====== October 19, 2025 - UMass at Brown ======
  * Season: [[season_2025-26|2025-26]]
  * Date: Sunday, October 19, 2025
  * Opponent: [[opponent_brown|Brown]]
  * Start Time: 4:00 PM ET
  * Site: [[wp>Pizzitola Sports Center]], Providence RI
  * Special Event: Exhibition
  * Television: none
  * Stream: none
  * Radio: [[https://thevarsitynetwork.com/feed/source/oas-1440?audioPlayer=brownuni:allaccess-Live-395|Brown broadcast]]
  * Spread: N/A (exhibition)
  * UM personnel report: No reports of injuries

  * **Result: UMass 92, Brown 74**
  * Attendance: N/A

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===== Previews =====
  * Game notes: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2025/9/30/mens-basketball-set-for-two-exhibition-matchups|UM]], [[https://brownbears.com/news/2025/10/17/mens-basketball-mens-basketball-welcomes-umass-for-exhibition-on-sunday|Brown]]

===== Game Thread =====
See [[https://www.umasshoops.com/newboard/viewtopic.php?t=17382|the UMassHoops.com Message Board thread]] for pre-game and post-game discussion.

===== Recaps =====
**Massachusetts Claims Convincing 92-74 Win Over Brown In Exhibition Action**\\
From [[http://www.umassathletics.com|UMass Athletics]], 10/19/2025((https://umassathletics.com/news/2025/10/19/mens-basketball-massachusetts-claims-convincing-92-74-win-over-brown-in-exhibition-action))

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Massachusetts basketball claimed a convincing 92-74 win over Brown in exhibition action on Sunday evening at Pizzitola Sports Center. The Minutemen had five players score in double figures and shot 51.9 percent from 3-point range as a team. 

[[marcus_banks|Marcus Banks Jr.]] led the way for the Minutemen in their first dress rehearsal of the season, scoring 24 points while shooting a perfect 7-of-7 from deep.  The graduate student also tallied two steals and two assists on the evening. 

Senior [[Daniel Hankins-Sanford]] was productive, totaling 12 points on 4-of-7 shooting from the field. [[Leonardo Bettiol]], [[Danny Carbuccia]] and [[kjei_parker|K'Jei Parker]] each tallied 10 points, shooting a combined 46.4 percent as a group. Carbuccia recorded a team-high five assists in his collegiate debut. 

[[Dimitri Clerc]] totaled six points and a team-high two blocks on 16 minutes of action.  

The Bears were led by Adrian Uchidiuno who scored 16 points on 5-of-10 shooting from the field. 

Breaking Down The Action 
  * Massachusetts opened the scoring as Daniel Hankins-Sanford sunk a layup 57 seconds into the first half. 
  * Malcolm Wrisby-Jefferson responded quickly for the Bears finding the basket to make it 2-2 with 19:11 remaining. 
  * A pair of 3-pointers from Marcus Banks Jr. and Hankins-Sanford powered a 12-5 Massachusetts run over the next 4:13 to give the Minutemen a 14-7 lead. 
  * Brown responded with an 11-3 run of their own, capped by a three-pointer from Adrian Uchidiuno to give the bears a 18-16 advantage with 10:17 left in the first half. 
  * K'Jei Parker and Wrisby-Jefferson traded baskets to tie the game at 20-20 with 9:00 on the clock. 
  * The Bears reclaimed the lead, going on a 9-2 run to make the score 27-22 with 5:54 to play in the first half. 
  * Jeremiah Jenkins sunk a three-pointer with 3:20 on the clock to extend the Brown lead to 34-27. 
  * A pair of free throws from Uchidiuno gave Brown a 36-28 advantage, its largest lead of the night. 
  * [[Donovan Brown]] hit a mid-range jumper to send Massachusetts into the halftime break with the score 38-33 in favor of Brown. 
  * Banks Jr. capped a 7-2 Massachusetts run with a four-point play to tie the game at 40-40 just 1:27 into the second half. 
  * Seven points from Banks Jr. and Leonardo Bettiol sparked an 11-5 run over the next 3:35 to give Massachusetts a 51-45 lead, one which it would never relinquish. 
  * Danny Carbuccia scored eight unanswered points to provide Massachusetts with its first double-digit lead, 59-47, with 13:03 left in the second half. 
  * The Bears used 10 points from Jenkins and Uchidiuno to fuel a 12-3 run that cut the Massachusetts lead to 66-59 with 8:42 remaining. 
  * Banks Jr. hit three consecutive shots from deep to extend the Massachusetts advantage back out to 77-64 with 5:08 on the clock. 
  * [[Isaiah Placide]] scored five points in the final 58 seconds to give Massachusetts its largest lead of the night, 92-71, with 22 seconds remaining. 
  * Jonah Drezner made the game's final basket, making the score 92-74 in favor of the Minutemen. 

Newcomer Notifications 
  * 10 newcomers saw action on the evening, with Marcus Banks Jr., Leonardo Bettiol and K'Jei Parker entering as starters. 
  * Banks Jr. led all scorers with 24 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the field 
  * Bettiol played a team-high 26 minutes, scoring 10 points on 5-of-11 shooting from the field 
  * Parker and freshman Danny Carbuccia each scored 10 points from the point guard position, shooting a combined 8-of-17 from the field. 
  * Freshman [[dwayne_wimbley|Dwayne Wimbley Jr.]] played 19 minutes, totaling five points and three rebounds. 

Numbers To Know
  * 5: Five Minutemen reached double figures on the night: Banks Jr. (24), Hankins-Sanford (12), Brown (10), Carbuccia (10) and Parker (10). 
  * 5: Damjanac led the squad in rebounds; nabbing five 
  * 6: The two teams traded leads six times. 
  * 10: UMass won the turnover battle, holding a 15-10 advantage over Brown. 
  * 14: Massachusetts hit 14 3-pointers, shooting 51.9 percent. 
  * 20: The Minutemen tallied 20 assists on the night. 

Up Next\\
The Minutemen host [[game20251025_rhode_island_college|Rhode Island College on Saturday, Oct. 25]] at 1 p.m. for their final dress rehearsal at the Mullins Center. Admission will be free and open to all spectators with live updates and links available at umassathletics.com or @UMassMBB on X (Twitter). 

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  * Brown: [[https://brownbears.com/news/2025/10/19/mens-basketball-mens-basketball-falls-to-umass-in-exhibition-on-sunday|Men’s Basketball Falls to UMass in Exhibition on Sunday]]
  * Mass. Daily Collegian: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2025/10/umass-mens-basketball-begins-2025-with-exhibition-victory-over-brown/|UMass men’s basketball begins 2025 with exhibition victory over Brown]]
  * MDC: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2025/10/wendel-what-we-learned-from-umass-mens-basketballs-first-exhibition/|What we learned from UMass men’s basketball’s first exhibition]]

===== Other content =====
  * [[https://brownbears.com/galleries?gallery=3540|Photo gallery (Brown)]]
  * UMass pictures: [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1980005453263143085|DHS jumper]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1980009322105942191|Carbuccia]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1980015054243168402|Wimbley and Brown]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1980018706865435070|Banks]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1980020596135068025|Banks doubled]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1980024287273832873|Carbuccia jumper]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1980028690315780327|Banks jumper]], [[https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17R8VoLqxb/|more]]

===== Box score =====
[[https://brownbears.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary|SideArm (Brown)]] (Not seeing the UMass game?  Click Settings -> Archived Game Stats)\\
[[https://umasshoops.com/games/20251019%20box%20score%20Brown.pdf|PDF]]

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