====== February 28, 2022 - UMass vs. Fordham ======
  * Season: [[season_2021-22|2021-22]]
  * Date: Monday, February 28, 2022
  * Opponent: [[opponent_fordham|Fordham]]
  * Start Time: 7:00 PM ET
  * Site: [[wp>Rose Hill Gymnasium|Rose Hill Gym]]
  * Special Event: [[Atlantic 10]] conference game
  * Television: [[wp>SNY (TV network)|SNY]]
  * Stream: ESPN+
  * Radio: WEEI (105.5 FM), WCRN (830 AM)
  * Spread: UMass +2((per Covers.com))

This game had originally been scheduled for January 2, 2022, but was postponed due to COVID protocols within Fordham.((https://umassathletics.com/news/2022/1/1/mens-basketball-mens-basketball-game-at-fordham-postponed.aspx))

  * **Result: Fordham 85, UMass 73**
  * Attendance: 754((Fordham was still limiting attendees to students, faculty and staff, and season ticket holders))

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===== Previews =====
  * Game notes: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2022/2/27/mens-basketball-mens-hoops-set-for-monday-night-matchup-in-the-bronx.aspx|UMass]], [[https://fordhamsports.com/news/2022/2/28/mens-basketball-mens-basketball-hosts-umass-on-monday.aspx|Fordham]]

===== Recaps =====
  * UM: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2022/2/28/mens-basketball-early-second-half-run-lifts-fordham-over-umass.aspx|Early Second Half Run Lifts Fordham Over UMass]]
  * Fordham: [[https://fordhamsports.com/news/2022/2/28/mens-basketball-mens-basketball-takes-down-umass-85-73.aspx|Men’s Basketball Takes Down UMass, 85-73]]
  * Daily Hampshire Gazette: [[https://www.gazettenet.com/UMass-minutemen-Fordham-rams-A10-college-basketball-45308087|Men’s basketball: Hot-shooting Fordham thumps UMass]]
  * Mass. Daily Collegian: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2022/02/umass-mens-basketball-losing-skid-extends-to-three-after-loss-to-fordham/|UMass men’s basketball losing skid extends to three after loss to Fordham]]
  * MDC: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2022/02/umass-mens-basketball-team-spread-the-minutes-evenly-in-the-loss-to-fordham/|UMass men’s basketball team spreads the minutes evenly in the loss to Fordham]]

===== Notes =====
  * [[dominguez_dyondre|Dyondre Dominguez]] set career highs in FGAs (12) and 3FGAs (8), going 3-12 overall and 2-8 from three.
  * Fordham's Chuba Ohams scored a career-high 23 points.
  * Fordham's 85 points were the most scored in an Atlantic 10 conference game in over three years (85 vs. UMass on [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2019/2/6/mens-basketball-mens-hoops-falls-to-fordham-85-67.aspx|2/6/2019]])
  * Fordham's 45 second-half points were one shy of their season-high.
  * Fordham shot .579 (11-19) from three, their best percentage since 2015 (.625, 15-24, on 12/13 vs Coppin State).

===== Other content =====
  * [[https://fordhamsports.com/galleries/mens-basketball/mens-basketball-vs-umass/1306|Photo gallery]]
  * Video: [[https://twitter.com/FordhamMBB/status/1498856435211554817|Fordham highlights]]
  * Video: [[https://twitter.com/FordhamMBB/status/1498707726448353281|Kyle Rose hits from beyond half-court to end the first half]]
  * Video: [[https://twitter.com/FordhamRams/status/1498496414934052865|Chuba Ohams goes right past Dyondre Dominguez for the dunk]]
  * Video: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0322Sg7BsqU|Fordham post-game press conference]]
  * Video: McCall post-game comments [[https://twitter.com/MLBergman_/status/1498492626059907076|1]], [[https://twitter.com/MLBergman_/status/1498497567511957507|2]], [[https://twitter.com/MLBergman_/status/1498495214662602754|3]]

===== Box score =====
  * [[https://fordhamsports.com/boxscore.aspx?path=mbball&id=9888|Standard]], [[https://fordhamsports.com/sidearmstats/mbball;game=9888/summary|SideArm]], [[https://fordhamsports.com/mens-basketball/2021-22/boxscore/vs-university-of-massachusetts/9888/pdf|PDF]]

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