====== February 4, 2025 - Saint Louis at UMass ======
  * Season: [[season_2024-25|2024-25]]
  * Date: Tuesday, February 4, 2025
  * Opponent: [[opponent_st_louis|Saint Louis]]
  * Start Time: 7:00 PM ET
  * Site: [[Mullins Center]]
  * Special Event: [[Atlantic 10]] conference game
  * Television: none
  * Stream: [[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: UM +1½((https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401724409/saint-louis-umass))
  * UM personnel report: [[Nate Guerengomba]], [[Lewis Walker]], [[Josh Engel]] and [[John Brigham]] were on the bench but not in uniform. No official report as to why.((Guerengomba usually plays, so this was unusual.))

  * **Result: Saint Louis 73, UMass 71**
  * Attendance: 3745

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===== Previews =====
  * Game notes: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2025/2/3/mens-basketball-massachusetts-vs-slu|UM]], [[https://slubillikens.com/news/2025/2/3/mens-basketball-mbb-preview-billikens-head-to-amherst-for-a-10-matchup.aspx|SLU]]

===== Game Thread =====
See the [[https://www.umasshoops.com/newboard/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17276|UMassHoops.com Message Board thread]] for pre-game and post-game discussion.

===== Recaps =====
  * UM: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2025/2/4/mens-basketball-minutemen-fall-narrowly-to-saint-louis-73-71|Minutemen Fall Narrowly To Saint Louis, 73-71]]
  * SLU: [[https://slubillikens.com/news/2025/2/4/mens-basketball-swopes-late-3-completes-thrilling-comeback-win.aspx|Swope’s Late 3 Completes Thrilling Comeback Win]]
  * Daily Hampshire Gazette: [[https://gazettenet.com/UMass-basketball-Minutemen-fall-apart-down-the-stretch-hand-Saint-Louis-key-A-10-victory-59274051|Minutemen fall apart down the stretch, hand Saint Louis key A-10 victory]]
  * DHG (2/7): [[https://gazettenet.com/Gut-check-time-for-UMass-men-s-basketball-after-painful-loss-59304982|Can UMass bounce back after dismal loss to Saint Louis?]]
  * Mass. Daily Collegian: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2025/02/umass-crumbles-in-final-minute-against-saint-louis/|UMass crumbles in final minute against Saint Louis]]
  * MDC: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2025/02/sands-umass-players-step-up-but-still-have-work-to-do/|UMass players step up, but still have work to do]]
  * MDC: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2025/02/minutemen-play-to-their-strengths-against-saint-louis/|Minutemen play to their strengths against Saint Louis]]
  * Berkshire Eagle: [[https://www.berkshireeagle.com/sports/umass/umass-cant-close-it-out-saint-louis-rallies-for-the-win-in-mens-basketball/article_d6a0ee72-e36b-11ef-ab28-0775560c66ed.html|UMass can't close it out, Saint Louis rallies for the win in men's basketball]]
  * STL Post-Dispatch: [[https://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/slu/amari-mccottry-the-unlikely-hero-as-slu-closes-with-7-0-run-to-beat-umass/article_60851966-e30c-11ef-b427-7f7297cc01d4.html|Amari McCottry the unlikely hero as SLU closes with 7-0 run to beat UMass 73-71]]
  * Stu Durando: [[https://stuonslu.substack.com/p/amari-mccottry-comes-to-the-rescue|Amari McCottry comes to the rescue in a SLU win at UMass that was hard to comprehend]]

===== Other content =====
  * Photo galleries: [[https://www.masslive.com/sports/2025/02/minutemen-fall-narrowly-to-saint-louis-73-71.html|MassLive]], [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/dailycollegian/albums/72177720323615556|Collegian]]
  * [[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/video/_/gameId/401724409|Video clips and game highlights from ESPN]]
  * UM video clips: [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1886931387111854445|Curry the quick pull-up]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1886932582719246368|Watson drains open 3]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1886934047634399304|Diggins connects for 3]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1886939576083636584|Rivera finishes]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1886944981866439052|Curry surprised he was that wide open]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1886951895924957662|DHS contested jumper]]
  * SLU highlight packs: [[https://x.com/SaintLouisMBB/status/1887164382179930159|1]], [[https://x.com/SaintLouisMBB/status/1887290110829351265|2]]
  * SLU video clips: [[https://x.com/SaintLouisMBB/status/1886933423585157185|Avila to Jimerson]], [[https://x.com/SaintLouisMBB/status/1886940809611657590|Swope steps around the D]], [[https://x.com/SaintLouisMBB/status/1886947279136854318|Kobe Johnson for 3]], [[https://x.com/SaintLouisMBB/status/1886978532561007051|SLU scraps for the go-ahead basket]], [[https://x.com/SaintLouisMBB/status/1887187906864759101|SLU seals it on the other end]]
  * [[https://x.com/SaintLouisMBB/status/1887261356262629777|SLU compiled McCottry's contributions]]
  * Quick recaps from Josh Shertz postgame presser: Didn't feel like we deserved to win that game, we got outplayed for most of the 40 minutes ... but proud of our guys, resilience to stay in there, show some grit, show some fortitude, find a way without Robbie.((https://bsky.app/profile/tomtimm.bsky.social/post/3lhfl5ekigs22))  Don't let the final nine seconds minimize what happened in the first 39 minutes and 51 seconds. If Swope misses that 3 and we lose 71-70, the reasons we would have lost are still there. We've got to be much cleaner with the ball. The turnovers are maddening.((https://bsky.app/profile/tomtimm.bsky.social/post/3lhfla5yyzk22))
  * SLU quote: "I don’t know if I’ve ever walked out winning a game understanding less how we won the game."((https://bsky.app/profile/stuonslu.bsky.social/post/3lhfptexink2l))

[{{::20250204_win_probability.png?nolink|ESPN's Win Probability graph with 49 seconds remaining.((https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401724409/saint-louis-umass))  UM had the ball.}}]

===== Box score =====
[[https://umassathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2024-25/saint-louis/boxscore/15653|Standard]], [[https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=547836|StatBroadcast]], [[https://dxbhsrqyrr690.cloudfront.net/sidearm.nextgen.sites/umassathletics.com/stats/mbball/2024/pdf/20250204092556-2552204.pdf|PDF]]

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