====== November 8, 2025 - Albany at UMass ======
  * Season: [[season_2025-26|2025-26]]
  * Date: Saturday, November 8, 2025
  * Opponent: [[opponent_albany|Albany]]
  * Start Time: 6:00 PM ET
  * Site: [[Mullins Center]]
  * Special Event: Non-conference game
  * Television: none
  * Stream: [[https://plus.espn.com/|ESPN+]]
  * Radio: [[https://www.audacy.com/stations/weei-1055fmspringfield|WEEI 105.5 FM]], [[https://wcrnradio.com/|WCRN 830 AM]], [[https://thevarsitynetwork.com/audioapplink/source/oas-1218/content/umass:allaccess-Live-5060|Varsity]] (stream)
  * Spread: UMass -9½((per ESPN https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401827757/ualbany-umass))
  * UM personnel report: [[Josh Engel]] was not dressed, no official report as to why

[{{ ::20251108_bettiol_jumper.jpg?direct&300|Leo Bettiol launches a shot.  The Minuteman forward led all scorers with 23 points. Courtesy: J. Anthony Roberts / [[https://www.masslive.com/umassbasketball/2025/11/umass-mens-basketball-rights-the-ship-takes-down-albany-for-1st-win.html|MassLive]]}}]
  * **Result: UMass 83, Albany 62**
  * Attendance: 3025

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===== Previews =====
  * Game notes: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2025/11/5/mens-basketball-minutemen-host-ualbany-on-saturday|UM]]
  * Albany Times Union: [[https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/ualbany-umass-basketball-frank-martin-21141333.php|Killings gives UAlbany a taste of home in trip to UMass]]

===== Game Thread =====
See [[https://www.umasshoops.com/newboard/viewtopic.php?t=17398|the UMassHoops.com Message Board thread]] for pre-game and post-game discussion.

===== Recaps =====
  * UM: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2025/11/8/mens-basketball-massachusetts-secure-83-62-win-over-ualbany|Massachusetts Secures 83-62 Win Over UAlbany]]
  * Albany: [[https://ualbanysports.com/news/2025/11/8/mens-basketball-kempson-leads-great-danes-in-loss-at-umass.aspx|Men's Basketball Drops Road Contest at UMass Behind Strong Performances from Kempson, Matulu]]
  * Daily Hampshire Gazette: [[https://gazettenet.com/2025/11/08/bettiols-big-night-leads-umass-mens-basketball-to-first-win-of-2025-26-season/|Bettiol’s big night leads UMass men’s basketball to first win of 2025-26 season]]
  * MassLive: [[https://www.masslive.com/umassbasketball/2025/11/umass-mens-basketball-rights-the-ship-takes-down-albany-for-1st-win.html|UMass men’s basketball rights the ship, takes down Albany for 1st win]]
  * Mass. Daily Collegian: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2025/11/umass-cruises-past-albany-for-first-win-of-the-season/|UMass cruises past Albany for first win of the season]]
  * MDC: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2025/11/defense-holds-up-for-umass-mens-basketball-against-albany/|Defense holds up for UMass men’s basketball against Albany]]
  * Minutemen Command: [[https://www.minutemancommand.com/p/umass-hoops-wins-comfortably-over?r=5ah85e&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false|UMass Hoops Wins Comfortably Over Albany]]
  * sMACk Talk: [[https://open.substack.com/pub/smacktalk/p/bettiol-cooks-up-scoring-for-the?r=5ah85e&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false|Bettiol Cooks up Scoring for the Minutemen to Earn Win Over the Great Danes]]
  * Albany Times Union: [[https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/ualbany-umass-basketball-frank-martin-21141351.php|UAlbany men's basketball falls to UMass]]

Note: Former Minuteman [[Tarique Foster]] started for Albany, played 20 minutes, tallying 3 points and 2 rebounds.

===== Other content =====
  * Video: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSVqjRLgVxo|Game highlights]]
  * Video clips: [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1987301188467847480|Bettiol gets the defender off his feet]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1987304570582646988|Clerc to the rack]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1987306794603913542|DHS in the post]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1987315335263850743|Parker 3-ball]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1987319614854905871|Brown left open]]
  * Pressers: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc5SUFi7QmM|Frank]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqNBBci6IFs|DHS and Bettiol]]
  * Photos: [[https://www.masslive.com/umassbasketball/2025/11/umass-mens-basketball-rights-the-ship-takes-down-albany-for-1st-win.html|MassLive]]
  * Albany clips: [[https://x.com/UAlbanyMBB/status/1987297324909957468|Okeke flushes the long pass]], [[https://x.com/UAlbanyMBB/status/1987299326071116053|Kempson throws it down]], [[https://x.com/UAlbanyMBB/status/1987310316821057931|Ball movement pays off]], [[https://x.com/UAlbanyMBB/status/1987314299753161160|Matulu drives in]], [[https://x.com/UAlbanyMBB/status/1987317728638812231|Matulu on both ends]]
  * Photos: [[https://x.com/UAlbanyMBB/status/1987289765188682139|Former Minutemen and current Albany coaches Dwayne Killings and Willie Jenkins]]

===== Box score =====
[[https://umassathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2025-26/ualbany/boxscore/16292|Standard]], [[https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=612883|StatBroadcast]], [[https://dxbhsrqyrr690.cloudfront.net/sidearm.nextgen.sites/umassathletics.com/stats/mbball/2025/pdf/20251108072406-2754723.pdf|PDF]]

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