• Season: 1996-97
• Date: Wednesday, March 5, 1997
• Opponent: La Salle
• Start Time: ?
• Site: The Spectrum, Philadelphia PA
• Special Event: Atlantic 10 Tournament Opening Round. Seeds: UMass East 3, La Salle West 6.
• Television: A-10 Television Network
• Radio: ?

• Result: UMass 64, La Salle 49
• Attendance: ?

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Highlights from ESPN

LA SALLE 
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Gizzi           31  3-15   0-0   1-2  0  1    7
Catlin          26   1-2   0-0   1-4  0  2    2
Johnson         33   2-5   2-2   3-7  1  2    6
Carr            35  3-18   2-2   1-2  2  2   10
Smith           34  4-10   1-2   2-3  6  3   10
Landgren         9   0-1   2-2   0-1  0  4    2
Fromal           5   0-1   0-2   0-0  0  0    0
Comey            6   1-3   0-0   0-1  0  0    3
Flickinger       1   0-0   0-0   1-1  0  0    0
Melchionni      12   3-4   1-2   0-2  0  0    9
Van Teeseling    8   0-0   0-0   1-2  0  2    0
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TOTALS         200 17-59  8-12 10-25  9 16   49
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Percentages: FG-.288, FT-.667. 3-Point Goals:
7-29, .241 (Gizzi 1-9, Carr 2-11, Smith 1-3,
Landgren 0-1, Fromal 0-1, Comey 1-2, Melchionni
2-2). Team rebounds: 5. Blocked shots: None.
Turnovers: 10 (Catlin 3, Carr 2, Gizzi 2, Smith
2, Johnson). Steals: 8 (Smith 6, Carr, Johnson).


MASSACHUSETTS 
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Clarke          37   6-9   0-3   1-6  4  1   13
Weeks           31  8-11   5-5  2-11  2  1   21
Ketner          24   3-4   1-4   2-5  0  1    7
Padilla         26   1-3   0-0   0-2  5  4    2
Travieso        38  4-12   0-0   0-3  3  1   11
Smith           15   1-1   0-0   1-2  1  2    2
Babul            4   0-0   0-2   1-1  0  0    0
Basit            9   1-3   0-0   1-3  0  1    2
Norville        16   2-3   2-4   1-2  1  2    6
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TOTALS         200 26-46  8-18  9-35 16 13   64
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Percentages: FG-.565, FT-.444. 3-Point Goals:
4-10, .400 (Clarke 1-2, Padilla 0-1, Travieso
3-7). Team rebounds: 4. Blocked shots: 2 (Weeks,
Travieso). Turnovers: 18 (Padilla 5, Weeks 4,
Ketner 3, Smith 2, Travieso 2, Clarke, Norville).
Steals: 5 (Weeks 2, Ketner, Norville, Smith).

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Lasalle            28   21  -   49
Massachusetts      32   32  -   64
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Technical fouls: None. Officials: Phil Bova, Rich
San Fillipo, Jim Jenkins.