5 6 9 13 21 ATLANTIC 10 ATLANTIC 10 NCAA NIT ATLANTIC 10 TOURNAMENT REG. SEASON APPEARANCES APPEARANCES FIRST TEAM TITLES TITLES SELECTIONS BASKETBALL FOUR THINGS TO KNOW MEDIA CENTER Saturday, February 15 | 12:30 p.m. 1. Dayton leads the all-time series, 15-14, as the WATCH NBCSN Amherst, Mass. | Mullins Center teams square off for the second time this season. Play-by-play: Whit Watson UMass is in search of its first win vs. the Flyers Color: Dr. John Giannini Massachusetts since Feb. 3, 2018 after UD swept the series last season and picked up a win in January. (10-14, 4-7 Atlantic 10) LISTEN WEEI (105.5 FM) | WCRN (830 AM) | Tune-In App VS 2. Saturday marks the first time since the 2004-05 Play-by-play: Jay Burnham No. 6/6 Dayton season that UMass will square off against two AP Color: Adam Frenier (22-2, 11-0 Atlantic 10) top-10 teams in the same season. The Minutemen also took on then-No. 7 Virginia on Nov. 23. LIVE STATS UMassAthletics.com/MBBstats 2019-20 SCHEDULE 3. Tre Mitchell was named the A-10 Rookie of the Week for the second time this year on Monday. He SOCIAL MEDIA UMassAthletics.com averaged 23.0 points/game, including a 30-point Facebook /UMassBasketball OCTOBER (0-0, 0-0 Atlantic 10) 29 WESTERN NEW ENGLAND ! W, 83-47 night at URI, the most points for a UMass rookie Twitter @UMassBasketball since Rashaun Freeman had 31 on Feb. 28, 2004. Instagram @umassbasketball NOVEMBER (5-3, 0-0 Atlantic 10) YouTube /UMassAthletics 5 UMASS LOWELL W, 79-64 4. No. 6 Dayton is the highest ranked opponent Join the conversation using #Flagship 9 at Fairfield W, 62-60 to come to the Mullins Center since No. 2 Saint 12 NORTHEASTERN W, 80-71 Joseph’s on Feb. 25, 2004. 16 CENTRAL CONN. STATE ^ W, 89-43 20 RIDER ^ W, 82-72 PROBABLE STARTERS AND RESERVES (FROM LAST GAME) 23 vs. No. 7/6 Virginia ^ & L, 46-58 24 vs. St. John’s ^ & L, 63-78 29 at Rutgers L, 57-82 # NAME POS. YR MPG PPG RPG (APG) [BLK] {STL} NOTES 2 Preston Santos G/F Fr. 16.2 4.3 2.5 Season-high 17 points vs. GM (Feb. 9) DECEMBER (1-4, 0-0 Atlantic 10) 5 Samba Diallo F So. 26.7 6.8 6.2 Team-high three double-doubles 4 SOUTH CAROLINA L, 80-84 12 Carl Pierre G Jr. 33.7 13.1 3.5 61st in NCAA in 3pt FG made (63) 7 at Harvard L, 55-89 13 Kolton Mitchell G Fr. 12.9 1.4 (1.5) First career start vs. DUQ (Jan. 25) 11 YALE L, 80-83 (OT) 33 Tre Mitchell C Fr. 29.9 16.2 6.1 19.0 ppg, 5.9 rpg in last eight games 20 MAINE W, 74-53 RESERVES 30 at Akron L, 79-85 0 John Buggs III G Fr. 8.0 0.5 0.3 Out for the season with an injury 3 C.J. Jackson G/F Fr. 5.0 1.7 0.2 First career start at George Mason (Jan. 22) JANUARY (3-5, 3-5 Atlantic 10) 4 Keon Clergeot G R-Jr. 22.9 5.4 (1.9) Team-high 18 charges taken 5 at Saint Louis * L, 80-83 (OT) 10 Sean East II G Fr. 28.7 9.6 (4.7) t-63rd in NCAA in assists (113) 8 LA SALLE * W, 77-69 11 Djery Baptiste C Gr. 10.9 2.3 2.7 Last four games: 10.8 mpg, 6.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg 11 at No. 15/15 Dayton * L, 60-88 20 Davonte Higginbottom G Sr. 1.6 0.5 0.0 Walked on to team in summer 2019 15 vs. St. Bonaventure * L, 61-74 23 T.J. Weeks G Fr. 26.0 14.7 3.8 Out for the season with an injury 18 GEORGE WASHINGTON * L, 51-75 24 Dibaji Walker F So. 15.1 5.3 1.8 Career-high 22 points vs. SJU (Jan. 29) 22 at George Mason * L, 63-73 25 RV/RV DUQUESNE * W, 73-64 29 SAINT JOSEPH’S * W, 91-76 FEBRUARY (1-2, 1-2 Atlantic 10) 1 at Davidson * L, 50-85 4 at No. RV/RV Rhode Island * L, 67-73 9 GEORGE MASON * W, 69-67 15 No. 6/6 DAYTON * 12:30 p.m. 18 SAINT LOUIS * 7 p.m. 22 at Fordham * 4 p.m. 26 VCU * 7 p.m. 29 at Richmond * 6 p.m. MARCH (0-0, 0-0 Atlantic 10) 4 at La Salle * 7 p.m. 7 RHODE ISLAND * 7 p.m. ! Exhibition game * Atlantic 10 game ^ Air Force Reserve Tip Off Tournament & Played at Mohegan Sun Arena Home games in BOLD CAPS All times Eastern and subject to change CONTACTS: Matt Houde - [email protected]; (978)-766-2423; @matt_houde | Riley Ubben - [email protected]; (413)-687-3615 MASSACHUSETTS BASKETBALL SPOT CHART JOHN BUGGS III PTS REB MIN • Out of the season with an injury Freshman • Made his collegiate debut vs. UMass Lowell on Nov. 5 Guard 0.5 0.3 8.0 0 • Spent the 2018-19 season at Putnam Science 6-2 | 235 FG% 3FG% FT% Academy (Conn.), helping the Rebels to a 38-2 record Homer, La. .000 .000 .000 PRESTON SANTOS PTS REB MIN • Has started the last five games at small forward Freshman • Made his first collegiate start vs. Duquesne (Jan. 25), Guard | Forward 4.3 2.5 16.2 posting 15 points and 12 rebounds for his first career double-double 2 6-6 | 180 FG% 3FG% FT% Providence, R.I. • Played prep hoops at Woodstock Academy with .612 .435 .579 fellow UMass freshmen TJ Weeks and Tre Mitchell • Appeared in 13 games this season, and made his C.J. JACKSON PTS REB MIN collegiate debut vs. Northeastern (Nov. 12) Freshman 1.7 0.2 5.0 • Had a season-high 10 points on 4-of-9 shooting 3 Guard | Forward against Maine (Dec. 20) 6-6 | 185 FG% 3FG% FT% • Earned his first career start on Jan. 22 at George Atlanta, Ga. Mason .348 .308 .500 KEON CLERGEOT PTS AST MIN • Started 16 of 23 games he’s played this season R-Junior • Had a season-high 20 points on 7-of-8 shooting 5.4 1.9 22.9 4 Guard against CCSU on Nov. 16 6-1 | 185 FG% 3FG% FT% • Team-high 18 charges taken this season Winter Haven, Fla. .358 .263 .762 • Started 23 games, reaching double-figures eight SAMBA DIALLO PTS REB MIN times (career-high 19 points vs. SJU on Jan. 29) Sophomore 6.8 6.2 26.7 5 Forward • Has a team-high three double-doubles this season 6-7 | 195 FG% 3FG% FT% • Rated as a four-star recruit by ESPN and a three-start Rufisque, Senegal recruit by both 247Sports.com and Rivals.com .447 .200 .649 entering college • t-68th in the NCAA with 113 assists through 24 SEAN EAST II PTS AST MIN games Freshman Guard 9.6 4.7 28.7 • Fifth in the nation among rookies with 4.7 assists per game 10 6-3 | 185 FG% 3FG% FT% Louisville, Ky. • Two-time Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week (first .408 .338 .756 Minuteman since Chris Lowe in 2005-06 to win two A-10 Rookie of the Week honors in a season) • Has come off the bench in all 24 games this season; DJERY BAPTISTE PTS REB MIN averaging 5.2 ppg in 10.3 mpg in his last five games Graduate Student Center 2.3 2.7 10.9 • Graduated early from Vanderbilt and enrolled at UMass as a graduate student last season 11 6-10 | 245 FG% 3FG% FT% Gonaives, Haiti • Speaks four languages and hopes to one day be a .511 - .389 diplomat in his native country @UMassBasketball // #Flagship 2 MASSACHUSETTS BASKETBALL SPOT CHART • Started all 24 games, reaching double-figures 16 CARL PIERRE PTS REB MIN times Junior Guard 13.1 3.5 33.7 • Tied the school record for threes in a game (8) vs. Yale on Dec. 11 12 6-4 | 190 FG% 3FG% FT% Boston, Mass. • Became the 52nd player in team history to reach 1000 .397 .362 .833 career points on Jan. 8 vs. La Salle • Returned from a hand injury on Jan. 5 at SLU after KOLTON MITCHELL PTS AST MIN missing the previous 12 games. Freshman 1.4 1.5 12.9 13 Guard • Has started the last five games at point guard 6-3 | 175 FG% 3FG% FT% • Four-year player and two-time Grind Session National Fort Myers, Fla. Champion on the National Team at Victory Rock Prep .500 - .300 in Bradenton, Fla. • Walked on to the team in summer of 2019 after DAVONTÉ HIGGINBOTTOM PTS REB MIN serving as the head manager Senior 0.5 - 1.6 20 Guard • Made collegiate debut on Nov. 16 vs. CCSU 6-1 | 175 FG% 3FG% FT% • Enrolled in the Isenberg School of Management Mattapan, Mass. 1.000 1.000 - T.J. WEEKS PTS REB MIN • Out for the season with an injury Freshman • Father, Tyrone Weeks Sr., scored over 1,000 points Guard 14.7 3.8 26.0 for UMass from 1994-98 and played in four consecutive NCAA Tournaments 23 6-4 | 185 FG% 3FG% FT% Warwick, R.I. • Played prep hoops with fellow UMass signees Tre .422 .485 .719 Mitchell and Preston Santos • Received a waiver from the NCAA and made his DIBAJI WALKER PTS REB MIN UMass debut on Dec.