====== December 14, 2024 - UMass Boston at UMass ======
  * Season: [[season_2024-25|2024-25]]
  * Date: Saturday, December 14, 2024
  * Opponent: [[opponent_umass_boston|UMass Boston]]
  * Start Time: 12:00 PM ET
  * Site: [[Mullins Center]]
  * Special Event: Non-conference game
  * Television: [[https://nesn.com/nesn-channel-listings/|NESN]]
  * Stream: [[https://nesn.com/watch/|NESN Watch]], [[https://plus.espn.com/|ESPN+]]
  * Radio: [[https://www.audacy.com/weei/wwei_springfield|WEEI (105.5 FM)]], [[https://wcrnradio.com/|WCRN (830 AM)]], [[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-varsity-network/id1574519982|Varsity Network App]]
  * Spread: no line
  * UM personnel report: [[Daniel Hankins-Sanford]] out (hand)

  * **Result: UMass 86, UMass Boston 52**
  * Attendance: not announced

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===== Notes =====
  * UMass Boston is [[wp>NCAA Division III|Division III]].  This is the first time UMass has played a regular season game against a non-Division I opponent, by choice (not as part of a Multi-Team Event), since 11/25/1991 when UMass hosted D-II's [[opponent_keene_state|Keene State]].  (Keene State has since leveled down to D-III.)  The lower tier game is not unusual this season, as almost all other [[Atlantic 10]] members have at least one other non-D-I game on their schedules.((https://www.umasshoops.com/newboard/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17133&p=565000#p565000))
 
===== Previews =====
  * Game notes: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2024/12/13/mens-basketball-massachusetts-take-on-in-state-foe-umass-boston|UM]], [[https://beaconsathletics.com/news/2024/12/11/mens-basketball-mens-basketball-tips-off-in-amherst-on-saturday.aspx|UMB]]
 
===== Game Thread =====
See the [[https://www.umasshoops.com/newboard/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17201|UMassHoops.com Message Board thread]] for pre-game and post-game discussion.

===== Recaps =====
  * UM: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2024/12/14/mens-basketball-massachusetts-picks-up-86-52-win-over-umass-boston|Massachusetts Picks Up 86-52 Win over UMass Boston]]
  * UMB: [[https://beaconsathletics.com/news/2024/12/14/mens-basketball-beacons-tested-minutemen-in-amherst.aspx|Beacons Tested Minutemen in Amherst]]
  * Mass. Daily Collegian: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2024/12/minutemen-bounce-back-with-win-over-umass-boston/|Minutemen bounce back with win over UMass Boston]]
  * MDC: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2024/12/malek-abdelgowads-career-day-leads-umass-to-victory-over-umass-boston/|Malek Abdelgowad’s career day leads UMass to victory over UMass Boston]]
  * MDC: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2024/12/sands-umass-gets-much-needed-confidence-boost/|Sands: UMass gets much needed confidence boost]]

===== Other content =====
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCLsn9-0DdQ|UM highlights]]
  * Press conferences: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_MkJvco0W4|Malek & Jayden]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQVRLpSgQbg|Frank]]
  * UM video clips: [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1867981106877992990|Malek Abdul-Jabbar with a bit of a hook shot]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1867982682430542091|Diggins uncontested]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1867984000305996025|Curry pulls up and scores]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1867985514755674124|Malek for 3]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1867994229026545746|Malek gets to 20 early in H2]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1867996998768751061|Marqui to Jayden]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1867999746042056791|2 blocks by Shahid and an alley-oop Nate to Tarique]]

===== Box score =====
[[https://umassathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2024-25/umass-boston/boxscore/15608|Standard]], [[https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=547843|StatBroadcast]], [[https://dxbhsrqyrr690.cloudfront.net/sidearm.nextgen.sites/umassathletics.com/stats/mbball/2024/pdf/20241214015355-2556104.pdf|PDF]]

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