MEN’S BASKETBALL Media Contact: John Sinnett // 413.687.2237 // [email protected] UMassAthletics.com // @UMassAthletics // @UMassBasketball // facebook.com/UMassBasketball TV: ELEVEN SPORTS, NESN // Digital: ESPN+ // Radio: WEEI 105.5 FM (Western Mass), 830 AM WCRN (Worcester), Tune-In App 2018-19 Schedule (2-0 Overall, 0-0 Atlantic 10) GAME 3: vs. HARVARD (2-0 Home, 0-0 Away, 0-0 Neutral) Tuesday, November 13, 2018 • 7:00 PM • Mullins Center Date Opponent Location Time vs. Oct. 30 Westfield State (Exh.) Amherst, Mass. W, 84-60 Nov. 6 UMass Lowell Amherst, Mass. (ES/NESN+) W, 83-75 Nov. 9 New Hampshire Amherst, Mass. W, 104-75 ELEVEN SPORTS, ESPN+, 105.5 FM WEEI @UMassBasketball Nov. 13 Harvard Amherst, Mass. (ES/NESN) 7 PM NESN NESNGo 2-0 1-1 Nov. 16 Howard^ Amherst, Mass. 7 PM Nov. 19 Arkansas-Pine Bluff^ Amherst, Mass. 7 PM UMASS MEN’S BASKETBALL - HARVARD PREVIEW Nov. 22 vs. Southern Illinois^ Las Vegas, Nev. (FS1) 1:30 PM (ET) • One of the burgeoning rivalries in Massachusetts is renewed again as the UMass men’s basketball team hosts Harvard on Tuesday Nov. 23 vs. Nevada/Tulsa^ Las Vegas, Nev. (FS1) 10 PM/12:30 AM (ET) night at the Mullins Center. The reborn series has been an exciting one since rebooting in 2012. This year’s edition will provide the Nov. 28 Quinnipiac Amherst, Mass. (ES/NESN) 7 PM Minutemen their toughest test so far after a 2-0 start to the season. Dec. 4 Holy Cross Amherst, Mass. (ES/NESN+) 7 PM • The game will be televised on ELEVEN SPORTS and NESN with Tim Neverett (play-by-play) and Frank Sullivan (analyst) calling the Dec. 7 at Providence Providence, R.I. (FS1) 7 PM action. ELEVEN is available to 55 million homes in HD on nationwide cable systems such as DIRECTV (channel 623), AT&T U-verse Dec. 12 at Temple Philadelphia, Pa. (ESPN3) 7 PM (1665), Verizon Fios (597), RCN (571), Atlantic Broadband (501), Hawaiian Telcom (1091), and Google Fiber (251). In addition, it is car- Dec. 21 Fairleigh Dickinson Amherst, Mass. 3:30 PM ried on Sony PlayStation Vue and Fubo.tv. Dec. 30 at Georgia Athens, Ga. (SEC) 6 PM Jan. 5 La Salle * Amherst, Mass. (NBCSN) 12:30 PM • The game will be streamed online via ESPN+ which is available on mobile, desktop and OTT devices such as Apple TV and Roku. Jan. 9 at Saint Louis * Saint Louis, Mo. (CBSSN) 8 PM (CT)/9 PM (ET) ESPN+ is a subscription service ($4.99 month/49.99 annually) which is the official home for all Atlantic 10 events plus many others. Jan. 13 at Dayton * Dayton, Ohio (NBCSN) 3:30 PM • On the radio airwaves, the game will be broadcast on the UMass Sports Network anchored by flagship station 105.5 FM WEEI and Jan. 16 George Mason * Amherst, Mass. (ES/NESN+) 7 PM online via the TuneIn App. New Voice of the Minutemen Jay Burnham will be joined courtside by former Minuteman Tim Collins. Jan. 19 at VCU * Richmond, Va. (NBCSN) 6:30 PM • Overall, UMass holds a 17-12 edge all-time against the Crimson which won last year’s meeting in Cambridge 70-67 in overtime. That Jan. 23 St. Bonaventure * Amherst, Mass. (ES/NESN) 7 PM snapped a three-game win streak for the Minutemen in the series dating back to 2014. All told, since resuming play in the series, all Jan. 27 Rhode Island * Amherst, Mass. (STADIUM) 2 PM five contests in that span have been decided by six-or-fewer points. The series originally began in the 1920s and the 1970s through Jan. 30 at La Salle * Philadelphia, Pa. 7 PM 1982. The schools played again in 1991 but not again until the 2012 resumption. Feb. 2 at Saint Joseph’s * Philadelphia, Pa. (NBCSN) 4:30 PM • Last season, the game featured a showdown between Luwane Pipkins (23 points, 7 rebounds) and Harvard guard Bryace Aiken (30 Feb. 6 Fordham * Amherst, Mass. (ES/NESN) 7 PM points). The nip-and-tuck game featured 18 lead changes and four ties with Pipkins scoring 11 of UMass’ last 17 points in regulation Feb. 9 Davidson * Amherst, Mass. (ES/NESN+) 1 PM including the overtime-forcing bucket. With eight seconds left in OT, Pipkins drilled a three-pointer to tie the game at 67-67, but Feb. 13 at George Mason * Fairfax, Va. 7 PM Aiken answered with the game-winning triple with two seconds to go. Feb. 20 at George Washington * Washington, D.C. 7 PM • UMass is led again this season by Pipkins who is the top returning scorer in the Atlantic 10 after notching 21.2 points per game last Feb. 23 Saint Joseph’s * Amherst, Mass. (ES) 2 PM year. He was named to the Atlantic 10 Preseason First Team after a breakout sophomore campaign. He is one of just six players in Feb. 26 Dayton * Amherst, Mass. (ES/NESN+) 7 PM Mar. 2 at Duquesne * Pittsburgh, Pa. 2 PM program history to average over 21 points a game in a single-season joining the likes of Julius Erving and Marcus Camby. He also Mar. 6 Richmond * Amherst, Mass. (ES/NESN) 7 PM became the 51st player in program history to eclipse 1,000 points for his career. Mar. 9 at Rhode Island * Kingston, R.I. 4 PM • Carl Pierre has increased his scoring production to 14.5 points through a pair of games, while Rashaan Holloway has proven a force in the paint averaging 12 points following his game-high 18 against New Hampshire. Curtis Cobb is also averaging double-figures * denotes Atlantic 10 Conference game; ^ denotes 2018 Las Vegas Holiday with 12 points after sitting out last year as a transfer, while Jonathan Laurent is just shy at 9.5 points a night. Invitational hosted at Orleans Arena; Bold games at the Mullins Center; All times • UMass shot the lights out last Friday in the 104-75 win against New Hampshire hitting 66.7 percent of its field goals. It was the first time Eastern Time; For tickets, call 866-UMASS-TIX, visit www.UMassAthletics.com or since 2006 against Dartmouth that the Minutemen hit 60 percent or better from the floor. It was also the best shooting performance stop by the Mullins Center Box Office since going 35-of-52 (67.3%) in a win at West Virginia in 1991. • Overall against the Wildcats, five different Minutemen scored in double figures led by 18 points on 9-of-11 shooting from Holloway. TV Key: ES – Eleven Sports Network; NESN/NESN+ – New England Sports Network; The starting five were particularly efficient hitting 22-of-30 field goals. Freshmen Tre Wood and Sy Chatman tallied 11 and 10 points, NBCSN – NBC Sports Network; CBSSN – CBS Sports Network; SEC - SEC Network; respectively, while Wood posted a game-high eight assists in 24 minutes. FS1 - Fox Sports One; Stadium - Stadium Network • For complete coverage of the UMass basketball team, follow the Minutemen on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at @UMassBasket- ball and online at www.UMassAthletics.com. NUMBERS TO KNOW Career points for Luwane Pipkins 2018-19 Projected Starting Line-Up And Reserves 1,048 highlighted by 678 in 2017-18. Pipkins # NAME POS. YR MPG PPG RPG (APG) [BLK] 2018-19 SEASON NOTES averaged 21.1 pts/game last season. 1 Jonathan Laurent F R-Jr. 23.0 9.5 4.5 9 points, 5 rebounds in win over New Hampshire Team’s shooting percentage against 2 Luwane Pipkins G Jr. 23.5 16.5 (5.0) A-10 Preseason First Team; 14 pts, 7 ast vs. UNH 66.7 UNH; best since hitting 67.3 percent in 12 Carl Pierre G So. 29.0 14.5 (2.5) Nation’s most accurate 3-pt shooting freshman (.468) in 2017-18 a 1991 win at West Virginia. 33 Curtis Cobb G R-Jr. 27.5 12.0 5.0 12 pts on 4-5FG and 3-3 3FG vs. New Hampshire 45 Rashaan Holloway C 5th 17.5 12.0 7.5 Game-high 18 pts (most since 19 at La Salle, 2/1/17) on 9-11FG Overall career wins in 3 years by head coach Matt McCall in his second sea- 63 RESERVES son at UMass. 0 Tre Wood G Fr. 14.0 5.5 (5.0) 11 pts, 8 ast, 2 stl (1TO) in win over New Hampshire Non-conference wins at the Mullins 3 Kieran Hayward G R-So. 9.0 5.5 1.5 9 pts on 3-5 3FG in win over New Hampshire Center since 2015-16. UMass is 22-3 22 4 Unique McLean G R-So. 8.0 2.0 1.0 Career-high 14 pts & 12 reb at Fordham (1/27/18) in that stretch of time. 5 Samba Diallo F Fr. 11.5 4.5 1.5 Perfect 6-of-6 from the free throw line vs. UNH The last 5 games with Harvard have 10 Sy Chatman C Fr. 19.0 6.5 3.0 10 pts on 4-4 FG & 2-2 FT with 2 BLK vs. New Hampshire been decided by 6-or-fewer points 6 13 Jaylin Franklin G Jr. --- --- --- Former team manager who earned walk-on spot in 2016-17 including last year’s 70-67 OT loss in 14 Khalea Turner-Morris C So. 6.0 0.0 [1.0] Career-high 4 reb in 8 minutes vs. Rhode Island (1/17/18) Cambridge. 20 Keon Clergeot G R-So. 18.0 6.0 4.5 Transfer from Memphis who sat out 2017-18 Atlantic 10 Championship titles for the 31 Randall West F R-Jr.