February 24, 2026 - UMass at Ball State

• Season: 2025-26
• Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2026
• Opponent: Ball State
• Start Time: 7:00 PM ET
• Site: Worthen Arena, Muncie IN
• Event: MAC game
• Television: none
• Stream: ESPN+
• Radio: WEEI 105.5 FM, WCRN 830 AM, Varsity (stream)
• Spread: UMass -4½¹⁾
• UM personnel report: Daniel Hankins-Sanford out with an unspecified injury. Josh Engel was not dressed, no official report as to why.

ESPN's Win Probability graph, showing our 98.8% chance of winning when we took a 53-35 lead with 12:12 remaining.

• Result: Ball State 74, UMass 73 (OT)
• Attendance: 2396

• Game notes: UM, BSU
• Minuteman Command: UMass Looks To Get Back On Track At Ball State

Note: Ball State came into the game having lost 6 of their last 7 overall, 6 straight MAC games, having a 3-11 MAC record, and being ranked 323 in the NET.

See the UMassHoops.com Message Board thread for pre-game and post-game discussion.
Also check out what they're saying on Over The Pylon.

• UM: Ball State Comes Back to Beat Minutemen
• BSU: Cardinals Complete 18-Point Comeback in 74-73 Overtime Win over UMass
• Mass. Daily Collegian: Minutemen suffer second straight overtime loss to Ball State
• MDC: Leonardo Bettiol’s foul trouble dooms UMass against Ball State
• Minuteman Command: UMass Blows 18-Point Second-Half Leads, Loses At Ball St. In OT
• sMACk Talk: Cardinals Outscore Minutemen in Final Seven Minutes of Regulation to Force Overtime

• K'Jei Parker hit a FG to put UMass ahead, 53-35, with 12:12 remaining.
• UMass proceeded to give up a 26-5 run, with only 1 FG in that span (2-pointer by Marcus Banks at the 7:50 remaining mark.) In that same span, UMass missed 13 FGs and turned it over 5 times.
• UM's next field goal came on Isaiah Placide's three with :25 remaining.

• Highlights and clips from ESPN
• Highlights from the MAC
• Condended (9:46) game
• Just Being Frank 3.19 discusses the game

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