January 4, 2025 - Richmond at UMass

• Season: 2024-25
• Date: Saturday, January 4, 2025
• Opponent: Richmond
• Start Time: 12:00 PM ET
• Site: Mullins Center
• Special Event: Atlantic 10 conference game
• Television: NESN
• Stream: NESN Watch, ESPN+
• Radio: WEEI (105.5 FM), WCRN (830 AM), Varsity Network App
• Spread: UM -4½¹⁾
• UM personnel report: No official report, but it appeared that Lewis Walker, Josh Engel and John Brigham were not dressed

• Result: Richmond 72, UMass 64
• Attendance: 3046

• Game notes: UM, UR

See the UMassHoops.com Message Board thread for pre-game and post-game discussion.

• UM: Massachusetts Drops A-10 Home Opener To Richmond, 72-64
• UR: Spiders Beat Minutemen at Their Own Game, Start 2-0 in Atlantic 10
• Daily Hampshire Gazette: Minutemen drop to 0-2 in Atlantic 10 play following 72-64 loss to Richmond
• DHG: Frank Martin, Minutemen optimistic amid recent rough stretch
• Mass. Daily Collegian: UMass falls to Richmond for its second straight loss in conference play
• MDC: Turnovers haunt UMass in loss to Richmond
• Berkshire Eagle: UMass starts fast against Richmond, can't hold off the Spiders who rally for a win
• Richmond Times Dispatch: 'Mentality change' continues for UR in picking up 72-64 road win at UMass

• ESPN's game highlights
• Frank's post-game presser
• UM video clips: Diggins hits a 3 on the first possession, Ndjigue fights for the and-one, Ndjigue coast-to-coast, Worthy steal -> Curry finish, Step-back 3 for Diggins, Diggins' 3 gives UM the momentum
• UR video clips: Walz 3-ball, UM's D loses Hunt out top, Hunt's 3 closes out the first half, UR goes up double-digits in the second, Tanner quiets UM's second half run, UM fouls the 3pt shooter, again, UR's final 3 ices it

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