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| //Minutemen top Southern Conn. With 18-point second half run//\\ | //Minutemen top Southern Conn. With 18-point second half run//\\ |
| By Jim Clark, [[http://www.dailycollegian.com|Massachusetts Daily Collegian]] Staff, 11/28/1988 | By Jim Clark, [[http://www.dailycollegian.com|Massachusetts Daily Collegian]] Staff, 11/28/1988 |
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| Throw out all those early entries. Saturday night’s men’s basketball game at the [[Curry Hicks Cage]] was the season opener that really mattered. | Throw out all those early entries. Saturday night’s men’s basketball game at the [[Curry Hicks Cage]] was the season opener that really mattered. |
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| And the University of Massachusetts, despite a sluggish start, rebounded to roll to an 84-61 win over Division II Southern Connecticut State University. | And the University of Massachusetts, despite a sluggish start, rebounded to roll to an 84-61 win over Division II [[opponent_southern_connecticut|Southern Connecticut State University]]. |
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| The game was the official start of the 1988-89 season for the Minutemen, and the official debut for first-year head coach [[calipari_john|John Calipari]]. All scrimmage and exhibition games aside, this was the one that will go down in the books, as UMass starts the year on a bright note with a 1-0 record. Southern Connecticut falls to 0-2. | The game was the official start of the [[season_1988-89|1988-89 season]] for the Minutemen, and the official debut for first-year head coach [[calipari_john|John Calipari]]. All scrimmage and exhibition games aside, this was the one that will go down in the books, as UMass starts the year on a bright note with a 1-0 record. Southern Connecticut falls to 0-2. |
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| In the end, it was a total team effort that did the trick. The Minutemen got solid contributions from seniors David ‘Beetle’ Brown, who led the team with 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Duane Chase, who tossed in 13 points and nine caroms with a trio of the crowd-pleasing slams that have come to be expected of him. | In the end, it was a total team effort that did the trick. The Minutemen got solid contributions from seniors David ‘Beetle’ Brown, who led the team with 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Duane Chase, who tossed in 13 points and nine caroms with a trio of the crowd-pleasing slams that have come to be expected of him. |
| “Duane played hard. The kind of effort he showed was good,” Calipari said. | “Duane played hard. The kind of effort he showed was good,” Calipari said. |
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| Then, there were the freshmen. In what may be an unprecedented move in these parts, Calipari went with rookies [[mccoy_jim|Jim McCoy]] and Anton Brown as his starting backcourt. The two didn’t let anyone down, as Brown dropped in 17 points and McCoy added 13. Each had a pair of assists and Brown had four steals. | [{{ ::19881126_mccoy_drives_in.jpg?350|Jim McCoy drives in}}] |
| | Then, there were the freshmen. In what may be an unprecedented move in these parts, Calipari went with rookies [[mccoy_jim|Jim McCoy]] and [[Anton Brown]] as his starting backcourt. The two didn’t let anyone down, as Brown dropped in 17 points and McCoy added 13. Each had a pair of assists and Brown had four steals. |
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| “Jimmy McCoy can play, and Anton Brown can play,” Calipari said. “They’ll be [starting] until someone else proves that they deserve it.” | “Jimmy McCoy can play, and Anton Brown can play,” Calipari said. “They’ll be [starting] until someone else proves that they deserve it.” |
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| After the second half showing, Calipari was glad he stuck around. | After the second half showing, Calipari was glad he stuck around. |
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| | [[https://archive.org/details/massachuse19881989univ/page/n534/mode/1up|Sidebar about the scoreboard fire]] |
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| ===== Box Score ===== | ===== Box Score ===== |
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| {{tag>"Southern Connecticut"}} | {{tag>"Southern Connecticut"}} |
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