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 29 | 6:00 p.m. 1. Richmond leads the all-time series against WATCH ESPN+ Richmond, Va. | Robins Center UMass 13-7, including wins in five of the last six meetings. Last season, the Minutemen picked up LISTEN WEEI (105.5 FM) | WCRN (830 AM) | Tune-In App their first win vs. the Spiders since 2013. Massachusetts Play-by-play: Jay Burnham (13-15, 7-8 Atlantic 10) 2. Tre Mitchell was named the A-10 Rookie of the Color: Frank Sullivan VS Week for the third straight week, and fourth time Richmond overall on Monday. He’s UMass’ first four-time LIVE STATS UMassAthletics.com/MBBstats (21-7, 11-4 Atlantic 10) A-10 Rookie of the Week selection since Rashaun Freeman in 2003-04. SOCIAL MEDIA UMassAthletics.com Facebook /UMassBasketball 2019-20 SCHEDULE 3. Mitchell is averaging 21.7 ppg, 9.5 rpg and shooting 52% from the floor in his last six games, Twitter @UMassBasketball and averaging 18.3 ppg and 7.2 rpg against NCAA Instagram @umassbasketball OCTOBER (0-0, 0-0 Atlantic 10) 29 WESTERN NEW ENGLAND ! W, 83-47 top-100 NET teams this season. YouTube /UMassAthletics Join the conversation using #Flagship NOVEMBER (5-3, 0-0 Atlantic 10) 4. The Minutemen have won three straight con- 5 UMASS LOWELL W, 79-64 ference games for the first time since the 2017-18 9 at Fairfield W, 62-60 season, and four out of their last five A-10 games 12 NORTHEASTERN W, 80-71 for the first time since 2014-15. 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. 16.6 4.3 2.4 Averaging 8.3 ppg/3.9 rpg in nine starts DECEMBER (1-4, 0-0 Atlantic 10) 5 Samba Diallo F So. 27.6 6.8 6.1 Averaging 7.7 ppg/6.8 rpg in A-10 play 4 SOUTH CAROLINA L, 80-84 12 Carl Pierre G Jr. 33.9 13.0 3.5 70th in NCAA in 3pt FG made (73) 7 at Harvard L, 55-89 13 Kolton Mitchell G Fr. 13.9 1.5 (1.6) 14.1 mpg in his nine starts 11 YALE L, 80-83 (OT) 33 Tre Mitchell C Fr. 30.5 16.9 6.9 21.7 ppg, 9.5 rpg in last six 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. 4.8 1.6 {0.4} First career start at GMU (Jan. 22) JANUARY (3-5, 3-5 Atlantic 10) 4 Keon Clergeot G R-Jr. 21.5 5.0 (1.7) Team-high 18 charges taken 5 at Saint Louis * L, 80-83 (OT) 10 Sean East II G Fr. 27.7 9.1 (4.7) Fourth among NCAA rookies in APG (4.7) 8 LA SALLE * W, 77-69 11 Djery Baptiste C Gr. 10.5 2.1 2.6 Last eight games: 8.9 mpg, 3.5 ppg 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. 16.8 5.8 2.3 Shooting 39% in A-10 play 22 at George Mason * L, 63-73 25 RV/RV DUQUESNE * W, 73-64 29 SAINT JOSEPH’S * W, 91-76 FEBRUARY (4-3, 4-3 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 * L, 63-71 18 SAINT LOUIS * W, 67-63 22 at Fordham * W, 57-49 26 VCU * W, 60-52 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 nine games at small forward Freshman • Made his first collegiate start vs. Duquesne (Jan. 25), Guard | Forward 4.3 2.4 16.6 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 .578 .394 .579 fellow UMass freshmen TJ Weeks and Tre Mitchell • Appeared in 14 games this season, and made his C.J. JACKSON PTS STL MIN collegiate debut vs. Northeastern (Nov. 12) Freshman 1.6 0.4 4.8 • 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 .333 .286 .500 KEON CLERGEOT PTS AST MIN • Started 16 of 27 games he’s played this season R-Junior • Had a season-high 20 points on 7-of-8 shooting 5.0 1.7 21.5 4 Guard against CCSU on Nov. 16 6-1 | 185 FG% 3FG% FT% • Team-high 18 charges taken this season Winter Haven, Fla. .353 .266 .717 • Started 27 games, reaching double-figures 10 SAMBA DIALLO PTS REB MIN times (career-high 19 points vs. SJU on Jan. 29) Sophomore 6.8 6.1 27.6 5 Forward • Has three double-doubles this season 6-7 | 195 FG% 3FG% FT% • Averaging 7.7 ppg and 6.8 rpg in conference play. Rufisque, Senegal .439 .167 .683 • t-72nd in the NCAA with 132 assists through 28 SEAN EAST II PTS AST MIN games Freshman Guard 9.1 4.7 27.7 • Fourth 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 .402 .333 .740 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 27 games this season; DJERY BAPTISTE PTS REB MIN averaging 3.5 ppg in 8.9 mpg in his last eight games Graduate Student Center 2.1 2.6 10.5 • 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 .510 - .389 diplomat in his native country @UMassBasketball // #Flagship 2 MASSACHUSETTS BASKETBALL SPOT CHART • Started all 28 games, reaching double-figures 18 CARL PIERRE PTS REB MIN times Junior Guard 13.0 3.5 33.9 • 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 .387 .353 .845 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 1.5 1.6 13.9 13 Guard • Has started the last nine 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 .455 - .286 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. 30 at Akron Sophomore Forward 5.8 2.3 16.8 • Averaging 5.9 ppg, 16.8 mpg, and shooting 39% in conference play 24 6-9 | 190 FG% 3FG% FT% Columbus, Ohio • Played a prep year at Woodstock Academy under .370 .255 .786 current UMass assistant coach Tony Bergeron • Started all 28 games, and is fifth in the A-10 in TRE MITCHELL PTS REB MIN scoring (16.9 ppg) Freshman Center 16.9 6.9 30.5 • First Minuteman since 2003-04 to be named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week four times.