Dialed-In Offense Puts St. Bonaventure Over Men’s Basketball

GAME INFORMATION
Atlantic 10 Championship Second Round
St. Bonaventure 73, Massachusetts 60
Records: Massachusetts (15-18) • St. Bonaventure (20-11)
Location: PPG Paints Arena; Pittsburgh, Pa.

HIGHLIGHTS

Freshmen Luwane Pipkins (14) and DeJon Jarreau (13) led the Minutemen in scoring. In total, the rookie class finished with 39 points as Tyrn Flowers (5), Brison Gresham (5) and Chris Baldwin (2) chipped in on the scoreboard.

Luwane Pipkins had one steal against St. Bonaventure. It moved the freshman guard into sole possession of sixth place on the all-time single-season scoring list. He entered the game tied with Monty Mack (62; 1999-2000). He is the highest ranked rookie in the history of the program.

Donte Clark scored seven points and moved into 22nd place on the UMass career scoring list. He passed Al Skinner (1,235) during play against St. Bonaventure and ended his junior season with 1,238.

With the loss, the Minutemen end the season at 15-18 overall. It marked the second consecutive season the Minutemen advanced at least one round in the Atlantic 10 Championship and fifth instance in the last six seasons.

Brison Gresham had a pair of dunks in the first half. He finished the season with a team-high 22 slams. Both were assisted by long-time friend and teammate DeJon Jarreau.

DeJon Jarreau had seven assists, his 13th game with at least five assists on the year. Jarreau led the team with 140 assists during his 31 appearances (4.5 per game).

FIRST HALF
Malik Hines picked up where he left off at the end of his 15-point, 13-rebound double-double performance at St. Bonaventure only five days ago as Hines had the opening four points for the Minutemen on a pair of putback layups.

With Hines and Brison Gresham setting the tone, the Minutemen pushed the ball into the paint and held a 14-13 lead with 12:31 still to play. However, the Bonnies turned defensive rebounds into transition points as part of a 10-point run that put St. Bonaventure up 23-14 just over three minutes later.

Donte Clark broke the Minutemen out of their scoring slump with a jumper in the paint and two at the foul line on the next possession and moved Massachusetts back within five of the Bonnies. However, St. Bonaventure shot 55.2 percent in the first half and scored the final 10 points of the frame for a 44-26 lead at the break.

SECOND HALF
The Minutemen slowed down the Bonnies offense in the second half as St. Bonaventure started 4-of-13 overall (30.8 percent), including misses on their first four attempts from beyond the arc.

Massachusetts was unable to synch together offensively during the half as the Minutemen finished 7-of-26 shooting. The St. Bonaventure lead grew as large as 25 before the Maroon and White rallied back late to close the gap.

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