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MHERST - The University of Massachusetts men's basketball players didn't get much sleep Tuesday night and Travis Ford didn't get any after the Minutemen's 89-87 overtime win over Alabama in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament.
The team left Amherst at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday for an 11 a.m. flight to Pittsburgh after a game that ended just before midnight. It then bused the 80 miles south to Morgantown, W.Va., for tonight's game at 9 against West Virginia in the second round of the NIT.
UMass (24-8), the No. 4 seed in the East, advanced with its first postseason win in a national tournament since 1996.
Ford planned to stay up all night watching video of the Mountaineers, but admitted that preparation for tonight's game would be limited.
"It's tough preparation-wise because West Virginia plays a different style of basketball, but I think our kids are running on adrenaline right now. I think they're going to be excited about playing," Ford said. "I do believe that this time of year it's more about yourself. As much as I love preparation and scouting, you have to focus on yourself and make sure you're ready to play."
He did plan to utilize inside knowledge of Mountaineers' system from Luke Bonner, the sophomore backup center who played for West Virginia for a season before transferring to UMass.
"We're going to lean on him as much as possible. We'll run things by him and he'll give us suggestions and opinions," Ford said. "It's great to have somebody who was just in that system a couple years ago."
Bonner said he wasn't sure how much help he'd be scouting his former team.
"They've got a pretty different makeup. They're a very difficult team to scout because they have so many different plays," Bonner said. "But I'm definitely going to be involved trying to help out as much as I can."
Bonner added, "It's exciting to go back. I haven't been back since I transferred. I've been talking trash a little bit with a couple of my buddies who I still talk to."
Bonner said he is uncertain about how the crowd would treat him. "I'm curious. I left there on good terms. I was kind of like a fan favorite when I was there and I still get emails every once in a while from West Virginia fans wishing me luck. They're one of the toughest student sections to play against, so I'm looking forward to seeing what they have to say. I get a kick out of it. It's funny."
Bonner is the third Minuteman to face his former school this year. Dante Milligan squared off against Pittsburgh and Etienne Brower was on the bench when the Minutemen played Boston University.
West Virginia (23-9) was likely one of the last teams who were considered but left out of the NCAA Tournament. The Mountaineers' 4-5 finish to the season likely cost them a bid.
The top-seeded team in the East, West Virginia defeated No. 8 Delaware State 74-50 Tuesday.
Seven of the Mountaineers nine losses came against teams in the NCAA Tournament. They boast wins over UCLA, Villanova, North Carolina State and Connecticut.
Senior Frank Young, a 6-foot-5 forward, leads the Mountaineers with 14.2 points per game, followed by sophomore big man Joe Alexander, who averages 11.1 points and a team-best 4.7 rebounds.
West Virginia does most of its damage from deep as it has hoisted almost 900 3-point attempts which puts it among the nation's leaders.
The Mountaineers have made 328 of those shots, a .367 percentage, which is well ahead of a point per shot.
"They play a combination of Princeton with a little more aggressiveness to it. I know they've shot almost 900 3-point shots this year," Ford said. "They're going to shoot a lot of them. That's going to be a key to the game, defending the three. Rebounding is a must. You have to limit how many shots they get period."
Matt Vautour can be reached at [email protected]. For more UMass coverage including a frequently updated UMass sports blog, go to www.dailyhampshiregazette.com/umsports.
ess than 48 hours after winning its first postseason game since 1996, the Massachusetts men's basketball team travels to West Virginia to face the No. 1-seeded Mountaineers in the second round of the NIT this evening at 9 p.m.
UMass (24-8) defeated Alabama, 89-87, in overtime on Tuesday night at the Mullins Center. It was the team's first national playoff win since 1996 when the Minutemen went to the Final Four.
In perhaps one of the biggest tests for UMass this season, West Virginia (23-9) hosts the Minutemen at the WVU Coliseum, with the winner hosting the quarterfinals against either No. 6 NC State or No. 7 Marist next week.
UMass and West Virginia's paths to the NIT quarterfinals have been nearly identical. West Virginia finished the regular season in seventh place in the Big East. The Mountaineers defeated Providence in the first round of the Big East Tournament, but were eliminated by No. 12 Louisville, 82-71, in double overtime of last Thursday's quarterfinals - the exact same night UMass was ousted from the Atlantic 10 Tournament by Saint Louis in overtime.
The Mountaineers thought their resume was good enough for an NCAA Tournament at-large bid after the first-round win over the Friars, but they never got the call from the Selection Committee, just like the Minutemen.
Six Big East teams advanced to the Big Dance, with West Virginia and Syracuse being surprisingly shutout of the action and thrown into the NIT - Providence is the third Big East team in the tournament.
UMass will have to shut down the Mountaineers' prominent 3-point shooting, as West Virginia leads the Big East in 3-point field goals made, averaging 10.25 buckets from behind the arc per game.
West Virginia is led by senior Frank Young. The 6-foot-5 forward leads the team in scoring with 14.2 points per game. The Mountaineers have four players averaging in double figures in scoring. Young is joined by forward Joe Alexander (11.1 ppg) and guards Darris Nichols (10.6 ppg) and Alex Ruoff (10.3 ppg). Alexander also leads the team in rebounding with 4.7 boards per game.
Young (17) and Ruoff (14) combined for 31 points in the Mountaineers' 74-50 first round win over Delaware State on Tuesday night. West Virginia outscored Delaware State 39-13 in the first half, en route to its 23rd win of the season.
Now UMass comes into the WVU Coliseum after putting together one of its greatest performances of the year on Tuesday night. Sophomore point guard Chris Lowe hit a fade-away floater in the lane with 1.6 seconds remaining in overtime, giving the Minutemen an 89-87 win over Alabama.
Lowe tied his career-high with 19 points in the win, but A-10 Player of the Year Stephane Lasme carried the team on his back throughout the game. Lasme fouled out of the game with three minutes left in overtime, but he finished the game with a team-high 21 points and nine blocks.
His fifth and final foul led to two free throws made by Alabama's Jermareo Davidson, putting the Crimson Tide on top 85-84. But he wasn't done contributing.
"When [Stephane] fouled out, it was the best leadership I've ever seen from a player," UMass coach Travis Ford said. "He was getting after it, and maybe coaching more than I was. He wanted to win so bad."
Lasme was standing next to Ford for the remainder of the game, and had been more vocal than ever before, not wanting to end his last game at the Mullins Center with a loss.
There's still a chance to come home for one more. The only obstacle is West Virginia, a team that is also looking to prove something to the NCAA Selection Committee.
ORGANTOWN, W.Va. - It looked like it might be a repeat of the 1995 season when UMass rallied back from 18 points down to beat West Virginia in overtime the last time these two teams faced each other. This time, the Minutemen trailed by 19 in the second half, whittling it to four on two occassions, but the Mountaineers were too much down the stretch defeating UMass 90-77 in the second round of the 2007 MasterCard NIT on Thursday night at the WVU Coliseum.
At 24-9 overall, UMass finishes its season with the fifth best record in school history.
West Virginia's Frank Young led all scorers in the game with a career-high 31 points on the strength of six three pointers and 11-of-15 shooting from the floor. His six three pointers in the game gave him the school record for treys in a single-season with 101.
Stephane Lasme (Libreville, Gabon) led UMass with 14 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks to finish his career with 1,011 points. James Life (Fort Myers, Fla.) was the high-scorer for the Minutemen with 20 points despite going 0-4 in the first half from behind the three-point arc and scoring just two points. He found his stroke in the second half hitting four-of-five from down town to help the UMass rally.
West Virginia (24-9) led by as many as 19 early in the second half before the Minutemen were able to whittle that down to a 56-52 with 11:52 to play. UMass cut the lead thanks to a 16-5 run on the strenght of seven points from Life and five points from Dante Milligan (New York, N.Y.). Milligan finished the game with a career-high 10 points after Rashaun Freeman (Schenectady, N.Y.) was saddled early in the second half with his fourth foul.
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.
A jumper from Da'Sean Butler and two free throws from Young stretched the lead back to eight, 78-70.
The Mountaineers, however, closed the final minutes of the half on a 12-7 run to improve to 16-1 at home this season.
WVU led at the half 37-23 after UMass had one of its worst halves of basketball all season. The Minutemen scored the second-fewest total points in a half and had their second-worst field goal shooting percentage.
UMass finished the game shooting 50 percent hitting 31-of-62 field goals. The Minutemen were able to convert 13 Mountaineer turnovers into 22 points, however, the WVU bench outscored UMass 23-to-19.
West Virginia will now play the winner of the N.C. State/Marist game tomorrow night.
Massachusetts Minutemen (#4 East seed) | 77 |
West Virginia Mountaineers (#1 East seed) | 90 |
NIT Second Round at West Virginia |
Official Basketball Box Score Massachusetts vs West Virginia 3/15/07 9:00 p.m. at WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, W.Va. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Massachusetts 24-9 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 13 Lasme, Stephane..... f 7-15 0-0 0-2 7 7 14 4 14 1 4 3 0 38 3 Forbes, Gary........ f 6-13 1-3 2-3 2 2 4 0 15 3 4 0 1 31 1 Freeman, Rashaun.... c 2-5 0-0 2-2 3 3 6 4 6 0 2 0 0 15 14 Lowe, Chris......... g 3-4 0-1 2-4 0 1 1 3 8 5 1 0 3 29 34 Life, James......... g 7-13 4-9 2-2 0 3 3 2 20 0 2 0 2 36 10 Mayben, Tiki........ 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 16 2 Thomas, Brandon..... 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 20 Milligan, Dante..... 4-6 0-0 2-4 2 0 2 5 10 1 0 0 1 15 22 Brower, Etienne..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 31 Bonner, Luke........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 Harris, Ricky....... 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 TEAM................ 1 2 3 Totals.............. 31-62 5-15 10-17 16 19 35 20 77 15 15 3 8 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-32 31.3% 2nd Half: 21-30 70.0% Game: 50.0% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-10 10.0% 2nd Half: 4-5 80.0% Game: 33.3% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 2-2 100 % 2nd Half: 8-15 53.3% Game: 58.8% 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: West Virginia 24-9 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name 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 21 YOUNG, Frank........ f 11-15 6-8 3-6 0 4 4 2 31 3 0 1 2 35 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 22 RUOFF, Alex......... g 3-10 1-8 1-3 0 4 4 3 8 7 5 2 1 32 1 BUTLER, Da'Sean..... 4-8 2-5 0-0 1 2 3 0 10 2 3 0 1 28 3 MAZZULLA, Joe....... 1-2 0-0 6-6 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 11 43 SMALLIGAN, Jamie.... 2-3 1-1 0-0 0 3 3 3 5 0 1 0 1 19 TEAM................ 2 2 4 Totals.............. 31-57 12-28 16-21 9 20 29 15 90 19 13 6 5 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-31 48.4% 2nd Half: 16-26 61.5% Game: 54.4% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 7-18 38.9% 2nd Half: 5-10 50.0% Game: 42.9% REBS 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 Technical fouls: Massachusetts-None. West Virginia-None. Attendance: 7146 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Massachusetts................. 23 54 - 77 West Virginia................. 37 53 - 90 ID-536187 Milligan (UMass) fouled out with 3:09 left in the game. 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.
Play-by-Play Massachusetts vs West Virginia 3/15/07 9:00 p.m. at WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, W.Va. 1st PERIOD Play-by-Play (Page 1) HOME TEAM: West Virginia TIME SCORE MAR VISITORS: Massachusetts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MISSED JUMPER by YOUNG, Frank 19:46 REBOUND (OFF) by ALEXANDER, Joe 19:46 GOOD! 3 PTR by YOUNG, Frank 19:31 3-0 H 3 ASSIST by RUOFF, Alex 19:31 REBOUND (DEF) by RUOFF, Alex 19:13 MISSED 3 PTR by Life, James MISSED 3 PTR by ALEXANDER, Joe 19:04 REBOUND (DEF) by (TEAM) REBOUND (DEF) by NICHOLS, Darris 18:49 MISSED LAYUP by Lasme, Stephane TURNOVR by NICHOLS, Darris 18:42 FOUL by NICHOLS, Darris 18:42 18:33 3-2 H 1 GOOD! LAYUP by Forbes, Gary [PNT] GOOD! JUMPER by YOUNG, Frank 18:02 5-2 H 3 17:39 TURNOVR by Freeman, Rashaun MISSED 3 PTR by ALEXANDER, Joe 17:24 REBOUND (DEF) by Forbes, Gary BLOCK by RUOFF, Alex 17:17 MISSED LAYUP by Lasme, Stephane 17:17 REBOUND (OFF) by (TEAM) REBOUND (DEF) by RUOFF, Alex 16:53 MISSED 3 PTR by Life, James MISSED JUMPER by YOUNG, Frank 16:46 REBOUND (DEF) by Life, James 16:37 TURNOVR by Forbes, Gary STEAL by YOUNG, Frank 16:36 16:10 FOUL by Freeman, Rashaun MISSED LAYUP by SUMMERS, Rob 15:53 BLOCK by Lasme, Stephane REBOUND (OFF) by NICHOLS, Darris 15:52 MISSED 3 PTR by NICHOLS, Darris 15:49 REBOUND (DEF) by Freeman, Rashaun BLOCK by RUOFF, Alex 15:39 MISSED LAYUP by Freeman, Rashaun 15:38 REBOUND (OFF) by Freeman, Rashaun 15:36 5-4 H 1 GOOD! LAYUP by Freeman, Rashaun [PNT] MISSED 3 PTR by RUOFF, Alex 15:07 REBOUND (OFF) by SUMMERS, Rob 15:07 TURNOVR by RUOFF, Alex 14:44 14:43 STEAL by Forbes, Gary REBOUND (DEF) by (TEAM) 14:39 MISSED 3 PTR by Life, James TIMEOUT MEDIA 14:36 14:36 SUB IN : SMALLIGAN, Jamie 14:36 SUB IN : BUTLER, Da'Sean 14:36 SUB OUT: SUMMERS, Rob 14:36 SUB OUT: ALEXANDER, Joe MISSED 3 PTR by RUOFF, Alex 14:22 REBOUND (OFF) by BUTLER, Da'Sean 14:22 GOOD! 3 PTR by NICHOLS, Darris 13:49 8-4 H 4 13:34 TURNOVR by Forbes, Gary STEAL by SMALLIGAN, Jamie 13:32 TURNOVR by BUTLER, Da'Sean 13:30 13:29 STEAL by Lowe, Chris 13:27 8-6 H 2 GOOD! DUNK by Lasme, Stephane [PNT] 13:27 ASSIST by Lowe, Chris GOOD! JUMPER by YOUNG, Frank [PNT] 13:08 10-6 H 4 ASSIST by RUOFF, Alex 13:08 12:51 10-8 H 2 GOOD! DUNK by Freeman, Rashaun [PNT] 12:51 ASSIST by Lowe, Chris TURNOVR by BUTLER, Da'Sean 12:38 12:36 STEAL by Life, James 12:34 10-10 T 1 GOOD! DUNK by Life, James [FB/PNT] GOOD! 3 PTR by RUOFF, Alex 12:13 13-10 H 3 ASSIST by NICHOLS, Darris 12:13 REBOUND (DEF) by YOUNG, Frank 11:56 MISSED LAYUP by Freeman, Rashaun MISSED 3 PTR by RUOFF, Alex 11:51 REBOUND (OFF) by (TEAM) 11:51 SUB IN : Thomas, Brandon 11:49 SUB IN : Harris, Ricky 11:49 SUB IN : Milligan, Dante 11:49 SUB OUT: Freeman, Rashaun 11:49 SUB OUT: Life, James 11:49 SUB OUT: Forbes, Gary 11:49 11:48 FOUL by Lasme, Stephane TURNOVR by RUOFF, Alex 11:35 11:30 STEAL by Lowe, Chris 11:28 MISSED LAYUP by Lasme, Stephane 11:28 REBOUND (OFF) by Lasme, Stephane 11:26 13-12 H 1 GOOD! LAYUP by Lasme, Stephane [PNT] GOOD! JUMPER by NICHOLS, Darris 10:50 15-12 H 3 10:43 15-14 H 1 GOOD! LAYUP by Thomas, Brandon [PNT] 10:43 ASSIST by Lowe, Chris GOOD! JUMPER by YOUNG, Frank 10:21 17-14 H 3 BLOCK by YOUNG, Frank 10:04 MISSED LAYUP by Milligan, Dante 10:04 REBOUND (OFF) by Milligan, Dante SUB IN : Mayben, Tiki 10:04 SUB IN : SUMMERS, Rob SUB IN : Bonner, Luke 10:04 SUB IN : ALEXANDER, Joe SUB OUT: Lasme, Stephane 10:04 SUB OUT: YOUNG, Frank SUB OUT: Lowe, Chris 10:04 SUB OUT: SMALLIGAN, Jamie REBOUND (DEF) by SUMMERS, Rob 09:52 MISSED 3 PTR by Thomas, Brandon TURNOVR by NICHOLS, Darris 09:43 SUB IN : Freeman, Rashaun 09:43 SUB IN : MAZZULLA, Joe SUB OUT: Milligan, Dante 09:43 SUB OUT: RUOFF, Alex 09:29 TURNOVR by Freeman, Rashaun GOOD! JUMPER by BUTLER, Da'Sean [PNT] 09:03 19-14 H 5 08:59 TURNOVR by Thomas, Brandon SUB IN : Lasme, Stephane 08:53 SUB IN : Forbes, Gary 08:53 SUB OUT: Thomas, Brandon 08:53 SUB OUT: Bonner, Luke 08:53 GOOD! LAYUP by ALEXANDER, Joe [PNT] 08:38 21-14 H 7 08:27 MISSED 3 PTR by Harris, Ricky 08:27 REBOUND (OFF) by Lasme, Stephane BLOCK by ALEXANDER, Joe 08:23 MISSED LAYUP by Lasme, Stephane 08:22 REBOUND (OFF) by Lasme, Stephane 08:21 TURNOVR by Lasme, Stephane GOOD! LAYUP by ALEXANDER, Joe [PNT] 08:07 23-14 H 9 ASSIST by SUMMERS, Rob 08:07 08:06 TIMEOUT 30sec SUB IN : Brower, Etienne 08:06 SUB IN : RUOFF, Alex SUB OUT: Forbes, Gary 08:06 SUB OUT: NICHOLS, Darris REBOUND (DEF) by (TEAM) 07:51 MISSED LAYUP by Harris, Ricky 07:51 FOUL by Freeman, Rashaun TIMEOUT MEDIA 07:51 SUB IN : Life, James 07:51 SUB IN : Forbes, Gary 07:51 SUB OUT: Freeman, Rashaun 07:51 SUB OUT: Harris, Ricky 07:51 MISSED 3 PTR by RUOFF, Alex 07:24 REBOUND (DEF) by Lasme, Stephane 07:14 23-16 H 7 GOOD! JUMPER by Mayben, Tiki 07:14 ASSIST by Forbes, Gary MISSED 3 PTR by ALEXANDER, Joe 06:59 REBOUND (DEF) by Mayben, Tiki REBOUND (DEF) by ALEXANDER, Joe 06:48 MISSED 3 PTR by Forbes, Gary MISSED LAYUP by ALEXANDER, Joe 06:35 REBOUND (DEF) by Lasme, Stephane REBOUND (DEF) by BUTLER, Da'Sean 06:28 MISSED 3 PTR by Life, James MISSED JUMPER by BUTLER, Da'Sean 06:04 REBOUND (DEF) by Forbes, Gary REBOUND (DEF) by RUOFF, Alex 05:47 MISSED LAYUP by Forbes, Gary SUB IN : Lowe, Chris 05:43 SUB IN : SMALLIGAN, Jamie SUB OUT: Brower, Etienne 05:43 SUB IN : YOUNG, Frank 05:43 SUB IN : NICHOLS, Darris 05:43 SUB OUT: MAZZULLA, Joe 05:43 SUB OUT: SUMMERS, Rob 05:43 SUB OUT: ALEXANDER, Joe GOOD! 3 PTR by YOUNG, Frank 05:35 26-16 H 10 ASSIST by BUTLER, Da'Sean 05:35 05:21 MISSED LAYUP by Forbes, Gary 05:21 REBOUND (OFF) by Lasme, Stephane FOUL by SMALLIGAN, Jamie 04:57 26-17 H 9 GOOD! FT SHOT by Forbes, Gary 04:57 26-18 H 8 GOOD! FT SHOT by Forbes, Gary TURNOVR by NICHOLS, Darris 04:56 STEAL by Lowe, Chris 04:42 26-20 H 6 GOOD! DUNK by Lasme, Stephane [PNT] 04:42 ASSIST by Forbes, Gary MISSED 3 PTR by RUOFF, Alex 04:13 REBOUND (DEF) by (TEAM) REBOUND (DEF) by YOUNG, Frank 03:37 MISSED 3 PTR by Lowe, Chris GOOD! 3 PTR by SMALLIGAN, Jamie 03:22 29-20 H 9 ASSIST by RUOFF, Alex 03:22 03:04 TURNOVR by Mayben, Tiki STEAL by YOUNG, Frank 03:03 GOOD! 3 PTR by YOUNG, Frank 02:56 32-20 H 12 ASSIST by NICHOLS, Darris 02:56 02:41 32-23 H 9 GOOD! 3 PTR by Forbes, Gary 02:41 ASSIST by Mayben, Tiki GOOD! 3 PTR by YOUNG, Frank 02:24 35-23 H 12 ASSIST by RUOFF, Alex 02:24 02:12 MISSED LAYUP by Lasme, Stephane 02:12 REBOUND (OFF) by Lasme, Stephane REBOUND (DEF) by RUOFF, Alex 02:09 MISSED LAYUP by Lasme, Stephane MISSED 3 PTR by RUOFF, Alex 01:51 REBOUND (DEF) by Lasme, Stephane REBOUND (DEF) by SMALLIGAN, Jamie 01:26 MISSED 3 PTR by Forbes, Gary TURNOVR by RUOFF, Alex 01:18 FOUL by RUOFF, Alex 01:18 01:18 TIMEOUT MEDIA SUB IN : Thomas, Brandon 01:18 SUB IN : SUMMERS, Rob SUB OUT: Mayben, Tiki 01:18 SUB IN : ALEXANDER, Joe 01:18 SUB OUT: SMALLIGAN, Jamie 01:18 SUB OUT: BUTLER, Da'Sean 01:00 TURNOVR by Lasme, Stephane MISSED 3 PTR by YOUNG, Frank 00:44 REBOUND (DEF) by Lasme, Stephane BLOCK by SUMMERS, Rob 00:33 MISSED JUMPER by Thomas, Brandon REBOUND (DEF) by SUMMERS, Rob 00:32 GOOD! LAYUP by RUOFF, Alex [PNT] 00:05 37-23 H 14 West Virginia 37, Massachusetts 23 1st period-only InPaint Pts-T/O 2nd-Chc FastBrk BnchPts Ties Leads Massachusetts 16 10 6 2 4 1 0 West Virginia 10 9 6 0 5 0 0 2nd PERIOD Play-by-Play (Page 1) HOME TEAM: West Virginia TIME SCORE MAR VISITORS: Massachusetts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19:49 FOUL by Freeman, Rashaun MISSED LAYUP by ALEXANDER, Joe 19:18 BLOCK by Lasme, Stephane REBOUND (OFF) by (TEAM) 19:18 MISSED JUMPER by SUMMERS, Rob 19:12 REBOUND (OFF) by ALEXANDER, Joe 19:12 GOOD! LAYUP by ALEXANDER, Joe [PNT] 19:02 39-23 H 16 FOUL by SUMMERS, Rob 18:57 FOUL by RUOFF, Alex 18:54 39-24 H 15 GOOD! FT SHOT by Life, James 18:54 39-25 H 14 GOOD! FT SHOT by Life, James MISSED LAYUP by SUMMERS, Rob 18:47 REBOUND (DEF) by Life, James 18:33 TURNOVR by Life, James GOOD! LAYUP by NICHOLS, Darris [PNT] 18:17 41-25 H 16 REBOUND (DEF) by YOUNG, Frank 18:02 MISSED 3 PTR by Life, James GOOD! JUMPER by YOUNG, Frank 17:48 43-25 H 18 BLOCK by SUMMERS, Rob 17:32 MISSED JUMPER by Forbes, Gary 17:30 REBOUND (OFF) by Forbes, Gary 17:27 MISSED JUMPER by Forbes, Gary 17:27 REBOUND (OFF) by Freeman, Rashaun REBOUND (DEF) by SUMMERS, Rob 17:25 MISSED LAYUP by Freeman, Rashaun MISSED 3 PTR by RUOFF, Alex 17:17 REBOUND (DEF) by Lasme, Stephane 17:11 43-27 H 16 GOOD! LAYUP by Lowe, Chris [FB/PNT] GOOD! LAYUP by SUMMERS, Rob [PNT] 16:52 45-27 H 18 ASSIST by YOUNG, Frank 16:52 GOOD! FT SHOT by SUMMERS, Rob 16:48 46-27 H 19 FOUL by Freeman, Rashaun SUB IN : Milligan, Dante 16:48 SUB IN : SMALLIGAN, Jamie SUB OUT: Freeman, Rashaun 16:48 SUB OUT: SUMMERS, Rob FOUL by SMALLIGAN, Jamie 16:40 16:35 46-29 H 17 GOOD! LAYUP by Forbes, Gary [PNT] TURNOVR by RUOFF, Alex 16:18 16:17 STEAL by Milligan, Dante 16:09 46-31 H 15 GOOD! LAYUP by Forbes, Gary [PNT] 15:49 FOUL by Milligan, Dante TIMEOUT MEDIA 15:49 15:49 SUB IN : MAZZULLA, Joe 15:49 SUB IN : BUTLER, Da'Sean 15:49 SUB OUT: RUOFF, Alex 15:49 SUB OUT: ALEXANDER, Joe 15:41 FOUL by Lowe, Chris GOOD! LAYUP by MAZZULLA, Joe [PNT] 15:30 48-31 H 17 ASSIST by BUTLER, Da'Sean 15:30 15:11 48-33 H 15 GOOD! LAYUP by Lasme, Stephane [PNT] 15:11 ASSIST by Milligan, Dante TURNOVR by SMALLIGAN, Jamie 14:58 14:36 48-35 H 13 GOOD! JUMPER by Milligan, Dante FOUL by NICHOLS, Darris 14:36 48-36 H 12 GOOD! FT SHOT by Milligan, Dante 14:36 SUB IN : RUOFF, Alex 14:36 SUB OUT: MAZZULLA, Joe 14:20 FOUL by Lowe, Chris GOOD! 3 PTR by BUTLER, Da'Sean 14:03 51-36 H 15 ASSIST by YOUNG, Frank 14:03 FOUL by RUOFF, Alex 13:44 MISSED FT SHOT by Lasme, Stephane REBOUND (DEF) by SMALLIGAN, Jamie 13:44 SUB IN : Harris, Ricky 13:44 SUB IN : MAZZULLA, Joe SUB OUT: Forbes, Gary 13:44 SUB OUT: RUOFF, Alex 13:42 51-38 H 13 GOOD! LAYUP by Lasme, Stephane [PNT] 13:42 ASSIST by Forbes, Gary MISSED 3 PTR by BUTLER, Da'Sean 13:23 REBOUND (DEF) by Lowe, Chris 13:18 51-40 H 11 GOOD! JUMPER by Lowe, Chris [FB/PNT] MISSED 3 PTR by BUTLER, Da'Sean 13:00 REBOUND (DEF) by Life, James 12:49 TIMEOUT 30sec 12:49 SUB IN : SUMMERS, Rob 12:49 SUB IN : ALEXANDER, Joe 12:49 SUB OUT: YOUNG, Frank 12:49 SUB OUT: SMALLIGAN, Jamie 12:36 51-43 H 8 GOOD! 3 PTR by Life, James 12:36 ASSIST by Lowe, Chris GOOD! LAYUP by ALEXANDER, Joe [FB/PNT] 12:20 53-43 H 10 ASSIST by NICHOLS, Darris 12:20 GOOD! FT SHOT by ALEXANDER, Joe 12:20 54-43 H 11 FOUL by Lasme, Stephane 12:12 54-46 H 8 GOOD! 3 PTR by Life, James 12:12 ASSIST by Lowe, Chris TURNOVR by NICHOLS, Darris 12:03 12:01 STEAL by Life, James 12:00 54-48 H 6 GOOD! JUMPER by Life, James 11:52 FOUL by Milligan, Dante TIMEOUT MEDIA 11:52 GOOD! FT SHOT by NICHOLS, Darris 11:52 55-48 H 7 GOOD! FT SHOT by NICHOLS, Darris 11:52 56-48 H 8 SUB IN : Bonner, Luke 11:52 SUB IN : SMALLIGAN, Jamie SUB OUT: Lasme, Stephane 11:52 SUB IN : YOUNG, Frank 11:52 SUB OUT: SUMMERS, Rob 11:52 SUB OUT: BUTLER, Da'Sean 11:33 MISSED LAYUP by Milligan, Dante 11:33 REBOUND (OFF) by Milligan, Dante 11:32 56-50 H 6 GOOD! LAYUP by Milligan, Dante [PNT] FOUL by ALEXANDER, Joe 11:32 MISSED FT SHOT by Milligan, Dante 11:32 REBOUND (OFF) by Bonner, Luke 11:32 SUB IN : SUMMERS, Rob 11:32 SUB OUT: SMALLIGAN, Jamie FOUL by SUMMERS, Rob 11:24 56-51 H 5 GOOD! FT SHOT by Lowe, Chris 11:24 56-52 H 4 GOOD! FT SHOT by Lowe, Chris SUB IN : Lasme, Stephane 11:24 SUB OUT: Milligan, Dante 11:24 GOOD! FT SHOT by MAZZULLA, Joe 11:10 57-52 H 5 FOUL by Harris, Ricky GOOD! FT SHOT by MAZZULLA, Joe 11:10 58-52 H 6 SUB IN : Milligan, Dante 11:10 SUB IN : SMALLIGAN, Jamie SUB OUT: Bonner, Luke 11:10 SUB IN : BUTLER, Da'Sean 11:10 SUB OUT: SUMMERS, Rob 11:10 SUB OUT: ALEXANDER, Joe REBOUND (DEF) by BUTLER, Da'Sean 10:57 MISSED JUMPER by Life, James GOOD! FT SHOT by MAZZULLA, Joe 10:47 59-52 H 7 FOUL by Lowe, Chris GOOD! FT SHOT by MAZZULLA, Joe 10:47 60-52 H 8 SUB IN : Mayben, Tiki 10:47 SUB IN : SUMMERS, Rob SUB OUT: Lowe, Chris 10:47 SUB OUT: SMALLIGAN, Jamie REBOUND (DEF) by YOUNG, Frank 10:28 MISSED JUMPER by Lasme, Stephane MISSED 3 PTR by YOUNG, Frank 10:12 REBOUND (OFF) by SUMMERS, Rob 10:12 GOOD! FT SHOT by NICHOLS, Darris 09:54 61-52 H 9 FOUL by Mayben, Tiki GOOD! FT SHOT by NICHOLS, Darris 09:54 62-52 H 10 SUB IN : Forbes, Gary 09:54 SUB IN : SMALLIGAN, Jamie SUB OUT: Harris, Ricky 09:54 SUB OUT: SUMMERS, Rob 09:36 62-54 H 8 GOOD! LAYUP by Forbes, Gary [PNT] MISSED LAYUP by SMALLIGAN, Jamie 09:22 BLOCK by Lasme, Stephane 09:20 REBOUND (DEF) by Lasme, Stephane 09:14 SUB IN : RUOFF, Alex 09:14 SUB OUT: NICHOLS, Darris FOUL by SMALLIGAN, Jamie 09:02 MISSED FT SHOT by Lasme, Stephane REBOUND (DEF) by SMALLIGAN, Jamie 09:02 GOOD! 3 PTR by YOUNG, Frank 08:50 65-54 H 11 ASSIST by RUOFF, Alex 08:50 08:37 65-56 H 9 GOOD! LAYUP by Lasme, Stephane [PNT] 08:37 ASSIST by Mayben, Tiki GOOD! FT SHOT by MAZZULLA, Joe 08:26 66-56 H 10 FOUL by Milligan, Dante GOOD! FT SHOT by MAZZULLA, Joe 08:26 67-56 H 11 08:26 SUB IN : NICHOLS, Darris 08:26 SUB OUT: MAZZULLA, Joe 08:00 67-58 H 9 GOOD! LAYUP by Milligan, Dante [PNT] 08:00 ASSIST by Mayben, Tiki 07:37 FOUL by Life, James TIMEOUT MEDIA 07:37 MISSED FT SHOT by YOUNG, Frank 07:37 REBOUND (OFF) by (DEADBALL) 07:37 MISSED FT SHOT by YOUNG, Frank 07:37 REBOUND (DEF) by Lasme, Stephane 07:37 SUB IN : SUMMERS, Rob 07:37 SUB OUT: SMALLIGAN, Jamie 07:20 67-60 H 7 GOOD! LAYUP by Milligan, Dante [PNT] 07:20 ASSIST by Mayben, Tiki GOOD! 3 PTR by BUTLER, Da'Sean 07:00 70-60 H 10 ASSIST by NICHOLS, Darris 07:00 06:49 70-62 H 8 GOOD! LAYUP by Forbes, Gary [PNT] GOOD! LAYUP by SUMMERS, Rob [PNT] 06:38 72-62 H 10 ASSIST by NICHOLS, Darris 06:38 06:18 TURNOVR by Forbes, Gary TURNOVR by BUTLER, Da'Sean 06:17 06:03 72-65 H 7 GOOD! 3 PTR by Life, James 06:03 ASSIST by Mayben, Tiki GOOD! LAYUP by YOUNG, Frank [FB/PNT] 05:51 74-65 H 9 ASSIST by RUOFF, Alex 05:51 05:51 MISSED LAYUP by Forbes, Gary 05:51 REBOUND (OFF) by Forbes, Gary FOUL by NICHOLS, Darris 05:35 MISSED FT SHOT by Forbes, Gary 05:35 REBOUND (OFF) by Lasme, Stephane 05:33 74-68 H 6 GOOD! 3 PTR by Life, James 05:33 ASSIST by Lasme, Stephane TIMEOUT 30sec 05:26 TURNOVR by RUOFF, Alex 05:02 05:01 STEAL by Mayben, Tiki 04:55 74-70 H 4 GOOD! LAYUP by Life, James [PNT] GOOD! JUMPER by BUTLER, Da'Sean 04:34 76-70 H 6 04:09 TURNOVR by Forbes, Gary STEAL by RUOFF, Alex 04:08 03:52 FOUL by Milligan, Dante TIMEOUT MEDIA 03:52 GOOD! FT SHOT by YOUNG, Frank 03:52 77-70 H 7 GOOD! FT SHOT by YOUNG, Frank 03:52 78-70 H 8 03:52 SUB IN : SMALLIGAN, Jamie 03:52 SUB OUT: SUMMERS, Rob FOUL by YOUNG, Frank 03:33 MISSED FT SHOT by Milligan, Dante 03:33 REBOUND (OFF) by (DEADBALL) 03:33 78-71 H 7 GOOD! FT SHOT by Milligan, Dante SUB IN : Lowe, Chris 03:33 SUB OUT: Mayben, Tiki 03:33 MISSED FT SHOT by YOUNG, Frank 03:32 FOUL by Life, James REBOUND (OFF) by (DEADBALL) 03:32 GOOD! FT SHOT by YOUNG, Frank 03:32 79-71 H 8 03:32 SUB IN : SUMMERS, Rob 03:32 SUB OUT: SMALLIGAN, Jamie 03:23 TURNOVR by Lasme, Stephane 03:23 FOUL by Lasme, Stephane MISSED FT SHOT by RUOFF, Alex 03:09 FOUL by Milligan, Dante REBOUND (OFF) by (DEADBALL) 03:09 GOOD! FT SHOT by RUOFF, Alex 03:09 80-71 H 9 SUB IN : Brower, Etienne 03:09 SUB IN : SMALLIGAN, Jamie SUB OUT: Milligan, Dante 03:09 SUB OUT: SUMMERS, Rob 02:53 MISSED LAYUP by Lasme, Stephane 02:53 REBOUND (OFF) by Lasme, Stephane 02:51 80-73 H 7 GOOD! LAYUP by Lasme, Stephane [PNT] GOOD! LAYUP by SMALLIGAN, Jamie [PNT] 02:40 82-73 H 9 ASSIST by NICHOLS, Darris 02:40 02:36 TURNOVR by Lasme, Stephane STEAL by BUTLER, Da'Sean 02:35 GOOD! 3 PTR by YOUNG, Frank 02:06 85-73 H 12 ASSIST by RUOFF, Alex 02:06 FOUL by NICHOLS, Darris 02:01 MISSED FT SHOT by Lowe, Chris 02:01 REBOUND (OFF) by (DEADBALL) 02:01 MISSED FT SHOT by Lowe, Chris 02:01 REBOUND (OFF) by Freeman, Rashaun SUB IN : Freeman, Rashaun 02:01 SUB OUT: Forbes, Gary 02:01 FOUL by YOUNG, Frank 02:00 85-74 H 11 GOOD! FT SHOT by Freeman, Rashaun 02:00 85-75 H 10 GOOD! FT SHOT by Freeman, Rashaun SUB IN : Harris, Ricky 02:00 SUB OUT: Brower, Etienne 02:00 GOOD! 3 PTR by NICHOLS, Darris 01:32 88-75 H 13 ASSIST by YOUNG, Frank 01:32 01:22 TURNOVR by Lowe, Chris GOOD! LAYUP by RUOFF, Alex [PNT] 00:55 90-75 H 15 MISSED FT SHOT by RUOFF, Alex 00:55 FOUL by Lasme, Stephane 00:55 REBOUND (DEF) by Freeman, Rashaun 00:45 TURNOVR by Life, James SUB IN : Brower, Etienne 00:45 SUB IN : MAZZULLA, Joe SUB OUT: Lasme, Stephane 00:45 SUB OUT: RUOFF, Alex MISSED LAYUP by MAZZULLA, Joe 00:19 REBOUND (OFF) by MAZZULLA, Joe 00:19 MISSED 3 PTR by BUTLER, Da'Sean 00:14 REBOUND (DEF) by Freeman, Rashaun 00:08 90-77 H 13 GOOD! JUMPER by Lowe, Chris [PNT] POINTS OFF TURNOVERS 1 2 - Tot Massachusetts........... 10 12 - 22 West Virginia........... 9 10 - 19 POINTS IN PAINT 1 2 - Tot Massachusetts........... 16 30 - 46 West Virginia........... 10 18 - 28 2ND CHANCE POINTS 1 2 - Tot Massachusetts........... 6 11 - 17 West Virginia........... 6 4 - 10 FAST BREAK POINTS 1 2 - Tot Massachusetts........... 2 4 - 6 West Virginia........... 0 4 - 4 BENCH POINTS 1 2 - Tot Massachusetts........... 4 10 - 14 West Virginia........... 5 18 - 23 SCORE TIED BY 1 2 - Tot Massachusetts........... 1 0 - 1 West Virginia........... 0 0 - 0 LEAD GAINED BY 1 2 - Tot Massachusetts........... 0 0 - 0 West Virginia........... 0 0 - 0