INCINNATI - Outside in the Cintas Center gym, the Xavier players were celebrating their end to the regular season with tournament-like pomp.
Inside, the UMass players hung close to their lockers, stewing following yesterday's 72-52 loss to the Musketeers. No team likes to be fodder for another's party.
``Hey, they wanted to keep scoring at the end,'' UMass coach Steve Lappas said of the Musketeers' running ways, with most of their starters on the floor, during garbage time. ``That's all right. It's their party.''
It also sets up a potential rematch during this week's Atlantic 10 tournament in Philadelphia. The Minutemen (12-15, 6-10) will play either George Washington or Duquesne in Wednesday's first round at the Spectrum. The winner of that game will play the Musketeers (22-5, 14-2) on Thursday.
Before they started lobbing bricks in yesterday's second half, when the Minutemen shot a petrified 21 percent (6-of-28) from the floor, they had great success attacking Xavier, particularly under the basket. They also weren't able to exert pressure, as evidenced by the Musketeers turning the ball over a record low three times.
UMass was unable to overcome the cold shooting of its starting backcourt or Xavier's ability to extend its defense and increase pressure in the second half.
UMass' Shannon Crooks and Anthony Anderson shot a combined 4-of-25. Crooks finished with a ragged 12 points and Anderson didn't score. Crooks, with his four-assist performance, also became the fourth player in UMass history to finish with 1,000 points and 300 assists.
There was too much anger to appreciate Crooks' milestone.
Kitwana Rhymer, despite playing a potent first half against old nemesis David West before lapsing into foul trouble, still saw West strafe the Minutemen with 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting.
``We are going to meet them again next week, no doubt in my mind,'' Rhymer said. ``Man, we can beat them. We just had some mishaps in the second half. The way they played against us today, well, I want the rematch. I'm not going (to Philadelphia) for a one-and-out game. I want to stay there for the championship.''
Said Anderson: ``I don't think there was a lot you could learn from this game. But if we get them again, we'll play them even better.''
Crooks spent a good five minutes staring at the locker room wall and chewing on a towel before he was able to speak.
``If you're pissed off, then you have to carry that over to the next game,'' he said. ``You can't just be mad after the game and then not have that same kind of fire in the next game. I'm not saying that any of our guys are like that, but we all have to carry it over, myself included.''
INCINNATI - If moods could be measured by temperature, then the University of Massachusetts locker room following yesterday's 72-52 loss to Atlantic 10 foe Xavier was a heat wave.
Several players stood or sat fuming, upset for having squandered an opportunity to score a major upset in the regular-season finale because of poor shooting and defensive breakdowns.
The Minutemen knew Xavier (22-5, 14-2), the A-10's West Division regular-season champion, was beatable. At different stages of the first half, UMass outplayed the home team but trailed, 38-32, at halftime after shooting 50 percent from the floor.
In the second half, the shots stopped falling. Much of it was due to Xavier stepping up its defensive pressure, particularly on the perimeter. But even when the Minutemen got quality looks at the basket, they couldn't convert.
With 12:15 remaining, UMass had added just 4 points to its halftime total. It took the Minutemen 11:48 to reach double figures for the second half. With 5:31 left, they trailed by 18. They finished the half shooting 6 for 28 from the floor (21.4 percent), tying a season low for percentage in a half.
What had the makings of the biggest triumph of the season ended as another lopsided loss, leaving the Minutemen 12-15 overall, 6-10 in league play.
''We played hard, but they're a very good team,'' said UMass coach Steve Lappas. ''They shut us down in the second half, and we couldn't score. I was proud with the effort our guys gave but here, on the road, you never know.''
Save forward Eric Williams (a team-high 15 points on 5-for-8 shooting), UMass had no reliable threat. Guard Anthony Anderson went 0 for 9 from the floor, including 0 for 7 from 3-point range. As a team, UMass finished 1 for 10 on second-half treys.
That left them unable to keep pace with Xavier, which has suffered only one home defeat (to Cincinnati Dec. 14) all season. All-America candidate David West scored 22 points and guard Romain Sato had 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Musketeers, who set a school record with just three turnovers.
UMass insisted its worst errors were unforced.
''They're a great team, but we're a great team, too, and we definitely could have beaten them,'' said guard Shannon Crooks, who finished with 12 points on 4-for-16 shooting. ''We showed it in the first half. In the second half, I had a lot of open shots I could hit, and I was just off in the second half.
''Guys are ticked, including myself, but I'm going to come with it all the next game. You can't just be mad after the game and not come to the next game with the same fire.''
Yesterday's defeat means that in order to avoid its second losing season in four years, UMass would have to win this week's Atlantic 10 tournament.
UMass, which finished fourth in the East Division, will meet the West's fifth seed - George Washington - in the first round of the A-10 tournament Wednesday at 12:05.
The Minutemen were adamant they would get past the Colonials and earn the right to avenge yesterday's defeat.
''We're going to meet them again, I'm not worried about that. We're going to meet them again,'' said UMass center Kitwana Rhymer (5 points, 2 rebounds). ''Man, we can beat them. They're a good team, but regardless, we can beat them.''
n a day Xavier set a single-game school record for fewest turnovers, it wasn't just the basketball on which it had a handle.
 David West works on Eric Williams. |
“We wanted to make sure we finished this thing out with a bang,” junior center David West said. “We've done what we wanted to as far as ... establishing ourselves as the best team in the conference.”
XU finishes the regular season 22-5. Its 14-2 A-10 mark is its best ever, matching the best by any A-10 team over the past six seasons. XU won 17 of its last 19 games.
“It hasn't been easy,” coach Thad Matta said. “We've gone through some ups and downs this year. The main thing was keeping our focus of what we were trying to do. And this is where we wanted to be.”
The Musketeers, ranked 24th in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll, are poised to enter the Associated Press rankings for the first time this season. They were third among those “also receiving votes” last week.
“People have asked us about respect, and I've said, "I don't care, we want to be ranked at the end,'” Matta said. “And the season's over, and we finished ranked.”
The victory Saturday was as efficient as any XU has ever had. The Musketeers committed just three turnovers and held UMass (12-15, 6-10 A-10) to 21.4 percent shooting in the second half (6-of-28).
Junior point guard Lionel Chalmers totaled 13 points, six assists, five rebounds and three steals with just one turnover.
“We executed pretty good,” Chalmers said. “We got the ball where we needed to get it, and we got shots. We've just got to continue to take care of the ball.”
West led all scorers with 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting. Late in the game, and again when he cut down the net, he was serenaded with chants of “One more year” from fans hoping he won't turn pro this spring.
“I wasn't really paying attention to that,” West said. “I was kind of stuck in the moment.”
Romain Sato had his third double-double of the season and fifth of his career with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
The unsung hero was freshman reserve Anthony Coleman, who totaled six points, two rebounds and an assist in a career-high 18 minutes. That was his second-highest scoring game of his career. He had totaled just 48 minutes in XU's 15 previous A-10 games.
“He played big,” West said. “I don't think anyone expected that. We wouldn't have won the game without him.”
The 6-foot-10 Coleman spelled West and Kevin Frey, who was in foul trouble. He made numerous athletic plays and altered several shots.
“It's coming,” Coleman said. “I'm getting a lot more confidence in myself. Today was a great feeling. I wasn't thinking, I was just playing, just doing what I do in practice.”
Now in safe range for an NCAA Tournament bid, XU could afford to celebrate a bit Saturday before looking ahead to the A-10 Tournament.
“It feels good to know we worked hard and now this is what it is,” Chalmers said. “It's great to accomplish a goal that you set.”
here was his steal and wraparound pass to Romain Sato, who hit a 3-pointer. There was his behind-the-head save of a ball headed out of bounds. There was his bullet pass to Anthony Coleman for a layup.
This was Lionel Chalmers' game, to be certain. On a day Xavier set a school record for fewest turnovers, with three, the junior point guard was at his finest.
“Lionel was spectacular,” XU coach Thad Matta said. “He did a good job controlling the tempo. He was really seeing things happening.”
Chalmers totaled 13 points, six assists, five rebounds and three steals Saturday with just one turnover. He also held Massachusetts' Anthony Anderson scoreless (0-for-9 shooting).
“I'm feeling more comfortable out there, because I know I can count on my teammates,” Chalmers said. “They're catching my passes.
“This is my first year playing point guard. Sometimes I get into maybe forcing it a little too much or doing something out of character. But I'm learning, the coaches are working with me, and I'm getting better and better at it.”
Matta said he couldn't recall being part of a team with just three turnovers in a game.
HOME SWEET HOME:
XU finishes 13-1 at home and is 26-2 in two seasons in Cintas Center. The Musketeers are 81-5 (94.2 percent) at home over the past six seasons.
UP NEXT:
XU will play its Atlantic 10 Tournament quarterfinal at 12:05 p.m. Thursday (Fox Sports Net) against the winner of a Wednesday game between UMass and George Washington (12-15, 5-11 A-10).
INCINNATI - All season long the Massachusetts men's basketball team has made a habit of coming out flat in the first half, only to produce an inspired second half performance. In wins over Arkansas-Little Rock, Oregon and St. Bonaventure, the Minutemen overcame halftime deficits to pull out the victory. UMass also played its one of its best 20 minutes of the season in the second half of a loss to Boston College. On that night the Minutemen trailed by as many as 26 and nearly overcame a 44-21 score at halftime by scoring 57 points in the final stanza, only to fall short in the end 80-78.
Saturday afternoon's tilt with No. 24 Xavier looked like it had all the ingredients for one final UMass second half comeback. The teams went into the locker rooms at the sold out Cintas Center evenly matched in almost all statistical categories and Xavier holding a slight 38-32 lead, thanks in large part to a distinct advantage at the free throw line.
In the second half, however, no amount of free throws would save the Minutemen as they put forth one of their worst halves of the season en route to a 72-52 defeat. They hit just 1-of-10 three pointers and 6-of-26 field goals overall, tying the mark for worst single half performance of the season at 21.4 percent. No player scored more than five points and the team scored a paltry 20 as a whole, while giving up 34.
"They were running their sets and there wasn't really any pressure on them and they shot 50 percent in the first half," said Xavier center David West, who had 22 points and six boards. "We just had to turn up our pressure defense in the second half."
While the poor second half lost the game for UMass on Saturday, only time will tell if it also stole the momentum that the Minutemen had begun to stockpile for a run deep in the Atlantic 10 Tournament.
The Maroon and White had won two straight before heading off to Cincinnati to face the Musketeers. In those contests there was a return to the UMass basketball that was evident early in the season with strong play inside, timely outside shooting and tough hard-nosed defense.
But all of that disappeared in one 20-minute stretch in Ohio. The good feeling was gone, the air had been taken out of the UMass sail and all that remained was a belief that this performance was an anomaly and not a true showing of its capabilities.
"Our mindset is that we know we can play with them and we know that we are going to have to play them again in order to win the tournament like we plan on doing," said Anthony Anderson following a 0-for-9 shooting day against the Musketeers. "We proved a little bit we can play with them and everybody else in our league, so we just have to come out and do it."
The time has now come for the real Minutemen to step forward. Each and every player now knows that the next loss will be their last and it is up to them and them alone to keep this season alive.
"It's do or die time, it's a gut check, who wants it," said senior center Kitwana Rhymer. "If you want it you are going to bring it and I believe that we want it so we'll bring it, I have no question about it."
INCINNATI - Massachusetts men's basketball coach Steve Lappas mentioned Thursday that no matter its strength, it's always difficult to beat the same team twice in five days.
And that was before Saturday's 72-52 loss at Xavier, after which Lappas deemed the Musketeers guilty of running up the score in the final minutes.
"We learned some things tonight," said Lappas, nodding his head in overt sarcasm. "You know, they wanted to keep scoring at the end, that's fine.
"It's their home game, we had a good party; it's all right," continued Lappas, whose Minutemen (12-15, 6-10 A-10), with a win in the first round of the Atlantic-10 tournament Wednesday afternoon, will face Xavier (22-5, 14-2) again in the A-10 quarterfinals. "We'll see what happens."
But retribution alone might not be enough to top the No. 24 Musketeers, the proud owners of the A-10's regular season title. If UMass happens to advance to the second round of the conference tourney, it can't afford to break down in the second half like it did Saturday in Cincinnati.
After a worthy first half performance amid a rowdy 10,250 Cintas Center foes, the Minutemen allowed Xavier a 12-3 run to open the second half with a 50-35 lead with 13:27 remaining. A turnaround jumper from Kitwana Rhymer with 10:40 to go brought the score to 52-39, but that's the closest UMass got.
On the next two Minuteman possessions, Anthony Anderson drove into the paint and both times had the ball slip from his clutches. The Musketeers converted on both turnovers, their second a vicious alley-oop slam from Dave Young to extend the Xavier lead to 56-41 with 8:45 to play.
The Minutemen's disastrous shooting in the second half combined with the Musketeer's strong inside play contributed largely to the UMass collapse.
"[We want another shot at Xavier], definitely, especially with the way we played in the first half," said Micah Brand, who went 3-of-4 in the opening stanza, but missed all five of his attempts in the second. "There were a lot of shots that we got and made in the first half that we didn't get or make in the second half."
After shooting 50 percent (13-for-26) in the first 20 minutes, the Minutemen managed a miserable 21.4 percent (6-for-28) output in the next 20 to tie their season-low single-half shooting percentage (Jan. 5, first half vs. St. Joseph's; Jan. 29, first half vs. Dayton).
Eric Williams led UMass for the first time this year with 15 points, including three 3-pointers, while Shannon Crooks scored 12 on 4-for-16 shooting.
Xavier's David West, who dominated inside, led all scorers with 22 points in perhaps the final home game of his Musketeer career, as most are led to believe that West, a junior, will leave school to pursue an NBA career. Lionel Chalmers and Romain Sato both netted 13 points for Xavier, Sato adding 11 rebounds to complete the double-double.
UMass opened the game strong, with a Rhymer swat on West one minute in followed by a Raheim Lamb fast-break lay-in to give UMass a 2-1 advantage. And though that would be the Minutemen's only lead of the afternoon, they had little difficulty executing their offense early.
Still, after UMass pulled to within 26-25 thanks to a Crooks trey and a Williams jumper, the Musketeers ended the half on a 12-5 run to snatch a 38-32 advantage midway.
"I was really proud of the effort our guys gave," said Lappas, now one regular season in the books as UMass skipper. "But here, on the road, we just didn't have enough."
INCINNATI - Kitwana Rhymer's college basketball career will end the next time UMass loses. And with that reality now implanted in his thoughts, Rhymer refuses to give up hope.
"I know we can do it," said Rhymer after Saturday's 72-52 loss to Xavier. "There's no question that we can do it. I've got faith in all of these guys. They play hard."
Recalling his team's big wins over the tourney-bound rosters of Oregon and N.C. State earlier in the year, Rhymer believes the Minutemen are still capable of similar feats.
"We've done it once, we can do it again," the fifth-year senior remarked. "Just like we went 4-0 [to start the season], we can go 4-0 again, and right into the tournament."
Fourth-seeded UMass begins Atlantic 10 tournament play Wednesday at noon versus George Washington. A first round victory means a quarterfinal match-up with Xavier.
A visit from coach Cal
Perhaps the second most recognizable face in UMass athletics history (next to "Dr. J" Julius Erving), former Minutemen hoop skipper and present Memphis coach John Calipari watched Saturday's game from press row in a seat next to Athletic Director Bob Marcum. With his team's contest at No. 4 Cincinnati less than 24 hours away, Cal's Tigers - sitting on the bubble - had practice scheduled for 4 p.m. in Xavier's Cintas Center.
"This will be a UMass-Temple type game," he said of the rivalry. "Expect to get slapped in the mouth. Expect to get pushed in the back. And you better make plays."
Derek Kellogg, UMass' point guard from '92-'95, was also in attendance in a seat behind the Minuteman bench. Kellogg is now an assistant coach at Memphis.
Not Invited Tournament
With its loss Saturday at Xavier, the Minutemen have mathematically eliminated themselves from the National Invitational Tournament. The only possible way UMass can even its record at .500 is to win all four possible games in the A-10 tournament. That, however, would grant them an automatic bid to the NCAA tourney, negating any point for the NIT invite.
Quote of the week
"I've got a 15-year-old daughter now. I told Steve Lappas I'm mad, she's got a boyfriend - he's Greek. Steve said, 'don't feel bad, my daughter's got a boyfriend - he's Italian.' " - John Calipari from press row of the UMass-Xavier game.
INCINNATI - Its 72-52 loss to Xavier was just minutes old on Saturday and the University of Massachusetts men's basketball team was already thinking about a rematch.
It could be coming. If the Minutemen defeat George Washington Wednesday at noon in the first round of the Atlantic 10 tournament, they'll get another crack at the A-10 West champions on Thursday at noon. Xavier (22-5, 14-2 A-10) has a first-round bye.
Despite the sizable losing margin, UMass (12-15, 6-10 A-10) has reasons for optimism and motivation.
In Saturday's loss, the Minutemen's top two scorers, Shannon Crooks and Anthony Anderson, both struggled. Crooks finished with 12 points but hit just 4-of-16 shots. Anderson, who took several open shots, missed all nine of his attempts.
"I had a lot of open looks I can hit and I just missed," Crooks said. "I have to hit those shots. They just didn't fall for me."
The UMass players said they wanted another shot at a neutral site, and if their guards shoot better they think they can upset the Musketeers.
"They're are beatable team," Crooks said. "They ain't invincible. They're a great team, but we're a good team too. We definitely can beat them. We showed that in the first half. I hope to see them in Philadelphia."
His backcourt mate agreed.
"I'm looking forward to it," Anderson said. "We're definitely going to play them again. We have to worry about GW first, but we're looking forward to playing them."
UMass coach Steve Lappas was a little more guarded.
"You never say you want to play the No. 1 team in the league," he said. "But we did some things out there that made me think we can play with them."
Lappas seemed rankled, believing the Musketeers ran up the score.
"They wanted to keep scoring at the end. That's fine. It was a home game. They had a good party," Lappas said.
David West led all scorers with 22 points, while Romain Sato added 13 points and 11 rebounds. Eric Williams, who led the Minutemen in scoring in the first UMass regular season game of his career last year led them again in his last with 15 points.
Xavier led from start to finish, but the Minutemen stayed close for most of first half, trailing 29-27 with 4:34 left. But a 9-0 Musketeer run made it 38-27 before the Minutemen scored the final five points of the half.
Xavier took over quickly following the break. After Kitwana Rhymer made one of two free throws the Musketeers scored seven straight points to pull ahead 45-33. They never let the lead dip into single digits again.
UMass tied its worst shooting half of the year, hitting just 6-of-28 shots in the second as the Musketeers pulled away.
In the locker room after the game, Crooks told his frustrated teammates to channel their anger toward the tournament.
"If guys are mad they have to carry that over," he said. "Show that when it's time to play them again or whoever we play.
"We can't be mad after the game then go to the next game and not show that same fire. That's fake. I'm mad right now and I'm definitely going to come with it all next game and hopefully everybody else will follow."
INCINNATI - The race came down the final day, but the seeds are set for the Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament that begins Wednesday at the Philadelphia Spectrum.
Temple beat Saint Joseph's, 87-84, in double-overtime Sunday to earn the top seed in the league's east division.
The University of Massachusetts, the No. 4 seed in the East, will take on the West's No. 5, George Washington, at noon on Wednesday. The winner will face West No. 1 Xavier Thursday at noon.
West No. 3 Dayton will face East No. 6 Rhode Island at 2 p.m. Wednesday. The winner gets East No. 2 St. Joe's on Thursday at 2 p.m.
West No. 4 La Salle will face East No 5 Fordham at 6 p.m. Temple waits to play the winner Thursday at 7 p.m.
East No. 3 St. Bonaventure will try to hold off West No. 6 Duquesne for the right to face West No. 2 Richmond Thursday at 9 p.m.
NEXT UP: The UMass-George Washington game Wednesday will be the rematch of the 73-60 Minuteman win on January 23. Micah Brand led the Minutemen with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Chris Monroe led the Colonials with 24 points. George Washington clinched the No. 5 seed in the tournament Saturday by defeating Fordham 70-68.
AN EYE ON THE FUTURE: Lappas hustled out of the Cintas Center after the game to get back for a home visit with a recruit.
Tarence Kinsey, a 6-foot-6 small forward from Thomas Jefferson High School in Tampa, Fla., was reportedly the visiting prospect. Kinsey is averaging 25 points per game.
Kinsey is one of several Florida players the Minutemen are interested in.
Marcus Morrison, a 6-foot-5 small forward from Lakewood, Fla., is also drawing interest from UMass.
The Minutemen are also pursuing Jeff Viggiano, a 6-foot-6 Suffield, Conn., product.
CALIPARI CHECKS IN: Former UMass coach John Calipari was in attendance at Saturday's game, as his Memphis Tigers were in town to face the Cincinnati Bearcats on Sunday.
Calipari said he was happy to see his former assistant Bruiser Flint doing well at Drexel and said he is rooting for Lappas at UMass.
"I'm happy for Bru. He's a really good guy. He's a really good coach and he was in a tough situation. I said that's a hard job. To get coach of the year in the league they're in (Colonial Athletic Association) and to do more than people thought they'd do - I'm happy for him."
Calipari continued, "I want Steve to do well at UMass. I want UMass to win. Steve and I have known each other for a long time. I think he'll do fine. He'll recruit good players. He has to get guys in there that he's comfortable with. I think he has to get the campus back charged up. I'm not sure how you do that."
Calipari's Tigers lost to Cincinnati, 80-75 in overtime.
AN ELITE CLUB: UMass senior guard Shannon Crooks' two assists gave him an even 300 for his career and made him the fourth member of UMass' 1,000-points, 300-assist club, joining Charlton Clarke, Al Skinner and Alex Eldridge.
Crooks' 12 points gave him 1,044 career points, vaulting him past Derick Claiborne (1,033), David Brown (1,037), Clarke (1,041) and Dana Dingle (1,043) into 28th place on the all-time list.
He needs 10 points to pass Eldridge (1,053) at No. 27.
WEST FINALE?: Saturday's game was senior day for the Musketeers, who honored Kevin Frey, Alvin Brown and walk-on James Baronas in their final home game. But the question that lingered was whether or not David West had played his last game at the Cintas Center.
The fans showered the reigning conference player of the year with chants of "One more year" in the final moments of the game.
| Massachusetts Minutemen | 52 |
| Xavier Musketeers | 72 |
| at Xavier | |
OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S
Massachusetts vs Xavier
03/02/02 12:00 p.m. at Cincinnati, OH(Cintas Center)
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VISITORS: Massachusetts (12-15, 6-10)
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. N A M E FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
34 LAMB,Raheim f 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 21
40 BRAND,Micah f 3-9 0-2 2-4 1 6 7 1 8 3 1 0 0 33
33 RHYMER,Kitwana c 2-3 0-0 1-4 1 1 2 3 5 2 1 1 0 19
12 ANDERSON,Anthony g 0-9 0-7 0-0 0 4 4 2 0 4 2 0 1 20
30 CROOKS,Shannon g 4-16 2-6 2-2 0 4 4 2 12 2 0 0 0 36
00 MARTIN,Brennan 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
01 JENKINS,Willie 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
03 BLIZZARD,Ronell 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 15
11 WILSON,Kyle 2-3 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 2 6 1 1 0 0 22
21 WILLIAMS,Eric 5-8 3-4 2-3 2 3 5 1 15 2 2 0 1 23
TEAM ........................................ 1 3 4
TOTALS 19-54 5-20 9-15 9 23 32 18 52 14 7 1 2 200
TOT-FG 1stH: 13-26 50.0% 2ndH: 6-28 21.4% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 35.2% Deadbl 3pt-FG 1stH: 4-10 40.0% 2ndH: 1-10 10.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 25.0% Rebs FThrow 1stH: 10-4 50.0% 2ndH: 7-11 63.6% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 60.0% 1
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HOME TEAM: Xavier (22- 5, 14- 2)
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. N A M E FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
03 FREY,Kevin f 3-7 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 4 6 1 0 0 0 25
13 YOUNG,David f 2-6 0-0 4-6 1 4 5 1 8 0 0 0 1 28
30 WEST,David c 9-13 0-0 4-4 1 5 6 3 22 1 0 1 0 35
00 CHALMERS,Lionel g 4-8 2-4 3-4 0 5 5 1 13 6 1 0 3 36
10 SATO,Romain g 3-9 2-6 5-10 1 10 11 2 13 2 2 1 0 36
01 WILLIAMS,Jaison 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4
21 COLEMAN,Anthony 2-3 0-0 2-2 1 1 2 2 6 1 0 0 0 18
24 BROWN,Alvin 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
25 JACKSON,Keith 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6
45 BARONAS,James 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
TEAM ........................................ 1 1 2
TOTALS 25-53 4-12 18-26 7 30 37 14 72 12 3 2 5 200
TOT-FG 1stH: 13-27 48.1% 2ndH: 12-26 46.2% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 47.2% Deadbl 3pt-FG 1stH: 3-6 50.0% 2ndH: 1-6 16.7% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 33.3% Rebs FThrow 1stH: 9-16 56.3% 2ndH: 9-10 90.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 69.2% 6, 1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICIALS: Larry Lembo, Jeff Clarke, Carl LaBranche TECHNICAL FOULS: Massachusetts - none Xavier - none ATTENDANCE: 10,250 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL Massachusetts 32 20 52 Xavier 38 34 72