====== December 6, 2025 - UMass Lowell at UMass ======
  * Season: [[season_2025-26|2025-26]]
  * Date: Saturday, December 6, 2025
  * Opponent: [[opponent_lowell|UMass Lowell]]
  * Start Time: 4:00 PM ET
  * Site: [[Mullins Center]]
  * 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-4898|Varsity]] (stream)
  * Spread: UMass -11.5((per Action Network https://www.actionnetwork.com/ncaab-game/umass-lowell-umass-score-odds-december-6-2025/265189))
  * UM personnel report: [[Isaiah Placide]] out (foot).((Per Frank Martin's pre-game radio interview.)) [[Josh Engel]] was not dressed, no official report as to why.

[{{ ::20251206_banks_defense.jpg?direct&200|[[marcus_banks|Marcus Banks]] locks in on Xavier Spencer.  Photo credit: J. Anthony Roberts / MassLive}}]
  * **Result: UMass 80, UMass Lowell 60**
  * Attendance: 2442

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===== Previews =====
  * Game notes: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2025/12/5/mens-basketball-massachusetts-vs-lowell|UM]], [[https://goriverhawks.com/news/2025/12/5/mens-basketball-river-hawks-visit-massachusetts-for-kennedy-cup-clash-on-saturday.aspx|UML]]

===== Game Thread =====
See [[https://www.umasshoops.com/newboard/viewforum.php?f=1|the UMassHoops.com Message Board thread]] for pre-game and post-game discussion.

===== Recaps =====
  * UM: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2025/12/6/mens-basketball-minutemen-swept-past-riverhawks-in-80-60-victory|Minutemen power past Riverhawks in 80-60 victory]]
  * UML: [[https://goriverhawks.com/news/2025/12/6/mens-basketball-river-hawks-fall-at-massachusetts-80-60-in-kennedy-cup-battle.aspx|River Hawks fall at Massachusetts, 80-60, in Kennedy Cup Battle]]
  * Daily Hampshire Gazette: [[https://gazettenet.com/2025/12/06/umass-mens-basketball-secures-third-straight-win-takes-kennedy-cup/|UMass men’s basketball secures third straight win, takes Kennedy Cup]]
  * Mass. Daily Collegian: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2025/12/minutemen-dominate-umass-lowell/|Minutemen dominate UMass Lowell]]
  * MDC: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2025/12/minutemen-run-the-floor-against-umass-lowell/|Minutemen run the floor against UMass Lowell]]

===== Other content =====
  * Photo gallery: [[https://www.masslive.com/umassbasketball/2025/12/umass-mens-basketball-defeats-umass-lowell-to-claim-kennedy-cup.html|MassLive]]
  * [[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/video/_/gameId/401826764|Game highlights and clips from ESPN]]
  * Video clips: [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1997413942419661005|Bettiol -> DHS high-low]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1997415539518435534|One of DHS's career-high four blocks]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1997419274898379168|Parker gets space]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1997422381204176953|Ndjigue spin move]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1997431130794983454|Defense -> offense]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1997431256376648165|Ndjigue converts off his steal]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1997433672199225826|Ghost flush]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1997437751189205282|Banks from Buzzards Bay]]

===== Box score =====
[[https://umassathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2025-26/umass-lowell/boxscore/16297|Standard]], [[https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=612885|StatBroadcast]], [[https://dxbhsrqyrr690.cloudfront.net/sidearm.nextgen.sites/umassathletics.com/stats/mbball/2025/pdf/20251206052520-2754737.pdf|PDF]]

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