University of Massachusets Athletics
University of Massachusetts
Richmond
Senior Day For Men's Hoops Wednesday Night Against Richmond
March 04, 2019 | Men's Basketball
Minutemen will honor Rashaan Holloway prior to 7 PM tip on NESN.
| University of Massachusetts Men's Basketball Game Notes & Information | |
| Game 30 | Richmond (12-17, 6-10 A-10) at Massachusetts (10-19, 3-13 A-10) |
| Date // Time | Wednesday, March 6, 2019 // 7:00 PM (ET) |
| Location | Amherst, Mass. // Mullins Center |
| Live Statistics | Sidearm Live Stats |
| Game Notes | vs. Richmond (PDF) |
| Watch | TV: NESN // Digital: ESPN+, NESNGo |
| Listen | 105.5 FM WEEI, 830 AM WCRN, Tune-In App |
| @UMassAthletics // @UMassBasketball | |
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| UMass Home Tickets | 866-UMASS-TIX // Single Game, Season Ticket, Mini-Plan, Parquet Pass Info |
| University of Massachusetts Men's Basketball - Richmond Preview |
• It's the final home game of the regular-season as the UMass basketball team hosts Richmond on Wednesday night (7 PM) at the Mullins Center. The Minutemen are coming off a tough road loss at Duquesne where the Dukes used a big second half rally to overcome UMass which led at halftime. Wednesday night will be Senior Night for Massachusetts which will honor fifth-year senior Rashaan Holloway prior to the opening tip along with the program's senior team managers.
• Wednesday's game will be televised on NESN with Jay Burnham (play-by-play) and Frank Sullivan (color) calling the action. In addition to being viewed regionally, NESN is available nationally on DirecTV and online through NESNGo and the NESNGo App for mobile and OTT devices. It will also be streamed via on ESPN+ for desktop and mobile devices.
• On the radio airwaves, the game will be broadcast on the UMass Sports Network anchored by flagship station 105.5 FM WEEI and online via the TuneIn App. Josh Maurer will re-join the broadcast team once more and will be joined courtside by Adam Frenier.
• Richmond has won five consecutive games against the Minutemen and lead the series 13-6. The two teams first met during the 2000 season. UMass' last win against the Spiders was 70-65 on Jan. 27, 2013 in the Mullins Center.
• The Minutemen have played in a number of close games this year with 15 games being decided by seven-or-fewer points. The Minutemen are 6-9 in those contests. Six of UMass' 15 league games were decided by five-or-fewer points with the Minutemen in position to tie or go ahead late in each of the loses.
• UMass is led again this season by Pipkins who is the top returning scorer in the Atlantic 10 after notching 21.2 points per game last year. He was named to the Atlantic 10 Preseason First Team after a breakout sophomore campaign. He is one of just six players in program history to average over 21 points a game in a single-season joining the likes of Julius Erving and Marcus Camby. He also became the 51st player in program history to eclipse 1,000 points for his career.
• With 1,397 career points, Pipkins needs 32 more points to pass Horace Neysmith (12th, 1,428 pts, 1981-85) on the all-time scoring list at UMass. If Pipkins maintains his current scoring average, he could finish among UMass' top-10 all-time scorers as a junior.
• Pipkins also ranks 14th in career scoring average (15.9 pts), 5th for career three-pointers (225), 13th in assists (324), and 10th in steals (140).
• On the year, UMass has the seventh best scoring average (70.2 pts) in the Atlantic 10, ranks sixth in field goal percentage (44.0) and is third in three point field goal percentage (34.6). Defensively, UMass is 14th in the league giving up 72.9 points per night - though in league play that number has fallen to 70.4 points allowed which ranks 9th overall. While the defense has improved during league play, the offense has averaged just 62.9 points which ranks 13th.
• Individually, Rashaan Holloway leads the A-10 for field goal percentage (70.1) while Pipkins is tied for fifth in points per game (16.6) and third in assists per game (5.2). Jonathan Laurent remains the top three-point shooter in the A-10, connecting on 44.6 percent of his attempts from range while Carl Pierre is fourth (39.5 percent).
• On the season, Pipkins' 16.6 points per night leads the Minutemen. Pierre ranks second with an 11.7 point per game average, while Laurent rounds out the top scorers with a 9.4 point average. Holloway and Curtis Cobb are just shy of double figures as well averaging 9.1 and 8.4 points, respectively, per night. Laurent has played well over the last three games averaging 19.3 points, while Cobb has missed the last five games and Pipkins has been out six of the last seven games.
• Pierre has been the hot hand over the last seven games averaging 17.9 points on 43-of-90 shooting that includes 28 three pointers. He has scored 20-plus points in the three of the last six games with a career-best 26 points in the overtime loss at George Mason and the game-winner against Saint Joseph's with 2.3 seconds left in regulation.
