Men’s Hoops Returns Home For Three Straight In Mullins Center

University of Massachusetts Men's Basketball Game Notes & Information
Game 12	Massachusetts (6-5 Overall, 0-0 Atlantic 10) vs. Fairfield (8-3 Overall, 2-0 MAAC)
Date \| Time	Sunday, December 19, 2021 \| 1 p.m.
Location	Amherst, Mass. \| Mullins Center
Tickets	Tickets
Watch	NESN \| ESPN+
Game Notes	Massachusetts \| Fairfield
Listen	WEEI (105.5 FM) \| WCRN (830 AM) \| Varsity Network App
Live Stats	SideArm Stats
Twitter	@UMassAthletics \| @UMassBasketball
Instagram	UMass Basketball
Facebook	UMass Basketball

AMHERST, Mass. - The University of Massachusetts men's basketball team returns home for its next three games in the Mullins Center beginning Sunday with a 1 p.m. tip against Fairfield on NESN. The Minutemen head into Sunday's contest with a perfect 5-0 record at home and will host both NJIT and Saint Louis as part of three consecutive at home.

Home Sweet Home
The Minutemen are a perfect 5-0 at home, including wins over the Big Ten's Penn State and Rutgers. UMass is unbeaten in the Mullins Center and has outscored opponents 84.4 to 71.4 with four double-digit wins.

High Powered Offense
UMass ranks among the top offensive teams in the Atlantic 10 and nationally in multiple categories and leads the A-10 in 3-point field goals made and 3-point field goals per game. The Minutemen rank inside the top-50 nationally in scoring offense at 79.8 points per game and rank inside the top-10 in 3-point percentage (6th), 3-point field goals per game (7th) and 3-pointers made (10th). UMass has also gotten to the free throw line the 30th-most times in Division I and have made the 31st-most free throws.

1500 and Counting
Rich Kelly passed the 1,500 career point mark on the road at Northeastern and currently has 1,523 points to rank 47th among active DI career leaders. Kelly is just one of 18 active players with 1,500+ career points and 350+ career assists and ranks 27th among active leaders with 483 assists. The graduate student is familiar with Fairfield from his time spent at Quinnipiac in the MAAC and scored a career-high 40 points against the Stags on Feb. 17, 2018.

The Commonwealth Kid
Noah Fernandes leads the Minutemen in scoring and assists and has poured in 19.3 points and 8.8 assists per game over his last four contests. The guard ranks 27th nationally in assists per game on the year at 5.4, 30th in total assists, and is 32nd in the country in assist to turnover ratio at 2.84.

C.J. For Three
C.J. Kelly ranks sixth nationally in 3-point field goal percentage at 52.8-percent and has made 28-of-53 attempts from range on the season.

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