Massachusetts Claims Convincing 92-74 Win Over Brown In Exhibition Action
From UMass Athletics, 10/19/20251)
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 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 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.
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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 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).