====== February 23, 2021 - UMass vs. Richmond ======
  * Season: [[season_2020-21|2020-21]]
  * Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2021
  * Opponent: [[opponent_richmond|Richmond]]
  * Start Time: 6:00 PM ET
  * Site: [[wp>Robins Center]], Richmond VA
  * Special Event: [[Atlantic 10]] conference game
  * Television: NBC Sports Washington+
  * Radio: WEEI (105.5 FM), WCRN (830 AM)
  * Spread: UMass +9

  * **Result: Richmond 79, UMass 65**
  * Attendance: General public not permitted, per [[wp>COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19]] restrictions

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===== Previews =====
  * Game notes: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2021/2/22/mens-basketball-returns-to-action-tuesday-at-richmond.aspx|UMass]], [[https://richmondspiders.com/documents/2021/2/22/UR_Game_Notes_18_UMass.pdf|Richmond]]
  * Daily Hampshire Gazette: [[https://www.gazettenet.com/UMass-basketball-returns-to-rough-road-stretch-39008967|UMass basketball returns from pause with a shot at Atlantic 10 title]]
  * Mass. Daily Collegian: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2021/02/umass-ends-pause-on-the-road-against-richmond/|UMass ends pause on the road against Richmond]]
  * MDC: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2021/02/umass-basketball-returns-for-final-stretch-of-season-after-sudden-hiatus/|UMass basketball returns for final stretch of season after sudden hiatus]]
  * Richmond Times-Dispatch: [[https://richmond.com/sports/college/richmond/theres-more-of-6-9-spider-sal-koureissi-than-before-and-likely-more-to-come/article_f828d5d5-96f4-5570-8276-bd6e713512f2.html|There's more of 6-9 Spider Sal Koureissi than before, and likely more to come]]

===== Recaps =====
  * UM: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2021/2/23/richmond-tops-massachusetts-mens-basketball-79-65.aspx|Richmond Tops Massachusetts Men's Basketball, 79-65]]
  * UR: [[https://richmondspiders.com/news/2021/2/23/mens-basketball-spiders-move-to-third-in-atlantic-10-with-win-over-umass.aspx|Spiders Move to Third in Atlantic 10 With Win Over UMass]]
  * DHG: [[https://www.gazettenet.com/UMass-basketball-at-Richmond-39039312|Minutemen stuck in Spiders’ web: UMass falls in return to hardwood, 79-65]]
  * MDC: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2021/02/richmond-blows-past-umass-basketball-in-its-return-to-play-spiders-win-79-65/|Richmond blows past UMass basketball in its return to play, Spiders win 79-65]]
  * MDC: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2021/02/richmonds-experience-outplays-minutemen-youth-in-79-65-conference-matchup/|Richmond’s experience outplays Minutemen youth in 79-65 conference matchup]]
  * MDC: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2021/02/dominguez-and-weeks-bright-spots-in-loss-to-richmond-after-two-week-pause/|Dominguez and Weeks bright spots in loss to Richmond after two week pause]]
  * RTD: [[https://richmond.com/sports/college/richmond/spiders-engage-passing-game-to-subdue-minutemen-79-65/article_f7d6ac09-d1ba-5a2b-98c9-2782284a26b1.html|Spiders engage passing game to subdue Minutemen 79-65]]

===== Box score =====
  * [[https://umassathletics.com/boxscore.aspx?path=mbball&id=12380|Standard]], [[https://umassathletics.com/mens-basketball/2020-21/boxscore/at-rhode-island/12380/pdf|PDF]], [[https://umassathletics.com/sidearmstats/mbball;game=12380/summary|SideArm]]

{{tag>"2020-21 season" "Richmond" "Black uniforms"}}