisma that we were hoping to find in a head coach. Travis also earning SEC Tournament MVP twice. Aside from him athletic distinguished himself from an outstanding group of candidates accomplishments, Ford was also named to the Academic All-SEC and we could not be more excited about the impact his appoint- team in each of his three seasons at UK. During his sophomore ment will have on the future of UMass Basketball.” season (1991-92), Ford’s outstanding shooting ability was on dis- Ford has emerged as one of the brightest, energetic and play. He connected on 32 field goals during the season and 26 of personable coaches in the nation. A decorated player at the them fell in from behind the three-point arc. That season he also University of Kentucky, Ford earned numerous accolades as the won the team’s Student-Athlete of the Year award. Wildcats’ point guard from 1991-94. As a head coach, he led In 1992-93, Ford averaged 13.6 points and 4.8 assists as a NAIA school Campbellsville University to a 67-31 record from 1997- junior and became the first player in Kentucky history to make 2000 leading the Tigers to a National Tournament appearance in more than 100 three-pointers in a season, which still stands as a his final season. school record (101). He led his team to the NCAA Tournament Fi- At Eastern Kentucky, Ford guided the Colonels to their first nal Four during that campaign and was named Southeast Region NCAA Tournament appearance in more than 25 years as well as their first winning MVP. As a senior (1993-94), he scored his 1,000th career points (1,143 career points) season (22-9 in 2004-05) in 11 years. Ford was riding a seven-game winning steak - as he averaged 11.3 points and 5.8 assists per game. He was honored as co-team - Eastern Kentucky’s longest such streak in 40 years -- prior to losing to his alma MVP in 1994 along with current NBA player Tony Delk. mater, Kentucky, in the 2005 NCAA First Round, 72-64. He led the Colonels to the He stands sixth all-time at Kentucky in three-pointers made (190) and second Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Championship, their first since 1979. all-time in three-point field goal percentage (.445). In the all-time free throw Ford, led EKU out of doldrums as they were a combined 9-44 in the previous charts, he is second all-time in free throw percentage (.882). His .912 percentage two seasons before his arrival. His first two teams won seven games, but his victory as a senior also still stands as a second-best mark in a single-season in Wildcat total rose each year to 11, then 14 and finally a school-record 22 this past season. history. In five seasons in Richmond, he led the Colonels to a 61-80 record. Overall, Ford’s The Madisonville, Ky., native was a part of the gold medal-winning South squad record as a head coach is 128-111 (.536). at the 1990 US Olympic Festival in 1990 and later played for the US team that won He put the EKU program back on the map in 2003-04, as the Colonels posted a a gold medal in the 1993 World University Games. Ford’s playing career in high 14-15 record, giving the team its highest win total since tallying 15 victories during school was also stellar. Playing at North Hopkins High School, he led his team to the 1992-93 campaign. The Colonels also made their second straight appearance in three state tournament appearances during his career and was named to the All- the OVC Tournament. Eastern would defeat Samford in the opening round of the State team. He averaged 31.7 points per game as a senior and was twice named league tourney in McBrayer Arena to post the team’s first win in the Western Kentucky Player of the Year. event since 1995. Ford set several personal milestones with the 2003-04 resur- Ford’s playing days ended in training camp with the Golden State Warriors of gence. His eight OVC wins were the most for the program since 1997-98 Ford also the NBA, but his time in California led to a new job. He landed the role of Danny became the first Colonel head coach to lead his team to back-to-back OVC Tourney O’Grady in the movie The 6th Man. appearances since Mike Calhoun accomplished the feat during the 1994-95 and Ford and wife Heather, a former swimmer at Kentucky, have three children: 1995-96 seasons. Brooks (6), Kyleigh (5), and Shane (2). www.umassathletics.com 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND • 37 THE TRAVIS FORD FILE Coaching Career Season School Overall Pct. Conf. Pct. Notes 1997-98 Campbellsville 16-17 .485 7-5 .583 Mid-South Semifinals 1998-99 Campbellsville 28-3 .903 10-2 .833 Mid-South Coach of Year 1999-00 Campbellsville 23-11 .676 8-4 .667 NAIA National Tournament/Mid-South South Semis 2000-01 Eastern Kentucky 7-19 .269 1-15 .062 2001-02 Eastern Kentucky 7-20 .259 3-13 .188 2002-03 Eastern Kentucky 11-17 .393 5-11 .313 2003-04 Eastern Kentucky 14-15 .483 8-8 .500 OVC Semifinals 2004-05 Eastern Kentucky 22-9 .710 11-5 .688 NCAA First Round/OVC Champions 2005-06 Massachusetts 13-15 .464 8-8 .500 2006-07 Massachusetts 24-9 .727 13-3 .813 NIT Second Round/A-10 Reg.-Season Co-Champions

TOTALS 10 Years 165-135 .550 74-73 .503 Campbellsville Totals 67-31 .684 25-11 .694 Eastern Kentucky Totals 61-80 .432 28-52 .350 Massachusetts Totals 37-24 .607 21-11 .656 Playing Career GMIN FG-FGA FG% 3P-3A 3FG% FT-FTA FT% REB PF AST TO BLK STL PTS PPG 89-90 Missouri 30 695 54-137 39.4 24-80 30.0 60-67 89.6 53 52 105 55 0 36 192 6.4 90-91 Kentucky Did Not Play - Transfer Student 91-92 Kentucky 33 418 28-80 35.0 26-70 37.1 32-40 80.0 36 55 69 59 1 25 114 3.5 92-93 Kentucky 34 1102 129-245 52.7 101-191 52.9 104-118 88.1 71 92 166 91 1 56 463 13.6 93-94 Kentucky 33 1047 104-263 39.5 63-166 38.0 103-113 91.2 94 78 193 91 2 43 374 11.3 TOTALS 130 3262 315-725 43.4 214-507 42.2 299-338 88.5 254 277 533 296 4 160 1143 8.8 FORD IS LISTED IN MANY OF UK’S ALL-TIME CHARTS. Personal Information - School-record and Rupp Arena record for assists in a game with 15 BORN: December 29, 1969 (37 years old) vs. Eastern Kentucky on Dec. 8, 1993. HIGH SCHOOL: North Hopkins HS, Madisonville, Ky., 1989 - School record for consecutive free throws made with 50 from 1992- COLLEGE: University of Kentucky, B.S., 1994 93 to 1993-94 -- which is also an SEC Conference. FAMILY: Wife, Heather; Children, Brooks (6); Kyleigh (5); Shane (2); - Second all-time in career free-throw percentage at 88.2 with 239- Parents: Eddie and Pat Ford of-271. COACHING EXPERIENCE: 1997-2000 - Head Coach, Campbellsville University - Second-best single-season free throw mark at 91.2 in 1993-94 when 2000-2005 - Head Coach, Eastern Kentucky University he was 103-of-113. 2005-Present - Head Coach, University of Massachusetts - Second all-time for most free throws made in a game without a miss at 13-of-13 against Ohio State on Dec. 22, 1992. COACHING HONORS: 1999 Mid-South Conference Coach of the Year - School-record for 3-pointers made in a single season with 101 in PLAYING EXPERIENCE: 1989-90 - University of Missouri 1992-93. 1991-1994 - University of Kentucky - School-record for 3-point field goals percentage in a single-season Golden State Warriors Training Camp at 52.9 in 1992-93. PLAYING HONORS: 1990 Big Eight All-Freshman Team - Sixth all-time in career 3-pointers made with 190. 1993 All-SEC First Team - Second all-time in career 3-point field goal percentage at 44.5 1993 NCAA Tournament Southeast Regional MVP percent. 1992, 1993, 1994 SEC All-Academic Team - Second-longest streak in UK history for consecutive games with a 3-pointer, 32 games. What They are Saying... “Travis has a lot energy. I like the way he does a lot of different things. He is a solid performer, what he has done as a player, he is now doing as a coach. "Travis Ford is one of the brightest players I coached in 30 years. He was a true I think he’s going to do a great job at UMass with his great energy. He will be coach on the floor. He did a tremendous job in taking a program that had challenged in the A-10, but he will get the job done.” not consistently won and improved it each year he was there. He got his — Digger Phelps, ESPN team to the NCAA Tournament in 2004-05 and played one of the giants in college basketball to the wire. I couldn't be any happier for my alma mater “Coach Pitino thinks Travis Ford can be another Billy Donovan, and he has in seeing such a terrific basketball mind taking over the helm at UMass." proven to be prophetic. He took Eastern Kentucky to the NCAA Tournament — Rick Pitino, Head Coach, University of Louisville and has shown that he is cut from the same cloth as Billy. If Travis can show the same passion and intensity as he did at Eastern Kentucky, there’s a "I enjoyed coaching Travis during his three years at Kentucky. We developed a great chance he will be successful at UMass.” very close relationship and Travis is somebody that has grown and evolved — Andy Katz, ESPN into an outstanding coach. He will do a great job at UMass recruiting, coach- ing and developing quality student-athletes in his program." "The last two times I have seen Travis Ford outside of the NCAA Tournament — Billy Donovan, Head Coach, University of Florida has been at other coaches' practices. Ford studies the game and is a great student. He took an exceedingly difficult job at Eastern Kentucky and turned "Travis is an outstanding young coach who knows what it takes to win basket- the program into a winner. Now at UMass, expect the Minutemen to play ball games. His teams mirror him in that they are hard-nosed and competi- faster and use a lot of ball screens -- and win. Ford is the right guy at the tive. As a player, he always looked for ways to improve his game. As a right time in Amherst.” coach, he's been tireless in his approach to making his teams better. I have — Jay Bilas, ESPN a lot of respect for Travis." — Tubby Smith, Head Coach, University of Kentucky “Travis Ford is a winner. He always has been, he always will be. He has great "Travis is full of energy, enthusiasm and has learned from one of the best in passion and integrity and is someone that everyone at UMass can be proud playing for Rick Pitino at Kentucky. He will bring a Pitino style with lots of of.” excitement to the UMass campus." — John Pelphrey, Head Coach University of South Alabama and Ford’s — Dick Vitale, ESPN former teammate at Kentucky 06-07 UMASSbasketball 38 • 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND Career Highs Category # Opponent, Date 1 Rashaun FREEMAN Points 31 vs. St. Bonaventure, 2/28/04 Field Goals 14 vs. St. Bonaventure, 2/28/04 Field Goals Att. 19 at Boston College, 12/6/03 C/F • 6-9 • 255 • Sr. • Schenectady, N.Y. • Schenectady 19 at Xavier, 1/18/07 2006-07 SEASON (SENIOR) Free Throws 13 vs. Boston Univ., 12/28/04 • 2006-07 NABC All-District First-Team Selection for third year in row (first since Monty Mack, 1999-2001). Free Throw Att. 17 Rhode Island, 2/4/06 • 2006-07 Atlantic 10 First Team for third year in row (first since St. Joe’s Jameer Nelson, 2001-04). Rebounds 19 at St. Bonaventure, 2/19/06 • Senior team tri-captain with Stephane Lasme and Brandon Thomas. Offensive Reb 11 at St. Bonaventure, 2/19/06 11 at Xavier, 1/18/07 • Finished 4th in career points at UMass with 1,744; behind just Jim McCoy, Monty Mack and Lou Roe. Assists 3four times (last Fordham, 1/18/06) • Third in career rebounds with 998. Only Lou Roe (1,070) and Julius Erving (1,049) had more at UMass. Blocks 3vs. St. Bonaventure, 2/28/04 • Fourth in career field goal percentage 55.9, percentage points ahead of current BC coach Al Skinner (55.7). 3Temple, 1/13/07 • Third in career field goals made all-time at UMass with 685. Ninth in career field goals attempted with 1226. Steals 3Twice, last Hartford, 11/18/05 • Seventh in career free throws made with 374 and sixth in free throws attempts with 604. Minutes 46 at St. Bonaventure, 1/26/05 • With 115 career starts, fourth all-time at UMass passing Carl Smith (112). Next on list is Tony Barbee (118). • Leading UMass in scoring with 14.7 average (13th in the A-10). Shooting 60.9 from the floor (206-of-338). Field goal pct. mark Bold denotes career high tied or set in the 06-07 season. ranked 15th in the nation and second in the A-10 to Saint Jospeh’s Ahmad Nivins (63.1). Miscellaneous Statistics • Field goal percentage finished as sixth-best in a season in UMass history, 60.9. • Averaged 8.3 rebounds per game, ranked third in the A-10. In A-10 games grabbed 9.0 rebounds per game, second in A-10 games. Catergory 06-07 Car. Last Time... • Double-doubles in 14 games; nine 20-plus point games this season. Double-doubles in six of eight games from Jan. 2-28. Double-Figure Scoring 26 90 Alabama, 3/13/07 • Double-figures in 26-of-33 games during season and in 90-of-118 career games at UMass (76 percent of his games). 25-plus points 1 9 Dartmouth, 11/11/06 • Moved to fourth in career scoring with double-double against Alabama (3/13) in NIT First Round with 10 points and 10 rebounds. 20-plus points 9 24 La Salle, 2/28/07 • Has scored just six points in two games at Saint Joseph’s (3/3) and vs. Saint Louis (3/8) in A-10 Tournament. 15-plus rebounds 0 5 at St. Bona, 2/19/06 • On Senior Night, sang the National Anthem and then proceeded to post his 13th double-double of the year with 20 points and 12 10-plus rebounds 15 47 Alabama, 3/13/07 rebounds vs. La Salle (2/28). Double-Doubles 14 44 Alabama, 3/13/07 •Had 12 rebounds, but season-low four points vs. Saint Louis (2/24). His 13th game this year in double-figure rebounds. Career Honors • Very efficient with 8-of-9 from the floor finishing with 16 points vs. St. Bonaventure (2/21). 2006-07 Atlantic 10 First Team (Three Years In Row) • Moved to third in career rebounds, passing Horace Neysmith (935) at Dayton (2/18), as he had 15 points and 12 rebounds. 2006-07 NABC All-District I First Team • Reached double-figures with 12 points, also grabbed nine rebounds at Temple (2/11). Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (Dec. 17, 2006) • In major foul trouble, playing just 21 minutes, scored 10 points vs. Rhode Island (2/8). UMass/Dinn Brothers Athlete of the Week (Dec. 17, 2006) • Over eight games (Jan. 2-24), averaged 17.3 points and grabbed 10.6 rebounds. MVP of the Billy Minardi Classic (Dec. 13, 2006) • Tallied 13 points against Richmond (2/3). 2006-07 Atlantic 10 Preseason First Team, A-10 Coaches 2006-07 Atlantic 10 Preseason First Team, Athlon, Lindy’s CBS • Sixth double-double in eight games with 18 points and 11 rebounds at Charlotte (1/28). Sportsline/Basketball News, Street & Smith’s • Posted 40th career double-double at Rhode Island (1/24) with 19 points and 12 rebounds, 10th double-double of year. 2006-07 Preseason Honorable Mention All-American (Athlon) • Double-double for fourth time in five games with 22 points and 13 rebounds at Xavier (1/18), had career-high tying 11 offensive rebounds. 2005-06 Atlantic 10 First Team • Eighth double-double of year with 21 points and 10 rebounds vs. Temple (1/13), also career-high tying three blocked shots. 2005-06 NABC All-District I First Team • Seventh 20-point game this season vs. G. Washington (1/20), with 21 points, made 9-of-12 from the floor, grabbed seven rebounds. Atlantic 10 Co-Player of Week (2/25/06) • Played in 100th career game at La Salle (1/6) and posted seventh double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Panasonic Holiday Festival All-Tournament Team (12/28/05) • Posted sixth double-double of the season vs. Miami (1/2) with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Scored 10 points in first 7:03 of game. UMass/Dinn Brothers Athlete of Week (12/25/05) • Tallied 12 points vs. Yale (12/28), grabbing secben rebounds in season-low 18 minutes as he mired in foul trouble. That equaled the 2005-06 Atlantic 10 Preseason First Team, A-10 Coaches second-fewest minutes he played in a game in his UMass career. 2005-06 Atlantic 10 Preseason First Team, Athlon, Lindy’s CBS Sportsline/Basketball News, Street & Smith’s • Limited to season-low seven points at Kentucky (12/22), first non-double-figure game of season, did have seven rebounds. 2004-05 Atlantic 10 First Team • Atlantic 10 Player of the Week for fourth time in his career on Dec. 17 after Louisville game, also UMass Athlete of Week. 2004-05 NABC All-District I First Team • MVP of the Billy Minardi Classic at Louisville (Dec. 13), as he scored 21 points and added five rebounds. Was 7-of-11 from floor. 2004-05 Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (Dec. 12, Jan. 2) • Had 23 points and 10 rebounds in win over Central Connecticut State (12/9). 2004-05 Atlantic 10 Preseason Player of the Year by Lindy’s, • Scored 20 points in win over Boston University (12/6) including 14 in the second half to go along with 12 rebounds (8 offensive). The Sporting News and CBS Sportsline/Basketball News • Passed Marcus Camby (1,393) with 16 points for 10th on all-time UMass scoring list against Boston College (12/2). 2003-04 Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year • Passed Julius Erving (1,370) with 14 points for 12th on UMass scoring list at Savannah State (11/28), had team-high eight rebounds. 2003-04 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team •Double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds at Jacksonville State (11/25). 2003-04 Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week (Seven times) • Netted 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for 32nd career double-double vs. Northeastern (11/19), was 10-of-16 from field. 2003-04 NABC All-District I Second Team • Opened the 2006-07 season with his 31st career double-double with 25 points and 10 rebounds vs. Dartmouth (11/11). UMass Career Points PERSONAL 1. Jim McCoy (1988-92) 2,374 • First name is pronounced RAY-shaun and is nicknamed “Ray Ray”. Is an outstanding singer and cook. Has a pet snake named Simba. 2. Monty Mack (1997-2001) 2,183 • Rashaun Demer Freeman was born Dec. 15, 1984, in Schenectady, N.Y. … Son of Dametress Mayers … Majoring in Individual Concentration. 3. Lou Roe (1991-95) 1,905 2006-07 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 4. RASHAUN FREEMAN (2003-) 1,744 Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct O-D Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts 11/11 DARTMOUTH 1-1 25 9-12 .750 0-0 .000 1-3 .333 5-5 10 2 1 3 0 1 25 11/17 vs. Oakland 1-1 27 5-6 .833 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0-4 4 3 2 3 1 1 11 11/18 at No. 4/5 Pittsburgh 1-1 21 5-8 .625 0-0 .000 4-6 .667 2-1 3 4 0 1 0 1 14 11/19 vs. Northeastern 1-1 28 10-16 .625 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 4-6 10 4 2 1 0 0 24 11/22 ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) 1-1 31 6-9 .750 0-0 .000 2-5 .400 4-4 8 2 2 4 0 1 14 11/25 at Jacksonville State 1-1 22 5-9 .556 0-1 .000 8-8 1.000 5-5 10 4 2 2 2 1 18 11/28 at Savannah State 1-1 26 5-7 .714 0-0 .000 4-6 .667 3-4 7 2 2 2 1 0 14 12/2 BOSTON COLLEGE 1-1 29 8-11 .727 0-0 .000 0-3 .000 6-2 8 5 1 1 0 0 16 12/6 at Boston Univ. 1-1 31 8-15 .533 0-0 .000 4-10 .400 8-4 12 1 1 6 0 0 20 12/9 vs. Central Conn. 1-1 36 11-14 .786 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 7-3 10 4 0 2 0 1 23 12/13 at Louisville 1-1 28 7-11 .636 0-0 .000 7-10 .700 2-3 5 3 1 0 0 0 21 12/22 at Kentucky 1-1 28 2-9 .222 0-0 .000 3-3 1.000 1-6 7 4 0 2 0 1 7 12/28 YALE 1-1 18 5-8 .625 0-0 .000 2-6 .333 3-4 7 4 2 3 0 0 12 1/2 MIAMI (Fla.) 1-1 34 6-11 .545 0-0 .000 4-9 .444 3-7 10 2 0 2 1 0 16 1/6 at La Salle* 1-1 33 9-14 .643 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 9-2 11 5 1 1 1 0 18 1/10 GEO. WASHINGTON* 1-1 30 9-12 .750 0-0 .000 3-8 .375 3-4 7 4 0 5 1 1 21 1/13 TEMPLE* 1-1 38 9-13 .693 0-0 .000 3-7 .429 4-6 10 3 0 0 3 2 21 1/18 at Xavier* 1-1 33 11-19 .579 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 11-2 13 2 0 3 0 1 22 1/21 DUQUESNE* 1-1 19 3-8 .375 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-4 6 0 0 5 1 0 6 1/24 at Rhode Island* 1-1 33 8-12 .667 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 5-7 12 4 0 4 0 1 19 1/28 at Charlotte* 1-1 33 8-14 .571 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 3-8 11 4 1 2 1 0 18 2/3 RICHMOND* 1-1 33 6-9 .667 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 3-5 8 4 0 2 1 0 13 2/8 RHODE ISLAND* 1-1 21 5-7 .714 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-4 5 4 1 3 0 0 10 2/11 at Temple* 1-1 28 5-12 .417 0-0 .000 2-3 .667 6-3 9 3 1 5 0 0 12 2/15 at Fordham* 1-1 22 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 2-1 3 5 1 0 0 0 8 2/18 at Dayton* 1-1 25 5-10 .500 0-0 .000 5-5 1.000 4-8 12 4 0 2 0 1 15 2/21 ST. BONAVENTURE* 1-1 23 8-9 .889 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 2-4 6 2 1 0 0 1 16 2/24 SAINT LOUIS* 1-1 24 2-9 .222 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 4-8 12 5 0 0 0 1 4 2/28 LA SALLE* 1-1 25 10-14 .714 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 4-8 12 1 1 2 1 1 20 3/3 at Saint Joseph’s* 1-1 22 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 2-5 7 4 1 4 0 2 6 3/8 vs. Saint Louis (A-10) 1-1 17 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 2 5 1 0 0 0 6 3/13 ALABAMA (NIT) 1-1 39 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 6-9 .667 1-9 10 4 2 1 0 1 10 3/15 at West Virginia (NIT) 1-1 15 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 3-3 6 4 0 2 0 0 6 CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2003-04 29 28 851 29.3 173 315 .549 0 1 .000 100 163 .613 91 156 247 8.5 84 2 27 84 14 22 446 15.4 2004-05 28 26 875 31.3 162 301 .538 0 0 .000 107 165 .648 73 145 218 7.8 89 5 29 93 13 26 431 15.4 2005-06 28 28 863 30.8 144 272 .529 0 0 .000 93 147 .633 107 153 260 9.3 78 3 36 76 23 25 381 13.6 2006-07 33 33 897 27.2 206 338 .609 0 2 .000 74 129 .574 122 151 273 8.3 111 5 27 73 14 19 486 14.7 TOTAL 118 115 3486 29.5 685 1226 .559 0 3 .000 374 604 .619 393 605 998 8.5 362 15 119 326 64 92 1744 14.8 www.umassathletics.com 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND • 39 Career Highs Category # Opponent, Date 2 Brandon THOMAS Points 30 vs. St. Francis (N.Y.), 2/21/04 Field Goals 12 vs. St. Francis (N.Y.), 2/21/04 F/G • 6-6 • 200 • Sr. • San Antonio, Texas • Field Goals Att. 19 at Qunnipiac, 3/1/04 Free Throws 9 at Monmouth, 2/19/04 Converse Judson H.S./Long Island Free Throw Att.10 at Mt. St. Mary’s, 2/5/04 Rebounds 12 at Monmouth, 2/19/04 2006-07 SEASON (SENIOR) Assists 7 vs. Sacred Heart, 2/14/04 • Team tri-captain with Rashaun Freeman and Stephane Lasme. Blocks 4 vs. Albany, 12/10/03 • Played in 32 of 33 games, starting four games: three in the middle of the season (vs. Temple (1/13), Xavier (1/18) and Duquesne (1/21) and Senior Night vs. La Salle (2/28). Steals 4 vs. Wagner, 2/12/04 • Averaging 4.0 points shooting 45.4 from the floor, playing 11.3 minutes per game. 4 vs. UAB, 11/25/05 • Third on the team in total 3-pointers with 21 on 49 attempts for 42.9 percent. Minutes 44 at Mt. St. Mary’s, 2/5/04 • Had combined 36 points (9.0 ppg) in four games (with double-figures three times) after not scoring for three games in a row from Bold denotes career high tied or set in the 06-07 season. Feb. 28-March 13. • Tallied 10 points for third game in row with double-figures vs. Saint Louis (3/8), making all four shots including two 3-pointers. • At Saint Joseph’s (3/3) poued in 11 points including a pair of 3-pointers to help UMass clinch A-10 Regular-Season crown. Miscellaneous Statistics • On Senior Night vs. La Salle (2/28), tallied 11 points for sixth game in double-figures his final year, also had three assists. Catergory 06-07 Car. Last Time... • Scored a season-high 12 points at Fordham (2/15) making 5-of-9 from the floor including two 3-pointers, also had season-best with Double-Figure Scoring 830vs. Saint Louis, 3/8/07 five assists and four rebounds without a turnover in 17 minutes. It was his most points in a game in exactly one year as he had 13 30-plus points 01St. Francis (N.Y.), 2/21/04 points at George Washington on 2/15/06. His behind-the-back pass to a Stephane Lasme dunk was the No. 7 Play of the Day on 25-plus points 01St. Francis (N.Y.), 2/21/04 SportsCenter that night. 20-plus points 05vs. UAB, 11/25/05 • In his most playing time since Dec. 28, saw 15 minutes of action at Temple (2/11) and scored five points. • Played is 100th career game against Duquesne (1/21), scored two points in a start in 11 minutes. 10-plus rebounds 01at Monmouth, 2/19/04 • Has four double-figures this season, all in eight-game span from Nov. 25-Dec. 28. Double-Double 01at Monmouth, 2/19/04 • Had 59 points total in nine games (from Nov. 25-Jan. 2) after just nine points in the first five games of the season. • Averaged 6.6 points per game in that nine-game span including four games with 10 or more points in that stretch. • Drew first start of the season against Temple (1/13), did not score in 10 minutes. Career Honors • Canned both of his 3-pointers for six points in five minutes vs. Miami (1/2). ESPN SportsCenter No. 7 Play of the Day (Feb. 15, 2007) • Scored season-best 11 points in 18 minutes off the bench vs. Yale (12/28). MVP of the Battle of Brooklyn, Feb. 21, 2004 • Hit a 3-pointer at Louisville (12/13), for his 700th career point. • Scored eight points and had two rebounds in win over Central Connecticut State (12/9). • Scored 10 points in three of four games from Nov. 25-Dec. 9. • Tied season-best with 10 points at Boston University (12/9) to spark Minutemen off the bench. Shot 3-for-6 from the floor, including 2-for-4 from behind the arc. • Playing before close to 30 friends and family at Savannah State (11/28), tallied 10 points and added three rebounds. • Scored season-best 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting at Jacksonville State (11/25), more than doubling his season total to date, as he had nine points coming into the game. • Against St. Francis, N.Y. (11/22), team he had career-high 30 points, his one 3-pointer. • Tallied first points of the season with pair of 3-pointers vs. Oakland (11/17). 2005-06 SEASON (JUNIOR) • Started first 13 games, at three different positions (small forward (twice), shooting guard (eight) and point guard (three). Returned to starting line-up on Feb. 12 for four games until Feb. 22. Came off bench for last five games. • In 17 games as a starter, scoring 8.6 points per game and shooting 47.0 percent from the floor. In 11 games off the bench, scoring just 2.1 points per game and shooting 20.0 percent (6-for-30) from the floor PERSONAL •Brandon Omar Thomas ... Born on August 17, 1984 in Bitburg, Germany ... Son of Albert and Betty Thomas ... Father is a retired Military Chief Master Sargent who served for 28 years ... Brother of Andre, Jermaine, Raphael and Michelle ... Family has relocated to Gainesville, Florida from San Antonio since Thomas went of to college ... Majoring in Business Management. 2006-07 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct O-D Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts 11/11 DARTMOUTH 1-0 18 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 11/17 vs. Oakland 1-0 17 2-5 .400 2-3 .667 0-1 .000 0-2 2 0 1 2 0 1 6 11/18 at No. 4/5 Pittsburgh 1-0 11 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 11/19 vs. Northeastern 1-0 10 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 11/22 ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) 1-0 14 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1-0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 11/25 at Jacksonville State 1-0 16 4-5 .800 2-3 .667 0-2 .000 0-1 1 3 1 2 0 2 10 11/28 at Savannah State 1-0 20 4-7 .571 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0-3 3 1 1 2 0 2 10 12/2 BOSTON COLLEGE 1-0 6 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0-1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 12/6 at Boston Univ. 1-0 18 3-6 .500 2-4 .500 2-2 1.000 0-2 2 2 0 1 0 0 10 12/9 vs. Central Conn. 1-0 19 2-6 .333 1-3 .333 3-4 .750 0-2 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 12/13 at Louisville 1-0 10 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-2 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 12/22 at Kentucky 1-0 12 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 12/28 YALE 1-0 18 3-6 .500 1-2 .500 4-4 1.000 2-0 2 2 0 2 0 1 11 1/2 MIAMI (Fla.) 1-0 5 2-2 1.000 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1/6 at La Salle* 1-0 11 0-4 .000 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1/10 GEO. WASHINGTON* 1-0 7 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1/13 TEMPLE* 1-1 10 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1/18 at Xavier* 1-1 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/21 DUQUESNE* 1-1 11 1-3 .333 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1/24 at Rhode Island* 1-0 5 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/28 at Charlotte* 1-0 4 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2/3 RICHMOND* DNP-CD 2/8 RHODE ISLAND* 1-0 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2/11 at Temple* 1-0 15 1-4 .250 1-2 .500 2-2 1.000 0-2 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 2/15 at Fordham* 1-0 17 5-9 .556 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 2-2 4 1 5 0 0 1 12 2/18 at Dayton* 1-0 3 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2/21 ST. BONAVENTURE* 1-0 11 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2/24 SAINT LOUIS* 1-0 6 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2/28 LA SALLE* 1-1 24 5-9 .556 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000 1-1 2 1 3 3 0 0 11 3/3 at Saint Joseph’s* 1-0 17 3-4 .750 2-3 .667 3-6 .500 0-0 0 0 3 1 0 1 11 3/8 vs. Saint Louis (A-10) 1-0 12 4-4 1.000 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 2 0 2 0 0 10 3/13 ALABAMA (NIT) 1-0 6 1-3 .333 1-1 1.000 1-2 .500 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 3/15 at West Virginia (NIT) 1-0 4 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2002-03 LIU 27 23 674 25.0 65 157 .414 2 10 .200 29 54 .537 42 43 85 3.2 45 0 52 82 5 10 161 6.0 2003-04 LIU 26 18 749 28.8 124 243 .510 11 40 .275 61 105 .581 31 66 97 3.7 33 0 55 77 20 21 320 12.3 2005-06 28 17 610 21.8 60 145 .414 23 75 .307 26 47 .553 14 46 60 2.1 28 0 36 51 4 15 169 6.0 2006-07 32 4 362 11.3 44 97 .454 21 49 .429 20 30 .667 9 27 36 1.1 23 0 26 31 1 11 129 4.0 TOTAL 113 61 2495 22.1 293 652 .449 57 174 .328 136 235 .579 96 182 288 2.5 129 0 169 231 30 57 779 6.9 06-07 UMASSbasketball 40 • 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND Career Highs 3 Gary FORBES Category # Opponent, Date Points 31 at Temple, 2/11/07 F/G • 6-7 • 220 • RJr. • Brooklyn, N.Y. • Field Goals 10 at Temple, 2/11/07 Field Goal Att. 23 at Temple, 2/11/07 Benjamin Banneker Academy/Virginia 3-Point FG 5 Temple, 1/13/07 3-Point FG Att. 8 vs. Florida State, 3/6/05 2006-07 SEASON (R-JUNIOR) Free Throws 10 George Washington, 1/10/07 • Honored by numerous publications as the Atlantic 10’s Newcomer of the Year or Transfer of the Year. 10 Richmond, 2/3/07 • Named to Preseson Atlantic 10 Second Team (Lindy’s Sporting News and CBS SportsLine). Free Throw Att.15 Richmond, 2/3/07 • Versatile player who starts at small forward, plays shooting guard and some time at point guard. •Only player in NCAA this season to outrebound an opponent single-handedly with 16 vs. Richmond on Feb. 3. Free Throw P.100 (8-8) Duquesne, 1/21/07 •Has led or tied for lead in scoring nine times while leading in assists seven times and rebounding five times. 100 (8-8) at Temple, 2/11/07 • Ranks in top three on team in every statistic total: scoring (third), rebounding (third), assists (third), steals (third), blocks (tied second), Rebounds 16 Richmond, 2/3/07 3-pointers (second), field goals (third). • Overall, third on the team with 13.0 points per game. Also third on team at 5.8 rebounds per game and third in 2.5 assists per game. Third Def. Reb. 15 Richmond, 2/3/07 on club in steals with 32 and tied for second in blocks with 16. Assists 8 vs. Central Connecticut, 12/9/06 • Led UMass in scoring in conference games until La Salle game (2/28). Finished second with a 14.8 points per game average. Blocks 4 Maryland, 2/19/05 • Has scored in double-figures in 26-of-33 games this season (50 in his career). That includes nine of the first 10 games during the year. 4 St. Francis, 11/22/06 • Scored 10 or more points in 17 of last 20 games with 15.5 average of those games from Jan. 2-March 15. • Netted 15 points along with four rebounds and three assists in NIT Second Round at West Virginia (3/15). Steals 4 Saint Louis, 2/24/07 • Tallied 11 points including a clutch layup-plus free throw with 1:15 in overtime to beat Alabama (3/13) in NIT First Round. Minutes 38 Alabama, 3/13/07 • Topped team in scoring with 13 points in A-10 Tournament vs. Saint Louis (3/8) along with seven rebounds. Bold denotes career high tied or set in the 06-07 season. • Led UMass with team-high 13 points in A-10 regular-season title clinching win at Saint Joseph’s (3/3). • Over seven games (Feb. 2-24), averaged 17.3 points and 9.2 rebounds per game including career-high 31 points at Temple. Miscellaneous Stats • Has vastly improved free-throw shooting, making 65 of last 93 attempts (70 percent) over last 19 games after starting year at 54 percent (29 of first 54) in first 13 games. Category 06-07 Car. Last Time... • Team-high 13 points and had career-best four steals including game-saving one with one second left to seal win over Saint Louis (2/24). Double-Figure Scoring 26 50 at W. Virginia, 3/15/07 •Grabbed game-high 10 rebounds vs. St. Bonaventure (2/21), but scored just five points on rough shooting night. 30-plus points 1 1 at Temple, 2/11/07 • Honored as UMass/Dinn Brothers Co-Athlete of the Week (Feb. 21, 2007) after averaging 17 points in two wins. • Led UMass in scoring with 23 including 8-of-16 from floor and 4-of-7 from 3-pointers at Dayton (2/18), along with five rebounds. 25-plus points 1 1 at Temple, 2/11/07 • Mired in first-half foul trouble, scored 11 of his points at Fordham (2/15) in his return to New York City. 20-plus points 4 8 at Dayton, 2/18/07 • Became first UMass player in three years to score 30 points as he tallied a career-high 31 points at Temple (2/11). Had career-highs 10-plus rebounds 3 5 St. Bona, 2/21/07 with 10 field goals made and 23 field goals attempted. Equalled best day at the foul line going 8-of-8 for the second time. Double-Double 2 3 at Temple, 2/11/07 • Scored 22 points vs. Rhode Island (2/8) as he made a then-career-high nine field goals made, also grabbed nine boards. • Personally outrebounded entire Richmond team, 16-to-13, as he posted second career double-double with 16 points and 16 rebounds. Only player in NCAA this season to date to outrebound an opponent single-handedly. That included career-best 15 defensive rebounds, Career Honors career-high tying 10 free throws and career-best 15 free throw attempts. UMass/Dinn Brothers Co-Athlete of the Week (Feb. 21, 2007) • In first start since Dec. 22 at Kentucky, scored 13 points on 5-of-7 from the floor and added four rebounds at Charlotte (1/28). 2006-07 Atlantic 10 Preseason Second Team (Lindy’s, Sport- • Double-figures in six games in a row (Jan. 2-21) -- all off the bench -- with a 16.5 average in those six games. • Over three games from Jan. 18-24, averaged 8.0 rebounds. ing News, CBS Sportsline) • Netted 19 points for second game in a row vs. Duquesne (1/21), had season-best nine rebounds, also made all eight free throws. 2006-07 A-10 Newcomer Of The Year (Lindy’s Sporting News) • Tallied second-most points at UMass with 19 at Xavier (1/18), also grabbed eight rebounds and had four assists. 2006-07 A-10 Transfer Of The Year (Athlon, Dick Vitale) • Shot a career-best 5-of-7 from the 3-point line and tallied 18 points in season-high 35 minutes vs. Temple (1/13). • Netted 16 points including career-best 10-of-12 from the free-throw line (83.3 pct.) vs. George Washington (1/10). • Tallied double-figures for the second game in a row with 12 at La Salle (1/6), added four rebounds, two assists, two steals. • Off the bench vs. Miami (1/2) had team-best tying 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting, five rebounds, three asissts and two blocks. • Came off the bench for the second time vs. Yale (12/28) and played just 12 minutes, scoring four points and grabbing five boards. • Had seven points and tied for team high with seven rebounds at Kentucky (12/22). • Career-high eight assists vs. Central Connecticut (12/9) with just one turnover. Scored 11 points as he played point for much of the game. • Despite tough shooting night, scored 11 points and grabbed seven rebounds against Boston College (12/2). • Scored 10 points, grabbed five rebounds and three blocks at Savannah State (11/28).• 20 points at Jacksonville State (11/25/06). • Tallied 11 points and tied career-high with four blocks vs. St. Francis, N.Y. (11/22). • 13 points, three rebounds and three assists vs. Northeastern (11/19). Tallied 12 points at No. 4/5 Pittsburgh (11/18). • Scored 15 points to tie for team lead against Oakland (11/17) along with five rebounds and four assists. • Made UMass debut with 17 points and six rebounds vs. Dartmouth (11/11), first points came on a put-back dunk. PERSONAL Gary Orlando Forbes ... Born February 25, 1985 in Panama ... son of Ana Maria and Roberto Forbes ... Brother of Anthony, Derek, Eño, Roberto Jr. and Kadeem ... Has diabetes ... Majoring in Economics. 2006-07 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct O-D Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts 11/11 DARTMOUTH 1-1 29 8-11 .727 0-2 .000 1-4 .250 2-4 6 1 3 3 1 1 17 11/17 vs. Oakland 1-1 27 6-11 .545 2-6 .333 1-2 .500 0-5 5 1 4 3 1 3 15 11/18 at No. 4/5 Pittsburgh 1-1 35 4-15 .267 3-6 .500 1-2 .500 1-5 6 4 1 3 0 0 12 11/19 vs. Northeastern 1-1 30 5-11 .455 1-2 .200 2-3 .667 1-2 3 1 3 1 0 2 13 11/22 ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) 1-1 28 3-6 .500 1-4 .250 4-5 .800 0-3 3 1 4 6 4 2 11 11/25 at Jacksonville State 1-1 32 6-10 .600 1-3 .333 7-10 .700 1-4 5 1 3 3 0 1 20 11/28 at Savannah State 1-1 28 2-10 .200 0-4 .000 6-8 .750 0-5 5 0 2 1 3 2 10 12/2 BOSTON COLLEGE 1-1 33 4-17 .235 1-5 .200 2-6 .333 3-4 7 4 1 1 1 1 11 12/6 at Boston Univ. 1-1 26 0-4 .000 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 1-4 5 1 1 4 1 0 2 12/9 vs. Central Conn. 1-0 34 5-15 .333 0-3 .000 1-2 .500 1-3 4 3 8 1 0 1 11 12/13 at Louisville 1-1 33 2-9 .222 0-3 .000 1-5 .200 1-8 9 3 5 5 0 0 5 12/22 at Kentucky 1-1 27 3-9 .333 0-2 .000 1-4 .250 3-4 7 4 2 1 0 1 7 12/28 YALE 1-0 12 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 1-4 5 1 1 2 0 2 4 1/2 MIAMI (Fla.) 1-0 25 6-8 .750 1-1 1.000 3-3 1.000 1-4 5 3 3 1 2 1 16 1/6 at La Salle* 1-0 22 4-7 .571 0-1 .000 4-5 .800 0-4 4 4 2 1 0 2 12 1/10 GEO. WASHINGTON* 1-0 22 3-6 .500 0-1 .000 10-12 .833 1-1 2 3 2 2 1 0 16 1/13 TEMPLE* 1-0 35 6-13 .462 5-7 .714 1-4 .250 2-5 7 2 4 3 0 1 18 1/18 at Xavier* 1-0 33 8-16 .500 1-5 .200 2-2 1.000 2-6 8 4 4 4 0 0 19 1/21 DUQUESNE* 1-0 26 5-11 .455 1-3 .333 8-8 1.000 4-5 9 1 2 2 0 1 19 1/24 at Rhode Island* 1-0 14 2-6 .333 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1-1 2 5 0 1 0 0 4 1/28 at Charlotte* 1-1 28 5-7 .714 1-2 .500 2-5 .400 2-2 4 4 2 4 0 0 13 2/3 RICHMOND* 1-1 36 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 10-15 .667 1-15 16 1 3 1 1 0 16 2/8 RHODE ISLAND* 1-1 34 9-17 .529 2-3 .667 2-4 .500 2-7 9 1 3 2 0 1 22 2/11 at Temple* 1-1 36 10-23 .435 3-6 .500 8-8 1.000 6-8 14 1 1 2 0 1 31 2/15 at Fordham* 1-1 23 5-11 .455 1-2 .500 0-2 .000 1-2 3 2 1 2 0 1 11 2/18 at Dayton* 1-1 37 8-16 .500 4-7 .571 3-6 .500 3-2 5 1 4 2 0 0 23 2/21 ST. BONAVENTURE* 1-1 20 2-10 .200 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 4-6 10 1 1 0 0 1 5 2/24 SAINT LOUIS* 1-1 32 5-13 .384 0-2 .000 3-4 .750 1-4 5 0 3 4 0 4 13 2/28 LA SALLE* 1-0 9 1-4 .250 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3/3 at Saint Joseph’s* 1-1 28 5-8 .625 0-1 .000 3-4 .750 1-1 2 3 2 4 0 0 13 3/8 vs. Saint Louis (A-10) 1-1 36 4-12 .333 2-4 .500 3-6 .500 0-7 7 0 1 2 0 0 13 3/13 ALABAMA (NIT) 1-1 38 4-15 .267 1-5 .200 2-3 .667 2-4 6 3 2 4 1 0 11 3/15 at West Virginia (NIT) 1-1 31 6-13 .462 1-3 .333 2-3 .667 2-2 4 0 3 4 0 1 15 CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2003-04 Virginia 31 17 724 23.4 93 216 .431 16 58 .276 35 69 .507 41 82 123 4.0 66 2 46 59 28 30 237 7.6 2004-05 Virginia 29 4 651 22.4 108 232 .466 20 67 .299 38 65 .585 41 77 118 4.1 79 4 25 51 19 18 274 9.4 2006-07 33 23 939 28.5 151 354 .427 32 98 .327 96 150 .640 51 142 193 5.8 65 1 81 79 16 31 430 13.0 TOTALS 93 44 2314 24.9 352 802 .439 68 223 .305 169 284 .595 133 301 434 4.7 210 7 152 189 63 79 941 10.1 www.umassathletics.com 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND • 41 Career Highs 5 Ricky HARRIS Category # Opponent, Date Points 14 St. Bonaventure, 2/21/07 Field Goals 5 Duquesne, 1/21/07 G • 6-2 • 175 • Fr. • Baltimore, Md. • Calvert Field Goals Att. 8 at Savannah State, 11/28/06 Hall College H.S./Winchendon School (Mass.) 8 at Kentucky, 12/22/06 8 Saint Louis, 2/24/07 3-Point FGs 2 at Jacksonville State, 11/25/06 2006-07 SEASON (FRESHMAN) 2 at Savannah State, 11/28/06 • Averaged 4.5 points in true freshman season as top scoring player off the bench in 10.8 2 at Louisville, 12/13/06 minutes per game, playing in 32 of 33 games. 2 Duquesne, 1/21/07 • Made 16 of last 18 free throws (89 percent) to raise free throw percentage from 56 percent to 67 percent. 3-Point FG Att. 5 at Savannah State, 11/28/06 • Fourth on the team in 3-pointers made with 17. 5 at Rhode Island, 1/24/07 • Tallied seven points in seven minutes including 5-of-6 from the line in NIT First Round win over Alabama (3/13). 5 Alabama, 3/13/07 • Scored seven points, all in the first half in A-10 regular-season clincher at Saint Joseph’s (3/3). Free Throws 7 St. Bonaventure, 2/21/07 • Fifth game of the year in double-figures with 10 points against La Salle (2/28). • Scored seven points in 14 minutes vs. Saint Louis (2/24). Free Throw Att. 7 St. Bonaventure, 2/21/07 • After two scoreless games poured in a career-high 14 points vs. St. Bonaventure (2/21), made 7-of-7 from the foul line. 7 at Kentucky, 12/22/06 • Tallied six points in eight minutes at Temple (2/11). Rebounds 4 Duquesne, 1/21/07 • Scored 28 points in three games (9.3 ppg) from Jan. 21-28, after being scoreless for five games in a row. Assists 3 Duquesne, 1/21/07 • Played sensational defense in helped to hold Leemire Goldwire of Charlotte (1/28) to just one made field goal while he Blocks 1 at Boston Univ., 12/9/06 guarded him in career-best 26 minutes. Also scored five points as he made a pair of free throws with 3:02 left to give Steals 2 at Kentucky, 12/22/06 UMass the lead for good in 66-61 win. Minutes 26 at Charlotte, 1/28/07 • Netted 10 points for second straight game in double-figures at Rhode Island (1/24). Bold denotes career high tied or set in the 06-07 season. • After not scoring in five games in a row, tied his career-high with 13 points vs. Duquesne (1/21). Set new career-best in the game with five field goals made (on six attempts), four rebounds, three assists and 18 minutes. Miscellaneous Statistics • Tallied four points vs. Yale (12/28) in just nine minutes of action. Catergory 06-07 Car. Last Time... • Combined for 21 points in two games in Kentucky including career-high 13 points at Kentucky (12/22). Scored 13 points Double-Figure Scoring 5 5 La Salle, 2/28/07 in just 16 minutes at UK. 25-plus points 0 0 • Led UMass in scoring at halftime at Louisville (12/13) with all of his eight points in the game. Made three 3-pointers in 17 minutes of action. 20-plus points 0 0 • Scored nine points at Savannah State (11/28) as he made a pair of 3s and was 3-of-3 from line. 10-plus rebounds 0 0 • Scored eight points in eight minutes on 3-of-4 at Jacksonville State (11/25), including first two 3-pointers. Double-Double 0 0 • Made college debut vs. Dartmouth (11/11) and scored eight points. BEFORE UMASS • Signed a National Letter of Intent with UMass on April 12, 2006 ... Comes to UMass after playing a prep season at The Winchendon School in Winchendon, Mass ... He graduated from powerhouse Calvert Hall College High School in Baltimore, Maryland in 2005 ... Harris has had a standout season at Winchendon in 2005-06, averaging 17.0 points while shooting 43 percent from 3-point range and 81 percent from the foul line ... He helped the Green Wave to the NEPSAC Championship game on the way to a 19-14 record under head coach Mike Byrnes, who played basketball for the Minutemen in the late 1980s ... Harris scored a season-high 33 points against Philadelphia Lutheran at the Prep Showcase in November 2005 ... Harris was a high school star at Calvert Hall where he earned Baltimore Catholic League Co-Player of the Year honors in 2005 playing for head coach Mark Amatucci ... He was honored as All-Baltimore Metro and All-Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) as a junior and senior ... He was named to the Baltimore’s Sun’s All-Metro Second Team as senior. Harris averaged 23.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals as a senior ... finished as Calvert Hall’s third all-time leading scorer behind 2002 Maryland All-American and current Toronto Raptor Juan Dixon and Reggie Bryant who starred at Villanova and Saint Louis. PERSONAL Ricky Dontae Harris ... Born on August 12, 1987 in Baltimore, Maryland ... Son of Donna Evette Harris and Ricky Lee Harris ... Brother of Derrick and Riquelle Harris ... Undeclared major. 2006-07 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct O-D Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts 11/11 DARTMOUTH 1-0 12 3-5 .600 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 1 8 11/17 vs. Oakland 1-0 8 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 2-5 .400 0-2 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 11/18 at No. 4/5 Pittsburgh DNP-CD 11/19 vs. Northeastern 1-0 8 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11/22 ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) 1-0 8 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/25 at Jacksonville State 1-0 8 3-4 .750 2-2 1.000 0-1 .000 1-2 3 2 0 0 0 1 8 11/28 at Savannah State 1-0 16 2-8 .250 2-5 .400 3-3 1.000 0-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 12/2 BOSTON COLLEGE 1-0 7 0-3 .000 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12/6 at Boston Univ. 1-0 7 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 12/9 vs. Central Conn. 1-0 4 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12/13 at Louisville 1-0 17 2-5 .400 2-4 .500 2-4 .500 0-2 2 2 1 0 0 0 8 12/22 at Kentucky 1-0 16 4-8 .500 1-3 .333 4-7 .429 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 2 13 12/28 YALE 1-0 9 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 4 1/2 MIAMI 1-0 2 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/6 at La Salle* 1-0 7 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/10 GEO. WASHINGTON* 1-0 5 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1/13 TEMPLE* 1-0 6 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1/18 at Xavier* 1-0 10 0-4 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1/21 DUQUESNE* 1-0 18 5-6 .833 2-2 1.000 1-2 .500 0-4 4 2 3 0 0 0 13 1/24 at Rhode Island 1-0 14 4-7 .571 2-5 .400 0-2 .000 0-2 2 2 0 1 0 1 10 1/28 at Charlotte* 1-0 26 1-7 .143 1-5 .200 2-2 1.000 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 5 2/3 RICHMOND* 1-0 5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0-0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 2/8 RHODE ISLAND* 1-0 16 1-4 .250 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 2/11 at Temple* 1-0 8 2-5 .400 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2/15 at Fordham* 1-0 9 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1-0 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 2/18 at Dayton* 1-0 12 0-4 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1-1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2/21 ST. BONAVENTURE* 1-0 21 3-7 .429 1-3 .333 7-7 1.000 2-1 3 0 2 0 0 0 14 2/24 SAINT LOUIS* 1-0 14 2-8 .250 1-4 .250 2-2 1.000 0-1 1 2 0 2 0 0 7 2/28 LA SALLE* 1-0 12 4-5 .800 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 0-2 2 0 1 1 0 1 10 3/3 at Saint Joseph’s* 1-0 14 3-5 .600 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-1 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 3/8 vs. Saint Louis (A-10) 1-0 11 2-4 .500 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 3/13 ALABAMA (NIT) 1-0 7 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 5-6 .833 0-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 7 3/15 at West Virginia (NIT) 1-0 10 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2006-07 32 0 347 10.8 45 124 .363 17 67 .254 38 57 .667 5 26 31 1.0 32 0 16 17 1 12 145 4.5 06-07 UMASSbasketball 42 • 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND Career Highs 10 Tiki MAYBEN Category # Opponent, Date Points 12 Dartmouth, 11/11/06 Field Goals 5 Dartmouth, 11/11/06 G • 6-2 • 180 • Fr. • Troy, N.Y. • Troy H.S. 5 Boston College, 12/2/06 Field Goals Att. 10 Boston College, 12/2/06 2006-07 SEASON (FRESHMAN) 3-Point FG 2 at Louisville, 12/13/06 •Joined the UMass basketball team for the 2006-07 season after attending the school in 2005-06 3-Point FG Att. 4 St. Francis (N.Y.), 11/22/06 where he worked to meet academic standards which made him eligible. Free Throws 2 Dartmouth, 11/11/06 • Preseason Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team. 2 Duquesne, 1/21/07 • Started first 12 games at point guard and has played in 31 of 33 overall. Playing 17.5 minutes per game. Free Throw Att. 4 Dartmouth, 11/11/06 • Fourth in the Atlantic 10 in assists with 4.1 per game. Was first in the A-10 in assists until late January. 4 vs. Northeastern, 11/19/06 • Averaging 2.9 points and fifth on team in steals with 24. 4Yale, 12/28/06 • Has led or tied for team lead in assists 11 times. 4 Duquesne, 1/21/07 • Has 11 games with five or more assists. Rebounds 5 St. Bonaventure, 2/21/07 • Handed out game-high eight assists, along with four points vs. St. Bonaventure (2/21). Assists 11 Dartmouth, 11/11/06 • Hit clutch 3-pointer at Dayton (2/18) to give UMass a 12-point lead with 6:26 left in regulation as he scored four points. Blocks 1 Duquesne, 1/21/07 • Played 20 minutes and had six assists with four points vs. Duquesne (1/21). • Had a key tip-in to tie the Xavier (1/18) game with 7:17 left at 62-62, the final time the game would be even. Steals 4 at Boston U., 12/6/06 •Returned to action vs. George Washington (1/10) and handed out six assists in 22 minutes, also had three points. Minutes 31 Dartmouth, 11/11/06 • Came off bench for first time at Yale (12/28) and posted second-career double-figure scoring game with 10 points, also Bold denotes career high tied or set in the 06-07 season. had four assists. Made a clutch 3-pointer with 0:01 left in first half to give UMass eight-point halftime lead. • Nailed two 3-points in first 2:20 at Louisville (12/13) after coming into game 1-of-17 for the year beyond arc. Miscellaneous Statistics • Handed out eight assists in win over Central Connecticut (12/9). Catergory 06-07 Car. Last Time... • Had a season-high four steals in win over Boston University (12/6). Double-Figure Scoring 3 3 Yale, 12/28/06 • Shot a season-best 5-for-10 from the floor to score 10 points against Boston College ... Added nine assists to just four 25-plus points 0 0 turnovers nearly matching his season-best assist total for a game ... Scored the first basket of the second-half against 20-plus points 0 0 the Eagles with his first dunk of the season. 10-plus assists 1 1 Dart., 11/11/06 • After scoring eight total points in a five-game span, scoring eight points at Savannah State (11/28). 5-plus assists 11 11 La Salle, 2/28/07 • Hit first collegiate 3-pointer and handed out six assists against St. Francis, N.Y. (11/22). 10-plus rebounds 0 0 • Six assists and three steals vs. Northeastern (11/19). Double-Double 1 1 Dart., 11/11/06 • Five assists at No. 4/5 Pittsburgh (11/18). • Named Atlantic 10 Co-Rookie of the Week on Nov. 12. • Made stunning debut with UMass, handing out 11 assists and scoring 12 points vs. Dartmouth (11/11). Assists tied the Career Honors Mullins Center single-game record set by Monty Mack in 1998. Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week (Nov. 12, 2006) 2006-07 Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Rookie Team 2005-06 • Sat out the season while attending UMass where he took classes to meet academic standards. BEFORE UMASS • Led Troy High School as a senior with 21.9 points per game and 10.0 assists ... Led the Flying Horses to the Section 2 Class AA Semifinals ... Invited to compete for the 2004 USA East Team in the USA Youth Developmen Festical ... Coming out of high school, rated the nation’s ninth-best point guard and 58th-best overall player by Rivals.com ... Played AAU basket- ball for the Albany City Rocks along with current Minuteman Rashaun Freeman under Coach Jim Hart ... Starred for the City Rocks, earning a starting spot as young as 15-year old ... Originally signed to attend Syracuse in 2004. PERSONAL • Emanuel Lateek Mayben ... Nickname “Tiki” comes from middle name ... Son of Anita Mayben ... Brother of Dellaena (29), Yahaan (28), Sharoya (14), Torrin (5), Jakhia (3) ... Born April 27, 1987 ... Undeclared Major. 2006-07 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct O-D Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts 11/11 DARTMOUTH 1-1 31 5-9 .556 0-3 .000 2-4 .500 0-1 1 2 11 3 0 2 12 11/17 vs. Oakland 1-1 16 0-3 .000 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 4 4 6 0 0 0 11/18 at No. 4/5 Pittsburgh 1-1 27 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 11/19 vs. Northeastern 1-1 20 2-3 .667 0-1 .000 1-4 .250 1-0 1 4 6 4 0 3 5 11/22 ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) 1-1 25 1-6 .167 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0-1 1 1 6 3 0 1 3 11/25 at Jacksonville State 1-1 27 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-1 1 2 3 4 0 1 0 11/28 at Savannah State 1-1 21 4-5 .800 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 2 1 3 0 1 8 12/2 BOSTON COLLEGE 1-1 30 5-10 .500 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 4 2 9 4 0 2 10 12/6 at Boston Univ. 1-1 26 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0-0 0 2 3 5 0 4 1 12/9 vs. Central Conn. 1-1 18 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 1-0 1 2 8 2 0 1 2 12/13 at Louisville 1-1 12 2-4 .500 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 1-1 2 3 0 1 0 0 6 12/22 at Kentucky 1-1 15 0-4 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 12/28 YALE 1-0 22 4-8 .500 1-3 .333 1-4 .250 0-2 2 3 4 6 0 1 10 1/2 MIAMI (Fla.) 1-0 16 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 2 4 1 0 0 2 1/6 at La Salle* DNP-CD 1/10 GEO. WASHINGTON* 1-0 19 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1-2 3 5 6 4 0 1 3 1/13 TEMPLE* 1-0 14 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0-2 2 0 4 3 0 1 1 1/18 at Xavier* 1-0 15 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 1/21 DUQUESNE* 1-0 20 1-4 .250 0-1 .000 2-4 .500 0-2 2 2 6 5 1 2 4 1/24 at Rhode Island* 1-0 7 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1/28 at Charlotte* 1-0 14 0-4 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1-1 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 2/3 RICHMOND* 1-0 6 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 2 3 1 3 0 0 0 2/8 RHODE ISLAND* 1-0 12 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 1-2 .500 1-2 3 3 3 1 0 0 1 2/11 at Temple* 1-0 20 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 2 1 3 3 0 1 4 2/15 at Fordham* 1-0 18 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 0-2 2 1 4 2 0 1 0 2/18 at Dayton* 1-0 10 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 1-2 .500 0-1 1 1 2 0 0 0 4 2/21 ST. BONAVENTURE* 1-0 21 2-5 .400 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-5 5 2 8 2 0 0 4 2/24 SAINT LOUIS* 1-0 15 1-4 .250 0-1 .000 1-3 .333 0-1 1 2 2 0 0 0 3 2/28 LA SALLE* 1-0 16 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 2 5 2 0 0 1 3/3 at Saint Joseph’s* 1-0 5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3/8 vs. Saint Louis (A-10) 1-0 10 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 3/13 ALABAMA (NIT) DNP-CD 3/15 at West Virginia (NIT) 1-0 16 1-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 1 5 1 0 1 2 CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2006-07 31 12 544 17.5 36 98 .367 5 34 .147 12 33 .364 8 35 43 1.4 57 1 127 82 1 24 89 2.9 www.umassathletics.com 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND • 43 Career Highs 13 Stephane LASME Category # Opponent, Date Points 24 Boston College, 12/2/06 F • 6-8 • 220 • Sr. • Libreville, Gabon • Leon MBA Field Goals 9 Temple, 1/13/07 2006-07 SEASON (SENIOR) 9 at Xavier, 1/18/07 • 2006-07 Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year (since at UMass since Marcus Camby in Field Goals Att. 14 vs. St. Peter’s, 12/27/05 1996), First-Team All-Conference, All-Defensive Team. 2006-07 NABC All-District First-Team Selection Field Goal Pct..900 Temple, 1/13/07 • Senior tri-captain with Rashaun Freeman and Brandon Thomas. Free Throws 14 vs. Duquesne, 3/5/05 • THIRD player in NCAA history to have FOUR triple-doubles in a same season: vs. St. Francis on Nov. 22 (19 pts, 10 Free Throw Att.14 vs. Duquesne, 3/5/05 reb, 11 blocks); vs. GW on Jan. 10 (23 pts, 15 reb, 11 blocks); vs. Rhode Island (18 pts, 12 reb, 11 blk) and vs. La F. Throw Pct.14-14 vs. Duquesne, 3/5/05 (School Record) Salle on Feb. 28 (17 pts, 10 reb, 10 blocks). He joins Jason Kidd (Cal in 1994) and Michael Anderson (Drexel in 1986). Rebounds 17 Duquesne, 1/21/07 • One of two players to rank in the Top 25 in the nation in three major statistical categories along with Ohio State’s Greg Oden. Lasme is second in blocks, 13th in field goal pct. and tied for 20th in rebounding. Offensive Reb. 11 Duquesne, 1/21/07 • With 399 career blocks stands tied for 18th in all-time blocks in NCAA history tied with Jim McIlvaine (399 at Marquette). Defensive Reb. 15 Yale, 12/18/06 • First all-time at UMass in career blocked shots with 399, passing Marcus Camby (336) on Jan. 28 at Charlotte. Assists 4 vs. Fordham, 1/19/05 • Leading active shot blocker in the nation with 399. Also leading returning shot blocker in the nation in 2006-07. Blocks 11 St. Francis (N.Y.), 11/22/06 (School Rec) • Second in the nation and first in the A-10 in blocked shots with 5.1 per game. Leader is Mickell Gladness of Alabama A&M (6.3). 11 G. Washington, 1/10/07 (School Rec) • Second in the nation in total blocked shots this season with 168, Mickell Gladness of Alabama A&M has 188. 11 Rhode Island, 2/8/07 (School Rec.) • Has more blocks than 315 teams in Division I (only 21 teams of 336 have more blocks than Lasme himself). • Has more blocks individually than 13 of the 14 teams in the Atlantic 10 with 156 -- only UMass (243) has more. Steals 4 at Saint Joseph’s, 1/12/05 • Best single-season in blocks in UMass history with 168, Camby’s former record was 128, broken at Fordham (2/15) with seven blocks. Minutes 40 at St. Bonaventure, 1/26/05 • Reached the fifth-best season in just 15 games with 74. • His 168 blocked shots are the most by a senior in a season in UMass history. 40 vs. Saint Louis, 3/8/07 • With 500 field goal attempts, finished second in career field goal percentage at UMass (59.5). Bold denotes career high tied or set in the 06-07 season. • Led Atlantic 10 and UMass with 9.5 rebounds per game which ranks first in the A-10 and 20th in NCAA. • Second on team in scoring at 13.5 ppg and 61.1 percent from floor. Led A-10 in defensive rebounding at 5.81 per game. Miscellaneous Statistics • In A-10 games averaged team-best 15.1 points, 9.6 rebounds and 5.6 blocks per game. Leads A-10 in rebounds & blocks in A-10 games. Catergory 06-07 Car. Last Time... • Tallied 14th and final double-double of the year at West Virginia (3/15) in NIT Second Round with 14 points and 14 rebounds. • In NIT First Round win over Alabama (3/13) on ESPN had team-high 21 points and nine blocked shots. Double-Figure Scoring 22 42 at W. Virginia, 3/15/07 • Played career-high tying 40 minutes vs. Saint Louis (3/8) in A-10 Tournament, grabbed 13 rebounds and scored eight points. 20-plus points 3 5 Temple, 1/13/07 • Helped UMass secure A-10 regular-season title at Saint Joseph’s (3/3) with 11 points, nine rebounds and four blocks. 5-plus blocks 17 32 Alabama, 3/13/07 • Fourth triple-double came vs. La Salle (2/28) with 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 blocks. Just third in NCAA history with four in a season. 7-plus blocks 10 15 Alabama, 3/13/07 • Efficienct with 8-of-9 from the floor for game-high 17 points along with three rebounds and just one block in 20 minutes vs. St. Bona (2/21). 10-plus blocks 4 4 La Salle, 2/28/07 • Third double-double in four games with 14 points and 12 rebounds at Dayton (2/18), moved into Top 25 in career blocks in NCAA history. 10-plus rebounds 17 28 at W. Virginia, 3/15/07 • Posted 11th double-double of the year with 18 points and 10 rebounds at Fordham (2/15), also added seven blocks. His monster stuff off a behind-the back pass from Brandon Thomas was the No. 7 Play of the Day on SportsCenter that night. Double-Double 14 22 at W. Virginia, 3/15/07 • Netted 17 points hitting 6-of-7 field goals at Temple (2/11), also had four rebounds and three blocked shots. Triple-Double 4 4 La Salle, 2/28/07 • Third triple-double with 18 points, 12 rebounds and 11 blocks vs. Rhode Island (2/8). Had ESPN SportsCenter No. 4 Play of Day that night. Career Honors • Honored before Richmond (2/3) game for setting UMass career blocks record, finished with eight points, five rebounds. 2006-07 ATLANTIC 10 PLAYER OF THE YEAR • Set career blocks record with a swat early in the second half at Charlotte (1/28), with three blocks along with 12 points and nine rebounds. • Tied Marcus Camby’s career record for blocked shots with seven at Rhode Island (1/24) to stand at 336.Scored eight points. 2006-07 Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year • Corraled career-high 17 rebounds (including career-best 11 offensive rebounds) vs. Duquesne (1/21) along with 14 points and five blocks. 2006-07 Atlantic 10 First Team All-Conference • Made career-best nine field goals for the second game in a row as he finished with 18 points, nine rebounds at Xavier (1/18). 2006-07 NABC All-District I First Team • Named Dick Vitale’s National Player of the Week, A-10 Player of the Week and UMass Athlete of the Week after his averaged 22 points, 13 2006-07 Atlantic 10 All-Defensive Team rebounds and 8.5 blocks in two wins through Jan. 13. ESPN SportsCenter No. 7 Play of the Day (Feb. 15, 2007) • Made a career-high nine field goals (9-of-10, career-best .900) as he finished with 21 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks vs. Temple (1/13). In Atlantic 10 Co-Player of the Week (Feb. 11, 2007) the second-half alone, Lasme had 17 points, seven rebounds and all six blocks. ESPN SportsCenter No. 4 Play of Day (Feb. 8, 2007) • Posted second triple-double of the season and his career vs. George Washington (1/10) with 23 points, 15 rebounds and UMass-record tying 11 Dick Vitale’s Player of the Week (Jan. 15, 2007) blocked shots. Also made 9-of-12 from the foul line after being around 50 percent most of the season. Dick Vitale All-Human Eraser Team • Had a monster 100th career game at La Salle (1/6) with a near-triple-double of 17 points, 13 rebounds and nine blocked shots. His nine blocks Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (Jan. 15, 2007) in the game moved him over 300 career swats and to the fifth-best single-season at UMass with 74 through 15 games. UMass/Dinn Brothers Athlete of the Week (Nov. 26, 2006) •Had 10 points, seven blocks and five rebounds vs. Miami (1/2), including nine points, six blocks and all five boards in the second half. Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (Nov. 26, 2006) • Grabbed a 16 rebounds vs. Yale (12/28) including Mullins Center record 15 defensive rebounds. Also scored eight and blocked seven. 2006-07 Atlantic 10 Preseason Third Team, All-Defensive Team • Posted his fifth double-double of the season with 19 points and 14 rebounds against Central Connecticut (12/9). • Scored in double-figures for the sixth time this season with 12 points at Boston University (12/6). 2006-07 Atlantic 10 “Best Shot-Blocker” (Street & Smith’s) • Vs. Boston College (12/2) scored a career-high 24 points on 8-for-11 shooting and 8-for-10 from the free throw line, posted a double-double with 11 rebounds. 2006-07 Atlantic 10 “Best Defender” (Sporting News) • A-10 Player of the Week and UMass/Dinn Brothers Athlete of Week on Nov. 26 after averaging 12.7 points, 10.7 rebounds and 5.7 blocks. 2005-06 Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year • Had second triple-double in UMass history vs. St, Francis, N.Y. (11/22), as he had 19 points, 10 rebounds and school-record 11 blocked 2005-06 Atlantic 10 All-Defensive Team shots. Al Skinner had other on 12/28/73. Shot 8-of-10 from the floor and had eight blocks in second half, alone. UMass/Dinn Brothers Co-Athlete of the Week (Jan. 1, 2006) • Named to All-Classic Team at the Colonial Classic after he averaged 11.7 points, 11.3 rebounds and 3.3 blocks in the three games. Atlantic 10 Player of the Week (Jan. 1, 2006) PERSONAL Panasonic Holiday Festival All-Tourn. Team (Dec. 28, 2005) • Name is pronounced steph-ON LAZZ-me ... Yann Stephane Lasme … Son of Onanga and Liliane Lasme … Born December 17, 1982, in Port-Gentil, Gabon … Majoring in Biology ... Fluent in several languages including French, English and his native dialect in Gabon. UMass Career Block Shots • Is the only native of Gabon playing Division I basketball in the entire country. Member of Gabon National Team. 1. STEPHANE LASME (2003-PRESENT) 399 2006-07 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 2. Marcus Camby (1993-96) 336 Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct O-D Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts 11/11 DARTMOUTH 1-1 21 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 2-4 6 3 0 2 5 3 7 11/17 vs. Oakland 1-1 29 4-5 .800 0-0 .000 3-5 .600 4-10 14 2 1 1 5 0 11 11/18 at No. 4/5 Pittsburgh 1-1 29 7-10 .700 0-0 .000 3-6 .500 2-7 9 4 1 3 2 0 17 11/19 vs. Northeastern 1-1 25 1-6 .167 0-0 .000 5-8 .625 4-7 11 3 3 3 3 0 7 11/22 ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) 1-1 35 8-10 .800 0-0 .000 3-5 .600 1-9 10 3 0 3 11 2 19 11/25 at Jacksonville State 1-1 19 4-6 .667 0-0 .000 3-7 .429 4-7 11 4 0 1 3 1 11 11/28 at Savannah State 1-1 23 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1-3 .333 3-3 6 3 1 6 5 0 3 12/2 BOSTON COLLEGE 1-1 36 8-11 .727 0-0 .000 8-10 .800 6-5 11 4 2 1 3 2 24 12/6 at Boston Univ. 1-1 25 4-6 .667 0-0 .000 4-5 .800 1-4 5 4 1 0 3 0 12 12/9 vs. Central Conn. 1-1 36 8-11 .727 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 6-8 14 2 0 1 3 1 19 12/13 at Louisville 1-1 22 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 4-6 .667 2-6 8 4 0 1 3 1 6 12/22 at Kentucky 1-1 31 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 6-6 1.000 1-2 3 5 1 4 5 2 8 12/28 YALE 1-1 34 4-10 .400 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-15 16 3 1 6 7 1 8 1/2 MIAMI (Fla.) 1-1 27 4-11 .364 0-0 .000 2-7 .286 5-0 5 4 0 2 7 1 10 1/6 at La Salle* 1-1 34 7-9 .778 0-0 .000 3-8 .375 5-8 13 4 1 3 9 0 17 1/10 GEO. WASHINGTON* 1-1 34 7-11 .636 0-0 .000 9-12 .750 2-13 15 2 3 3 11 1 23 1/13 TEMPLE* 1-1 28 9-10 .900 0-0 .000 3-5 .600 5-6 11 4 2 2 6 0 21 1/18 at Xavier* 1-1 38 9-13 .692 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 7-2 9 4 2 2 2 0 18 1/21 DUQUESNE* 1-1 33 5-9 .556 0-0 .000 4-8 .500 11-6 17 2 0 3 5 2 14 1/24 at Rhode Island* 1-1 33 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1-4 5 4 0 2 7 0 8 1/28 at Charlotte* 1-1 27 4-4 1.000 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 1-8 9 3 1 2 3 1 12 2/3 RICHMOND* 1-1 32 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 2-3 .667 1-4 5 4 1 3 1 2 8 2/8 RHODE ISLAND* 1-1 31 6-9 .667 0-0 .000 6-10 .600 5-7 12 3 1 3 11 1 18 2/11 at Temple* 1-1 30 6-7 .857 0-0 .000 5-6 .833 3-1 4 5 0 3 3 1 17 2/15 at Fordham* 1-1 35 7-11 .636 0-0 .000 4-6 .667 4-6 10 3 0 1 7 0 18 2/18 at Dayton* 1-1 36 6-12 .500 0-0 .000 2-5 .400 6-6 12 4 0 1 5 0 14 2/21 ST. BONAVENTURE* 1-1 20 8-9 .889 0-0 .000 1-4 .250 3-0 3 2 1 3 1 2 17 2/24 SAINT LOUIS* 1-1 30 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 3-5 .600 4-5 9 4 0 1 4 1 9 2/28 LA SALLE* 1-1 32 5-9 .556 0-0 .000 7-10 .700 4-6 10 0 2 0 10 1 17 3/3 at Saint Joseph’s* 1-1 30 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 5-8 .625 5-4 9 2 1 4 4 2 11 3/8 vs. Saint Louis (A-10) 1-1 40 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 6-7 13 4 1 0 2 0 8 3/13 ALABAMA (NIT) 1-1 38 7-11 .636 0-0 .000 7-9 .778 4-2 6 5 0 5 9 1 21 3/15 at West Virginia (NIT) 1-1 38 7-15 .467 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 7-7 14 4 1 4 3 0 14 CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2003-04 29 2 386 13.3 39 72 .542 0 0 .000 15 34 .441 52 48 100 3.4 69 1 11 33 51 10 93 3.2 2004-05 28 28 649 23.2 65 114 .570 0 0 .000 47 67 .701 74 74 148 5.3 92 7 33 51 72 28 177 6.3 2005-06 28 27 816 29.1 109 179 .609 0 0 .000 76 121 .628 83 112 195 7.0 96 6 31 54 108 21 294 10.5 2006-07 33 33 1010 30.6 165 270 .611 0 0 .000 117 188 .622 126 189 315 9.5 111 3 28 79 168 29 447 13.5 TOTAL 118 90 2861 24.2 378 635 .595 0 0 .000 255 410 .622 335 423 758 6.4 368 17 103 217 399 88 1011 8.6 06-07 UMASSbasketball 44 • 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND Career Highs 14 Chris LOWE Category # Opponent, Date Points 19 Richmond, 2/3/07 19 Alabama, 3/13/07 G • 6-0 • 160 • So. • Mount Vernon, N.Y. • Field Goals 8 Alabama, 3/13/07 Field Goals Att. 16 at La Salle, 1/29/06 Mount Vernon H.S. 3-Point FG 2 Four times, last 2006-07 SEASON (SOPHOMORE) Alabama, 3/13/07 • Named Atlantic 10’s Preseason “Best Passer” by Street & Smith’s. 3-Point FG Att. 7 at La Salle, 1/29/06 • Starting point guard in 19 of the last 20 games (didn’t start on Senior Night). UMass is 14-5 in those Free Throws 11 Richmond, 2/3/07 games. Overall, averaged 25.1 minutes, in 32 total games with 21 total starts. Free Throw Att.12 Richmond, 2/3/07 • Averaged 7.0 points and 4.2 assists, third in the A-10. Fourth in league in assist-to-turnover ratio 1.84-to-1. Rebounds 8 Saint Joseph’s, 1/11/06 • In A-10 games, averaged 7.9 points and 5.13 assists, second among players in conference games. Also second in league in best Assists 9Temple, 1/21/06 assist-to-turnover ratio in conference games at 2.83-to-1 per game. 9 Charlotte, 2/22/06 • In NIT Second Round, had eight points, five assists and three steals. Blocks 1 Nine times, • Game-winning runner in lane with 1.6 seconds left to lift UMass to NIT First Round win over Alabama (3/13) on ESPN. Play was No. 3 Play of the Day. Tied career-high with 19 points, making career-best eight field goals along with career-best five steals. last at Dayton, 2/18/07 • Fifth game of the season with double-figures, scoring 11 points in A-10 Tournament First Round vs. Saint Louis (3/8). Steals 5 Alabama, 3/13/07 • Made play of the game as he stole the ball from D.J. Rivera with 3:17 left and had a lay-up-and-free throw to give UMass the lead Minutes 42 Alabama, 3/13/07 they would never give up as the Minutemen clinched the A-10 regular-season title at Saint Joseph’s (3/3), finished with eight points. Bold denotes career high tied or set in the 06-07 season. • Posted season-high eight assists along with four points vs. La Salle (2/28). • Tallied nine points including a key 3-pointer with 3:30 left to give UMass a three-point lead vs. Saint Louis (2/24). • Driving swooping under-handed lay-up was the No. 2 Play of the Day on ESPN SportsCenter as well as ESPN’s Call of the Day on Feb. Miscellaneous Statistics 15, 2007. Catergory 06-07 Car. Last Time... • In return to his home area at Fordham (2/15), had seven points, five assists and five rebounds including that sensational play. Double-Figure Scoring 69Alabama, 3/13/07 •Had eight points, six assists, six rebounds and just one turnover vs. Rhode Island (2/8). 20-plus points 00 • Scored career-high 19 points vs. Richmond (2/3), as he made career-best 11-of-12 free throws. •Played great defense at Charlotte (1/28) as he helped limit 49ers to season-low 3-point field goals made and attempted. Also had 10-plus assists 00 six points and four assists with zero turnovers. 5-plus assists 15 29 at W. Virginia, 3/15/07 •Nine points, seven assists and three steals at Rhode Island (1/24). Double-Double 00 • Tied career-high in points for the second time in five games with 14 points vs. Duquesne (1/21) had six assists in the win. • Despite not scoring at Xavier (1/18), handed out seven assists, grabbed six rebounds and had just one turnover. • Nine points, six assists against Temple (1/13). Career Honors • Tallied seven points and handed out seven assists vs. George Washington (1/10). ESPN SportsCenter No. 3 Play of the Day (Mar. 13, 2007) • In season-best 34 minutes at La Salle (1/6), tied his career-high with 14 points and handed out season-best six assists along with ESPN SportsCenter No. 2 Play of the Day (Feb. 15, 2007) career-high tying three steals. ESPN Call of the Day (Feb. 15, 2007) • Drew second start vs. Yale (12/28) and played just 16 minutes with first-half foul trouble, did hand our team-best five assists. • In 25 minutes at Kentucky scored nine points, handed out team-best four assists and had career-high three steals. 2006-07 A-10 Preseason Best Passer by Street & Smith’s • Played 26 minutes and helped UMass down the stretch with eight points at Louisville (12/13). Had a key fast-break coast-to-coast 2005-06 Atlantic 10 Rookie Team drive and hoop to put UMass ahead 57-53 late in game. Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week (Jan. 22, 2006) • Made his first start of the season vs. Central Connecticut (12/9). Shared backcourt duties with Tiki Mayben who also started. Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week (Dec. 25, 2005) • Posted a season-high six assists while comitting just two turnovers in win at Boston University (12/6). 2005-06 Preseason Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team • Fourth-career game in double-figures with 10 points including 5-of-6 from the foul line at Jacksonville State (11/25). • Six points and three assists at No. 4/5 Pittsburgh (11/18). • In return, played 24 minutes, scored four points and handed our four assists vs. Oakland (11/17). • Did not play in opener vs. Dartmouth (11/11) as he served a suspension for a violation of team rules. 2005-06 SEASON (FRESHMAN) • 2005-06 Atlantic 10 Rookie Team. Won league’s Rookie of the Week twice (Dec. 25 and Jan. 22). • Team’s only pure point guard leads team in assists with 137 (4.9 per game, to rank No. 1 in the A-10 as a freshman. PERSONAL • Christopher Charles Lowe Jr. ... Born on July 17, 1987 ... Son of Christopher Lowe Sr. and Sonya Griffin ... Brother of Brianna Cromartie (14) ... Undeclared major. 2006-07 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct O-D Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts 11/11 DARTMOUTH DNP-Susp 11/17 vs. Oakland 1-0 24 2-7 .286 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 1-1 2 1 4 4 1 1 4 11/18 at No. 4/5 Pittsburgh 1-0 24 1-5 .200 0-2 .000 4-5 .800 0-1 1 3 3 0 1 0 6 11/19 vs. Northeastern 1-0 20 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-1 2 0 2 5 0 0 0 11/22 ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) 1-0 17 2-5 .400 0-2 .000 2-4 .500 0-1 1 3 1 0 0 0 6 11/25 at Jacksonville State 1-0 19 2-6 .333 1-1 1.00 5-6 .833 0-0 0 0 1 2 0 0 10 11/28 at Savannah State 1-0 21 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 1-3 .333 1-2 3 2 2 6 0 2 3 12/2 BOSTON COLLEGE 1-0 16 1-4 .250 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-1 1 3 2 1 0 0 3 12/6 at Boston Univ. 1-0 19 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 3 6 2 1 2 2 12/9 vs. Central Conn. 1-1 16 2-5 .400 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 12/13 at Louisville 1-0 26 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 0-2 2 1 3 2 0 0 8 12/22 at Kentucky 1-0 25 4-6 .667 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0-2 2 0 4 3 0 3 9 12/28 YALE 1-1 16 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0-3 3 2 5 3 0 1 3 1/2 MIAMI (Fla.) 1-1 23 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 1-3 4 2 3 5 0 1 2 1/6 at La Salle* 1-1 34 4-6 .667 1-2 .500 5-6 .833 0-0 0 2 6 2 0 3 14 1/10 GEO. WASHINGTON* 1-1 29 2-4 .500 0-1 .000 3-4 .750 0-1 1 4 7 1 0 1 7 1/13 TEMPLE* 1-1 28 3-7 .429 2-3 .667 1-2 .500 0-3 3 1 6 2 0 0 9 1/18 at Xavier* 1-1 25 0-4 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-6 6 1 7 1 0 0 0 1/21 DUQUESNE* 1-1 28 5-7 .714 1-2 .500 3-3 1.000 0-0 0 3 6 3 0 0 14 1/24 at Rhode Island* 1-1 33 4-8 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-3 3 3 7 2 1 3 9 1/28 at Charlotte* 1-1 26 1-5 .200 1-2 .500 3-4 .750 1-2 3 3 4 0 0 0 6 2/3 RICHMOND* 1-1 34 4-5 .800 0-0 .000 11-12 .917 0-4 4 3 1 3 0 0 19 2/8 RHODE ISLAND* 1-1 28 4-10 .400 0-1 .000 0-2 .000 2-4 6 2 6 1 0 0 8 2/11 at Temple* 1-1 20 1-6 .167 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 2 4 4 3 0 1 2 2/15 at Fordham* 1-1 26 3-6 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-5 5 2 5 2 0 0 7 2/18 at Dayton* 1-1 28 1-4 .250 1-2 .500 3-6 .500 1-3 4 2 5 3 1 0 6 2/21 ST. BONAVENTURE* 1-1 17 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000 0-0 0 1 3 2 0 2 4 2/24 SAINT LOUIS* 1-1 23 3-9 .333 2-4 .500 1-2 .500 1-1 2 1 2 1 0 0 9 2/28 LA SALLE* 1-0 21 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 0-3 3 0 8 3 0 2 4 3/3 at Saint Joseph’s* 1-1 32 2-7 .286 0-2 .000 4-7 .571 0-2 2 3 5 0 0 1 8 3/8 vs. Saint Louis (A-10) 1-1 33 4-11 .364 1-4 .250 2-2 1.000 0-1 1 2 5 4 0 0 11 3/13 ALABAMA (NIT) 1-1 42 8-11 .727 2-3 .667 1-2 .500 3-4 7 2 6 4 0 5 19 3/15 at West Virginia (NIT) 1-1 29 3-4 .750 0-1 .000 2-4 .500 0-1 1 3 5 1 0 3 8 CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2005-06 28 15 868 31.0 47 134 .351 5 18 .278 55 80 .688 13 66 79 2.8 75 3 137 90 4 18 154 5.5 2006-07 32 21 803 25.1 73 174 .420 16 46 .348 63 92 .685 12 63 75 2.3 65 0 134 73 5 34 225 7.0 TOTAL60361671 27.9 120 308 .390 21 64 .328 118 172 .686 25 129 154 2.6 140 3 271 163 9 52 379 6.3 www.umassathletics.com 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND • 45 Career Highs 20 Danté MILLIGAN Category # Opponent, Date Points 11 Saint Joseph’s, 1/11/06 Field Goals 5 Saint Joseph’s, 1/11/06 F • 6-9 • 215 • RJr. • New York, N.Y. • 5 at Florida State, 2/12/06 5 at Jacksonville State, 11/25/06 Trinity Pawling H.S./Pittsburgh Field Goals Att. 8 vs. Saint Peter’s, 12/27/05 2006-07 SEASON (R-JUNIOR) 8 La Salle, 2/8/06 • Big man off the bench, averaging 3.3 points and 2.5 rebounds in 9.6 minutes per game in 32 games. 3-Point FG 1 Coppin State, 12/18/04 • Over last nine games of the season, had averages of 5.4 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. 1 Saint Joseph’s, 1/11/06 • Posted second game of the year in double-figures with 10 points in NIT Second Round at West Virginia (3/15). 3-Point FG Att. 1 Coppin State, 12/18/04 • Had a huge game with nine points and seven rebounds in A-10 clinching game at Saint Joseph’s (3/3). 1 vs. Saint Peter’s, 12/27/05 • Made all three shots for six points, along with six rebounds vs. La Salle (2/28). 1 Saint Joseph’s, 1/11/06 • Over three games (Feb. 15-21) is averaged 7.0 points and 7.7 rebounds in 18.3 minutes of action. Free Throws 5 Richmond, 2/3/07 • Continued strong play with six points and four rebounds in 13 minutes vs. St. Bonaventure (2/21). Free Throw Att. 6 Richmond, 2/3/07 • Grabbed eight rebounds and had six points in 20 minutes at Dayton (2/18). Rebounds 11 at Fordham, 2/15/07 • On his 23rd birthday and playing before hometown friends and family in New York, grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds and scored Def. Rebounds 10 at Fordham, 2/15/07 nine points in win at Fordham (2/15). Also had two assists and two blocks. Assists 2 Siena, 12/23/05 • Played 12 minutes off the bench and scored four points against Rhode Island (2/8). 2 at Fordham, 2/15/07 • Made career-high five free throws on career-best six attempts for all five points vs. Richmond (2/3). Blocks 4 Dayton, 2/25/06 • Made a field goal on four attempts in just six minutes vs. Temple (1/13). Steals 2 vs. Saint Peter’s, 12/27/05 • Scored first points in three games on a driving lay-up vs. George Washington (1/10). 2 Dayton, 2/25/06 • Equaled season-best with six rebounds in just 12 minutes vs. Yale (12/28) including four offensive boards. Scored four points as well. 2 at Jacksonville State, 11/25/06 • Third career game in double-figures with 10 points at Jacksonville State (11/25) including 5-of-6 from the floor. Minutes 24 La Salle, 2/8/06 • Four points against Northeastern (11/19) before fouling out. • Returned to Pittsburgh to play in Colonial Classic, where he played against his former team, No. 4/5 Pitt (11/18). Had one field Bold denotes career high tied or set in the 06-07 season. goal and two rebounds vs. Panthers. • In opener vs. Dartmouth (11/11), had six rebounds and four points in 17 minutes. Miscellaneous Statistics 2005-06 SEASON (R-SOPHOMORE) Catergory 06-07 Car. Last Time... • Played in 22 games after becoming eligible for the Siena (12/23), which was his first game since Dec. 18, while at Pittsburgh. Double-Figure Scoring 24at W. Virginia, 3/15/07 • Had at least five rebounds in six of his first seven games this season. Overall, has nine games with five or more rebounds playing 20-plus points 00 13.8 minutes per game. Also scoring 3.3 points per game. Grabbing 4.0 rebounds per game, which ranked third on the team. 10-plus rebounds 11at Fordham, 2/15/07 • Averaged 11.5 rebounds and 9.5 points over 40-minute span. 5-plus rebounds 615at St. Joseph’s, 3/3/07 • In return to Pittsburgh, where his college career began, scored career-high nine points along with six rebounds at Duquesne (1/7). Double-Double 00 • In his return to New York and Madison Square Garden, played 22 minutes vs. St. Peter’s (12/27) an had five points and six rebounds. • In his debut vs. Siena (12/23) posted seven points, eight rebounds and two blocks in 20 minutes . • Sat out the first six games of the season after transferring from Pittsburgh as he became eligible after the first semester ended. 2004-05 SEASON (SOPHOMORE AT PITTSBURGH & UMASS) • Joined the UMass men's basketball team as a transfer from the University of Pittsburgh in January 2005, and enrolled at UMass for the spring 2005 semester. Worked out and practiced with UMass late in the season after recovering from a hand injury. • Sat out the 2003-04 season as a redshirt, but practiced and traveled with the Panthers as they reached the NCAA Sweet 16. PERSONAL • Danté A. Milligan ... Born on February 15, 1984 in New York, N.Y. ... Son of Ruby Milligan ... Brother of the late Alonzo Milligan, who passed away in June 2005 in a random shooting in East Harlem ... Alonzo Milligan Mentorship Award was given out at Panasonic Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden in rememberance of his late brother ... Majoring in Sport Management. 2006-07 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct O-D Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts 11/11 DARTMOUTH 1-0 17 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-5 6 4 0 2 1 1 4 11/17 vs. Oakland 1-0 13 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 1-0 1 4 1 2 1 1 0 11/18 at No. 4/5 Pittsburgh 1-0 15 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-1 2 1 0 3 0 0 2 11/19 vs. Northeastern 1-0 10 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 2-2 .1000 0-1 1 5 0 1 1 1 4 11/22 ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) 1-0 8 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 11/25 at Jacksonville State 1-0 19 5-6 .833 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 1-2 3 4 1 2 0 2 10 11/28 at Savannah State 1-0 11 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1-1 2 3 1 2 1 0 2 12/2 BOSTON COLLEGE 1-0 6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12/6 at Boston Univ. 1-0 5 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1-0 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 12/9 vs. Central Conn. 1-0 3 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 12/13 at Louisville 1-0 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 12/22 at Kentucky DNP-CD 12/28 YALE 1-0 12 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 4-2 6 3 0 1 0 1 4 1/2 MIAMI (Fla.) 1-0 7 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1/6 at La Salle* 1-0 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/10 GEO. WASHINGTON* 1-0 3 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1/13 TEMPLE* 1-0 6 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0-4 .000 2-0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1/18 at Xavier* 1-0 2 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1/21 DUQUESNE* 1-0 2 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1/24 at Rhode Island* 1-0 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1/28 at Charlotte* 1-0 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2/3 RICHMOND* 1-0 9 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 5-6 .833 1-1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 2/8 RHODE ISLAND* 1-0 12 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-1 3 3 0 0 2 0 4 2/11 at Temple* 1-0 7 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 2/15 at Fordham* 1-0 22 4-7 .571 0-0 .000 1-3 .333 1-10 11 3 2 1 2 0 9 2/18 at Dayton* 1-0 20 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 4-4 8 2 1 2 0 1 6 2/21 ST. BONAVENTURE* 1-0 13 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 2-5 .400 2-2 4 2 0 1 2 1 6 2/24 SAINT LOUIS* 1-0 11 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2/28 LA SALLE* 1-0 11 3-3 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3-3 6 2 0 1 2 0 6 3/3 at Saint Joseph’s* 1-0 20 4-6 .667 0-0 .000 1-4 .250 2-5 7 3 0 0 1 1 9 3/8 vs. Saint Louis (A-10) 1-0 12 0-4 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 3/13 ALABAMA (NIT) 1-0 8 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 2-0 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 3/15 at West Virginia (NIT) 1-0 15 4-6 .667 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 2-0 2 5 1 0 0 1 10 CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2004-05 Pitt 5 0 23 4.6 3 9 .333 1 2 .500 0 4 .000 3 3 6 1.2 4 0 1 5 2 0 7 1.4 2005-06 22 1 303 13.8 29 64 .453 1 2 .500 13 26 .500 39 48 87 4.0 62 2 2 34 15 8 72 3.3 2006-07 32 0 307 9.6 41 83 .494 0 0 .000 22 47 .468 35 44 79 2.5 64 2 8 24 16 11 104 3.3 TOTAL591633 10.7 73 156 .468 1 4 .250 35 77 .454 77 95 172 2.9 130 4 11 63 33 19 183 3.1 06-07 UMASSbasketball 46 • 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND Career Highs 22 Etienne BROWER Category # Opponent, Date Points 19 at Maine 2/2/05 Rebounds 10 Three times (last vs. Northeastern F • 6-7 • 200 • RJr. • West Hempstead, N.Y. 2/20/05 Field Goals 7Twice (last at Maine 2/2/05) • West Hempstead H.S./Boston University Field Goal Att. 14 vs. Northeastern 2/20/05 2006-07 SEASON (R-JUNIOR) 3-pt FGM 4 vs. Canisius 12/23/04 • Versatile big man has played in 22 games overall during the season, starting five. Missed first seven games 3-pt FGA 7 vs. Canisius 12/23/04 of the season with a right ankle injury, which has hampered him during the season. Free Throws 5 vs. New Hampshire, 1/26/05 • Averaging 2.7 points per game average and 2.0 rebounds per game in 11.5 minutes per game. Free Throw Att. 9 vs. Stony Brook, 2/16/05 • Made a 3-pointer vs. Saint Louis (3/8) in the A-10 Tournament First Round. Assists 5 Miami (Fla.), 1/2/07 • After four games with no points, had four points and four assists vs. St. Bonaventure (2/21). Blocks 5 at New Hampshire 12/4/04 • Gave UMass the lead it would never give up with a 3-pointer midway in the second half at Charlotte (1/28), finished with seven points. Steals 3 vs. Hartford, 1/6/05 • Returned to starting line-up on his birthday and scored three points and had two rebounds at Rhode Island (1/24). Minutes 37 vs. Stony Brook, 2/16/05 • Nailed a key 3-pointer late vs, Duquesne (1/21). Bold denotes career high tied or set in the 06-07 season. • Returned action at Xavier (1/18) and canned two 3-pointers including one with 30 seconds left draw UMass within two points. • Re-injured his ankle against George Washington (1/10) and did not play against Temple (1/13). • Equalled season-best eight points in first 5:30 against George Washington (1/10), but did not score again in the game. Miscellaneous Statistics • Started and grabbed six rebounds, but did not score at La Salle (1/6). Catergory 06-07 Car. Last Time... • Scored five points and handed out career-best five assists against Miami (1/2) in 25 minutes as starter. Double-Figure Scoring 014at Georgetown, 3/16/05 • Made first UMass start vs. Yale (12/28) and played 21 minutes as he made two 3-pointers for his six points. 10-plus rebounds 03Northeastern, 2/20/05 • Showed first flashes of brillance at Louisville (12/13) as he scored eight points including clutch falling down jumper in second half. Double-Double 02Northeastern, 2/20/05 Also hit three free throws as he was fouled on a 3-pointer. • Made his UMass debut against Boston College (12/2) posting two rebounds and one assist. 2005-06 SEASON (JUNIOR) • Sat out as a redshirt due to NCAA transfer rules after coming to UMass from Boston University ... Practiced with the Minutemen ... Retained two years of eligibility at UMass. 2004-05 SEASON (SOPHOMORE AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY): Averaged 8.3 points and 5.4 rebounds for the Terriers in leading them to the NIT ... Started all 29 games ... Named to the 2004- 05 America East All-Conference Third Team ... Had 40 blocked shots as a sophomore, the seventh best mark in team history ... Tallied back-to-back double-doubles (the first two of his career) when he had 18 points and 10 rebounds vs. Stony Brook (2/16) and then 11 points and 10 boards vs Northeastern on (2/20) ... Played a career-high 37 minutes in the Stony Brook game ... Scored 12 of his career-high 19 points in the second half at Maine (2/2), marking the sixth time in his sophomore seasons he set a career scoring high ... Grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds vs. New Hampshire (1/26) He also had a career-best four assists in the game ... Scored 17 points at Stony Brook (1/22), as he shot 6-for-8 from the field ... Scored 17 points for the fourth time in 2004-05 vs. Canisius (12/23) ... Scored 12 points on 5-for-7 shooting at Harvard on (12/7), including a 2-for-3 effort from the three-point line, adding five rebounds, an assist, and a blocked shot ... Set a new career-high in scoring for the third straight game at New Hampshire (12/4) with 16 points, grabbed eight rebounds for the second time in three games, and had a career-high five blocked shots against the Wildcats. 2003-04 SEASON (FRESHMAN AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY): Played in 22 games, starting once and scoring 1.4 points per game ... Had season high with three rebounds against Hartford (2/7). PERSONAL Etienne Gyasi Xalbat Brower ... Born on Jan. 24, 1985 ... Son of Solange and Quinis Brower ... Father was a former Hofstra 2006-07University and proGAME-BY-GAME basketball player who STATISTICSwas drafted by the ABA's New York Nets ... Is an only child ... Majoring in Psychology. Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct O-D Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts 11/11 DARTMOUTH DNP-Inj. 11/17 vs. Oakland DNP-Inj. 11/18 at No. 4/5 Pitt DNP-Inj. 11/19 vs. Northeastern DNP-Inj. 11/22 ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) DNP-Inj 11/25 at Jacksonville State DNP-Inj. 11/28 at Savannah State DNP-Inj. 12/2 BOSTON COLLEGE 1-0 4 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 12/6 at Boston Univ. DNP-CD 12/9 vs. Central Conn. 1-0 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 12/13 at Louisville 1-0 14 2-2 1.000 1-1 1.000 3-3 1.000 1-1 2 4 2 2 1 1 8 12/22 at Kentucky 1-0 11 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 12/28 YALE 1-1 21 2-3 .667 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 2-2 4 3 2 3 2 0 6 1/2 MIAMI (Fla.) 1-1 25 2-5 .400 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 0 2 5 1 0 1 5 1/6 at La Salle* 1-1 17 0-4 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 3-3 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1/10 GEO. WASHINGTON* 1-1 18 3-6 .500 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 1-4 5 4 2 2 0 0 8 1/13 TEMPLE* DNP-Inj. 1/18 at Xavier* 1-0 13 2-4 .500 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 0-2 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 1/21 DUQUESNE* 1-0 12 1-6 .167 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 2-1 3 3 0 0 1 0 3 1/24 at Rhode Island* 1-1 21 1-7 .143 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 0-2 2 3 2 3 1 0 3 1/28 at Charlotte* 1-0 21 3-5 .600 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-4 4 3 2 1 1 1 7 2/3 RICHMOND* 1-0 7 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2/11 at Temple* 1-0 15 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 2/15 at Fordham* 1-0 1 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2/18 at Dayton* DNP-CD 2/21 ST. BONAVENTURE* 1-0 13 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 2 1 4 1 2 2 4 2/24 SAINT LOUIS* 1-0 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2/28 LA SALLE* 1-0 5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0-3 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 3/3 at Saint Joseph’s* DNP-CD 3/8 vs. Saint Louis (A-10) 1-0 6 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 3/13 ALABAMA (NIT) 1-0 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3/15 at West Virginia (NIT) 1-0 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BROWER’S CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2003-04 Boston Univ 22 1 165 7.5 11 31 .355 1 4 .250 7 9 .778 8 13 21 1.0 11 0 10 11 5 5 30 1.4 2004-05 Boston Univ. 29 29 731 25.2 87 203 .429 24 65 .369 43 61 .705 43 115 158 5.4 69 1 28 33 40 17 241 8.3 2006-07 22 5 254 11.5 20 53 .377 12 32 .375 7 9 .778 14 31 45 2.0 36 1 24 19 9 5 59 2.7 TOTAL73351150 15.8 118 287 .411 37 101 .366 57 79 .722 65 159 224 3.1 116 1 62 63 54 27 330 4.5 www.umassathletics.com 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND • 47 Career Highs 31 Luke BONNER Category # Opponent, Date Points 11 St. Bonaventure, 2/21/07 Field Goals 4 St. Bonaventure, 2/21/07 C • 7-1 • 245 • RSo. • Concord, N.H. • Field Goals Att. 6 St. Bonaventure, 2/21/07 6 New Hampshire, 12/21/04 Trinity H.S./West Virginia 3-Point FG 3 La Salle, 2/28/07 3-Point FGA 5 New Hampshire, 12/21/04 2006-07 SEASON (R-SOPHOMORE) Free Throws 6 Dartmouth, 11/11/06 • Reserve off the bench, playing 7.2 minutes per game in 31 games, with 1.6 points and 1.2 rebounds. Free Throw Att. 6 Dartmouth, 11/11/06 • After 22 points in his first 24 games, had 23 total points in three games (7.7 ppg) from Feb. 21-28. Rebounds 5 St. Bonaventure, 2/21/07 That included six 3-pointers after just one in his first 24 games. Assists 1 11 Times • Converted all three 3-point field goals in win over La Salle (2/28), also grabbed four rebounds in just 11 minutes. Blocks 3 St. Bonaventure, 2/21/07 • Made third 3-pointer in two games with a key trey against Saint Louis (2/24). Steals 1 at Jacksonville State, 11/25/06 • Career game vs. St. Bonaventure (2/21) with career-high 11 points, career-best five rebounds, three blocks. Made two 3- 1 at Boston College, 2/1/05 pointers to double his career total entering the game. Had just nine total points in previous 22 games. 1Pittsbugh, 2/5/04 • Scored on a sky hook shot in eight minutes at La Salle (1/6). Minutes 17 St. Bonaventure, 2/21/07 • Hit his first collegiate three-pointer at Boston University (12/6), hauled in three rebounds and blocked one shot in 13 minutes Bold denotes career high tied or set in the 06-07 season. of work. • Four rebounds and two points at Jacksonville State (11/25). • Career-best four rebounds along with three points vs. Northeastern (11/19). Miscellaneous Statistics • Made a sky hook against No. 4/5 Pitt (11/18) for his only basket of the game. Catergory 06-07 Car. Last Time... • In UMass debut had six points all from the foul line vs. Dartmouth (11/11). Double-Figure Scoring 11St. Bonaventure, 2/21/07 2005-06 SEASON (SOPHOMORE) 5-plus rebounds 11St. Bonaventure, 2/21/07 10-plus rebounds 00 • Sat out as a redshirt due to NCAA transfer rules after coming to UMass from West Virginia ... Practiced with the Minutemen ... Retains three years of eligibility at UMass. Double-Double 00 2004-05 SEASON (FRESHMAN AT WEST VIRGINIA): • Played in 22 games with the Mountaineers as they reached the Elite Eight ... Scored 23 points on the season and grabbed 22 rebounds ... Scored season-high of four against Notre Dame (1/19) ... Played season-best 11 minutes vs. Pittsburgh (2/5). BEFORE COLLEGE • Starred at Trinity in Manchester, New Hampshire under coach Frank Alosa ... Named New Hampshire High School Boys' Basketball Player of the Year by Gatorade in both 2003 and 2004 ... As a senior, he averaged 16 points, 17 rebounds, five assists and four blocks in leading his team to an undefeated season before being upset in the state semifinals ... Named to the Class L All-State second team. As a junior, he averaged 20 points, 16 rebounds, five blocks and three assists ... Earned Class L first-team All-State honors ... Named MVP of the 2002 Haverhill Christmas Classic and was selected to the All-Tournament team of the 2004 Hooters Holiday tournament ... Served team captain his junior and senior years ... Also played AAU basketball for the Granite State Raiders. PERSONAL • Luke James Bonner ... Born on March 28, 1985 ... Son of Paula and David Bonner ... Older brother Matt (25), plays for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs after a standout career at the University of Florida ... Matt also played professionally in Italy after being originally drafted by the Chicago Bulls ... Sister Becky (23) finished her basketball career at Boston University in 2004-05 after playing two years at Stanford ... Majoring in Business. • Maintains a Season Blog Update on UMassAthletics.com.

2006-07 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct O-D Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts 11/11 DARTMOUTH 1-0 16 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 6-6 1.000 0-1 1 4 1 0 0 0 6 11/17 vs. Oakland 1-0 11 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 0-1 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 11/18 at No. 4/5 Pittsburgh 1-0 12 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-0 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 11/19 vs. Northeastern 1-0 15 1-5 .200 0-1 .000 1-2 .500 3-1 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 11/22 ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) 1-0 6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 11/25 at Jacksonville State 1-0 12 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 2-5 .400 0-4 4 2 1 3 0 1 2 11/28 at Savannah State 1-0 14 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-1 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 12/2 BOSTON COLLEGE 1-0 5 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12/6 at Boston Univ. 1-0 13 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-3 3 3 0 0 1 0 3 12/9 vs. Central Conn. 1-0 2 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12/13 at Louisville 1-0 4 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12/22 at Kentucky 1-0 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 12/28 YALE 1-0 5 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1/2 MIAMI (Fla.) 1-0 3 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/6 at La Salle* 1-0 8 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 1/10 GEO. WASHINGTON* DNP-CD 1/13 TEMPLE* 1-0 1 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1/18 at Xavier* DNP-CD 1/21 DUQUESNE* 1-0 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1/24 at Rhode Island* 1-0 6 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1/28 at Charlotte* 1-0 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2/3 RICHMOND* 1-0 3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2/8 RHODE ISLAND* 1-0 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2/11 at Temple* 1-0 4 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2/15 at Fordham* 1-0 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-3 .333 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2/18 at Dayton* 1-0 1 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2/21 ST. BONAVENTURE* 1-0 17 4-6 .667 2-3 .667 1-2 .500 2-3 5 2 1 1 3 0 11 2/24 SAINT LOUIS* 1-0 11 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 2/28 LA SALLE* 1-0 11 3-3 1.000 3-3 1.000 0-0 .000 0-4 4 1 0 0 1 0 9 3/3 at Saint Joseph’s* 1-0 8 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 0-1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 3/8 vs. Saint Louis (A-10) 1-0 15 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 3-4 .750 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3/13 ALABAMA (NIT) 1-0 5 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 3/15 at West Virginia (NIT) 1-0 2 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 CAREER STATISTICS Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2004-05 WVU 22 0 92 4.2 7 28 .250 0 11 .000 9 11 .818 9 13 22 1.0 11 0 4 1 2 2 23 1.0 2006-07 31 0 222 7.2 13 44 .295 7 22 .318 16 28 .571 13 25 38 1.2 46 0 7 6 8 2 49 1.6 TOTALS 53 0 314 5.9 20 72 .278 7 33 .212 26 39 .667 22 38 60 1.1 57 0 11 7 10 4 72 1.4 06-07 UMASSbasketball 48 • 2006-07 UMASS NOTES • ATLANTIC 10 Regular-Season CO-CHAMPIONS • NIT 2ND ROUND Career Highs 34 James LIFE Category # Opponent, Date Points 55 Pasco-Hernando CC, 2/9/05 - JC 25 at George Washington, 2/15/06 G • 6-6 • 190 • Sr. • Fort Myers, Fla. • 25 Dayton, 2/25/06 Field Goals 20 Pasco-Hernando CC, 2/9/05 - JC Mariner H.S./Manatee C.C. 9 Dayton, 2/25/06 2006-07 SEASON (SENIOR) Field Goals Att. 32 Pasco-Hernando CC, 2/9/05 - JC • Sixth all-time at UMass in career 3-pointers made with 148, also sixth in career 3-point field goal 19 at Temple, 2/1/06 attempts at 425. 19 Dayton, 2/25/06 • Fifth-best single-season 3-pointers with 87 in UMass history. Sixth-most in 3-point attempts with 223. 19 vs. Xavier, 3/8/06 • Fourth on the team in scoring with 11.5 points per game making 43.5 percent of all shots (128-of-294). 19 Duquesne, 1/21/07 • Shooting a stellar 39.0 percent from 3-point range on 87-of-223, 12th in A-10. 3-Point FG 10 Pasco-Hernando CC, 2/9/05 - JC • Ranks sixth in the A-10 in 3-pointers made per game at 2.63. In A-10 games made 2.44 3FGs per game, 10th in league. 6 Boston University, 12/12/05 • Scored in double-figures in 19-of-33 games this season. 6 vs. Xavier, 3/8/06 • One of the best defenders on the squad as he leads team in steals with 48, 1.45 per game (sixth in A-10). 6 at Kentucky, 12/22/06 • Second game of the year with 20 points at NIT Second Round at West Virginia (3/15), making four 3-points; scoring 18 in second half. 6 Duquesne, 1/21/07 • Netted 12 points in NIT First Round win over Alabama (3/13), his third time in four games with 10 or more points. 3-Point FG Att. 14 Pasco-Hernando CC, 2/9/05 - JC •Tallied 12 points, making four 3-pointers in A-10 First Round vs. Saint Louis (3/8). 16 Duquesne, 1/21/07 • On Senior Night, broke out of slump with 17 points including 11 in the first seven minutes vs. La Salle (2/28). Hit five 3-pointers. Free Throws 6 La Salle, 2/8/06 • Made go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:38 and make game-winning pair of free throws with 15 seconds left for only five points of the 6 at George Washington, 2/15/06 game against Saint Louis (2/24). • Scored just 43 points in eight games (5.4) from Jan. 28-Feb. 24 with most vs. Richmond (2/3), at Dayton (2/18) with nine in each game. Free Throw Att. 6 La Salle, 2/8/06 • Averaged 16.7 points in nine games with double-figures in each game from Dec. 22 through Jan. 24. 6 at George Washington, 2/15/06 • Hit five 3-pointers and scored 19 points at Rhode Island (1/24). Rebounds 6 Fordham, 1/18/06 • Netted season-best 24 points including career-high tying six made 3-pointers. Scored 17 points in the first half alone. 6 Rhode Island, 2/4/06 • Scored 10 points at Xavier (1/18), also had four rebounds and two steals. Assists 5 Dayton, 2/25/06 • Tallied 16 points, making 4-of-7 from 3-pointers against Temple (1/13). Also had four assists. Blocks 2 La Salle, 2/8/06 •Netted 11 points making 3-of-6 from 3-point land, also had three steals for fifth time this year vs. George Wasington (1/10). 2 at Kentucky, 12/22/06 •Fourth game in a row in double-figures with 16 points at La Salle (1/6), also three steals for fourth time this season. Steals 3 Six Times (last G. Wash, 1/10/07) • Scored 14 points, for third game in a row with double-figures against Miami (1/2). Minutes 38 Alabama, 3/13/07 • Led UMass in scoring first the second game in a row with 16 points along with career-high tying three steals vs. Yale (12/28). Bold denotes career high tied or set in the 06-07 season. • Tallied season-best 24 points at Kentucky (12/22), making UMass career-high tying six 3-pointers. • Had nine points on three three-pointers and had two assists vs. Central Connecticut State (12/9). Miscellaneous Statistics • Scored eight points on a tough shooting night (3-for-10) against Boston College (12/2). Catergory 06-07 Car. Last Time... • Playing before friends and family from nearby Florida, tallied 13 points at Savannah State (11/28). Double-Figure Scoring 19 34 at W. Virginia, 3/15/07 • Scored 11 points including 5-of-9 from the floor at Jacksonville State (11/25). 25-plus points 02Dayton, 2/25/06 • Cooled down with just four points vs. St. Francis, N.Y. (11/22), did not make a 3-pointer in win. 20-plus points 26at W. Virginia, 3/15/07 • Registered season-best 19 points vs. Northeastern (11/19), giving him a 16.7 average at the Colonial Classic. • Netted 15 points for season game in a row at No. 4/5 Pitt (11/18), making 4-of-5 from 3-point land. 5-plus 3FGs 58La Salle, 2/28/07 •Tallied all 15 points on the first half vs. Oakland (11/17) making all six shots of the half, including three 3-pointers. 5-plus rebounds 25La Salle, 2/28/07 • Scored 17 points in opener vs. Dartmouth (11/11) including five 3-pointers. 5-plus assists 01Dayton, 2/25/06 2005-06 SEASON (JUNIOR) Career Honors • Team’s second-leading scorer at 11.3 points per game, made team-high 61 3-pointers. Led team with 82.3 from free throw line. 2005 Second-Team National Junior College All-American • Averaged 17.4 points per game over seven games (Jan. 25-Feb. 15). Scored 19.0 over five games (Feb. 1-15). 2005 FCCAA Player of the Year 2004-05 SEASON (SOPHOMORE AT MANATEE C.C.) 2005 NJCAA Region VII Player of the Year • 2005 Second-Team National Junior College All-American (NJCAA) at Manatee Community College in Bradenton, Fla. ... One of the 2005 Florida State Player of the Year most decorated junior college players in the nation as he was third in the nation in scoring 25.4 points per game ... School's all-time 2005 Suncoast Conference Player of the Year scoring leader (1,341) as well as holding career marks in scoring average (22.5), three-point field goals (179), free throws made (286). 2005 FCCAA All-State First Team PERSONAL 2005 NJCAA All-Region VIII Team • James Jimmy Life ... Born on Oct. 19, 1983 in Jamaica, N.Y. ... Son of Myrna Flores ... Majoring in Sociology ... Will marry his longtime girlfriend Kiera in September 2007 ... Has an eclectic wardrobe or suits featuring a wide variety of colors with yellow and purple ones. 2006-07 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS Date Opponent G-GS Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct O-D Reb PF Ast TO Blk Stl Pts 11/11 DARTMOUTH 1-1 28 5-8 .625 5-7 .714 2-2 1.000 1-1 2 2 3 2 0 0 17 11/17 vs. Oakland 1-1 28 6-8 .750 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 11/18 at No. 4/5 Pittsburgh 1-1 26 4-6 .667 4-5 .800 3-4 .750 0-0 0 2 1 2 0 0 15 11/19 vs. Northeastern 1-1 32 7-11 .636 4-8 .500 1-1 1.000 1-1 2 2 1 2 0 1 19 11/22 ST. FRANCIS (N.Y.) 1-1 28 1-5 .200 0-3 .000 2-2 1.000 1-3 4 1 2 1 0 3 4 11/25 at Jacksonville State 1-1 22 5-9 .556 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 2-2 4 2 1 1 0 2 11 11/28 at Savannah State 1-1 20 5-7 .714 2-4 .500 1-1 1.000 0-3 3 2 1 0 0 2 13 12/2 BOSTON COLLEGE 1-1 28 3-10 .300 2-8 .250 0-0 .000 1-2 3 3 1 2 0 1 8 12/6 at Boston Univ. 1-1 30 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 1-4 5 5 3 1 1 0 3 12/9 vs. Central Conn. 1-1 29 3-6 .500 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 0-1 1 3 2 1 0 2 9 12/13 at Louisville 1-1 31 2-6 .333 1-4 .250 1-2 .500 0-2 2 2 2 2 1 3 6 12/22 at Kentucky 1-1 32 8-16 .500 6-13 .461 2-2 1.000 2-1 3 3 0 1 2 1 24 12/28 YALE 1-1 33 6-11 .545 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 1-2 3 1 1 2 0 3 16 1/2 MIAMI (Fla.) 1-1 33 5-14 .357 2-9 .222 2-2 1.000 1-3 4 3 1 1 0 2 14 1/6 at La Salle* 1-1 32 4-14 .286 3-11 .272 5-6 .833 0-1 1 3 2 2 0 3 16 1/10 GEO. WASHINGTON* 1-1 33 4-7 .571 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 0-2 2 3 2 3 0 3 11 1/13 TEMPLE* 1-1 34 4-9 .444 4-7 .571 4-4 1.000 1-2 3 4 4 1 0 0 16 1/18 at Xavier* 1-1 28 4-11 .364 2-7 .286 0-2 .000 1-3 4 3 2 3 1 2 10 1/21 DUQUESNE* 1-1 29 8-19 .421 6-16 .375 2-2 1.000 2-2 4 4 1 4 0 1 24 1/24 at Rhode Island* 1-1 32 6-12 .500 5-10 .500 2-2 1.000 1-2 3 4 0 2 0 1 19 1/28 at Charlotte* 1-1 14 1-4 .250 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-1 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 2/3 RICHMOND* 1-1 35 3-10 .300 1-8 .125 2-2 1.000 0-0 0 3 1 0 0 3 9 2/8 RHODE ISLAND* 1-1 23 2-6 .333 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 0-3 3 3 3 0 0 0 5 2/11 at Temple* 1-1 17 2-5 .400 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 1-0 1 2 0 1 0 2 6 2/15 at Fordham* 1-1 26 2-8 .250 2-7 .286 0-0 .000 0-0 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 2/18 at Dayton* 1-1 28 2-8 .250 1-6 .167 4-4 1.000 0-1 1 3 0 0 0 2 9 2/21 ST. BONAVENTURE* 1-1 17 0-3 .000 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 2/24 SAINT LOUIS* 1-1 32 1-7 .143 1-5 .200 2-2 1.000 1-0 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 2/28 LA SALLE* 1-1 26 6-13 .462 5-12 .417 0-3 .000 1-4 5 3 1 1 0 3 17 3/3 at Saint Joseph’s* 1-1 24 2-6 .333 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 0 3 1 0 0 0 6 3/8 vs. Saint Louis (A-10) 1-1 33 4-10 .400 4-8 .500 0-0 .000 0-2 2 3 1 0 0 2 12 3/13 ALABAMA (NIT) 1-1 38 5-10 .500 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 2-0 2 3 2 3 0 1 12 3/15 at West Virginia (NIT) 1-1 36 7-13 .538 4-9 .444 2-2 1.000 0-3 3 2 0 2 0 2 20 CAREER STATISTICS (AT UMASS) Year GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2005-06 28 14 681 24.3 102 288 .354 61 202 .302 51 62 .823 18 45 63 2.3 60 0 31 49 5 27 316 11.3 2006-07 33 33 937 28.4 128 294 .435 87 223 .390 37 45 .822 22 51 73 2.2 81 1 43 44 7 48 380 11.5 TOTAL61471618 26.5 230 582 .395 148 425 .348 88 107 .822 40 96 136 2.2 141 1 74 93 12 75 696 11.4 www.umassathletics.com