Men’s Hoops Welcomes In Rhode Island For Saturday Matchup On USA Network

University of Massachusetts Men's Basketball Game Notes & Information
Game 16	Massachusetts (7-8 Overall, 0-3 Atlantic 10) vs. Rhode Island (10-4 Overall, 1-1 Atlantic 10)
Date \| Time	Saturday, January 15, 2022 \| 4:30 p.m.
Location	Amherst, Mass. \| Mullins Center
Tickets	Tickets
Watch	USA Network
Game Notes	Massachusetts \| Rhode Island
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 hosts Rhode Island in Atlantic 10 action tomorrow in the Mullins Center. The Minutemen and Rams tip-off at 4:30 on USA Network.

Updated In-Arena Policies
For the most updated in-arena policies for the Mullins Center, please visit here.

Be A Student Ticket
Anyone can be a student at the game tomorrow. Purchase a student section ticket for just $10. Students can bring a friend for free to the game as well by having them present their valid college ID at the box office on gameday.

Approaching Another Milestone
Rich Kelly is four assists away from reaching 500 for his career and would become just the 11th active DI player with 1,500 or more career points and 500 or more career assists. Kelly ranks 29th in career assists and is 28th in 3-pointers made with 265 in his career.

Sharpshooters
The Minutemen rank fourth nationally in 3-point field goal percentage at .407 and rank ninth nationally and first in the A-10 in made 3-point field goals per game at 10.7. UMass has four active players shooting 40-percent or better from range, led by Rich Kelly (.514) and C.J. Kelly (.457). Rich Kelly leads the Atlantic 10 in the category while C.J. Kelly ranks sixth and Noah Fernandes (.417) ranks 12th.

Welcome Back T.J.
T.J. Weeks tied his season-high with 21 points and set a new season-high with five made 3-pointers at Davidson on Tuesday in his return to the starting lineup and rotation after missing time in COVID protocol. Weeks shot 5-of-9 from range and grabbed seven rebounds in his first start since Nov. 24.

First Double-Double
Trent Buttrick recorded his first career double-double on Tuesday at Davidson as he finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Buttrick has hauled in a career-high 10 boards in his last two games and is averaging 11 points and nine rebounds per Atlantic 10 contest.

Commonwealth Kid
Noah Fernandes ranks 3rd in the Atlantic 10 in assist to turnover ratio at 2.34 and ranks 24th nationally in assists per game at 5.2. The guard leads the Minutemen in scoring and assists while averaging 14.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.7 assists in league play.

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Back in the @MullinsCenter on Saturday vs. Rhode Island ??#Flagship ?? pic.twitter.com/OoBV3SE12N
— UMass Basketball (@UMassBasketball) January 13, 2022

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