Minutemen Head To Saint Louis Sunday To Take on The Billikens

University of Massachusetts Men's Basketball Game Notes & Information
Game 18	Massachusetts (8-9 Overall, 1-4 Atlantic 10) vs. Saint Louis (11-6 Overall, 2-2 Atlantic 10)
Date \| Time	Sunday, January 23, 2022 \| 2:30 p.m. ET
Location	St. Louis, Mo. \| Chaifetz Arena
Tickets	Tickets
Watch	USA
Game Notes	Massachusetts \| S aint Louis
Listen	WEEI (105.5 FM) \| WCRN (830 AM) \| Varsity Network App
Live Stats	StatBroadcast
Twitter	@UMassAthletics \| @UMassBasketball
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Facebook	UMass Basketball

AMHERST, Mass. - The University of Massachusetts men's basketball team heads to Saint Louis on Sunday to take on the Billikens for the second time this week at 2:30 p.m. ET. The Minutemen and Billikens matchup in a nationally televised game on USA.

We Meet Again
The Minutemen take on the Billikens in the second of a pair of consecutive games between the two A-10 foes. UMass came away with a 91-86 win over Saint Louis on Thursday in the Mullins Center and scored the most points of any team against the Billikens this season. Noah Fernandes led five Minutemen in double figures with 24 points while Javohn Garcia added 15 off the bench. UMass ended the game on a 9-2 scoring run and shot 67-percent from the field in the final 20 minutes for its first A-10 win of the season.

Exclusive Company
Rich Kelly became the 11th active DI player with 1,500 or more career points and 500 or more career assists on Thursday as he recorded his 500th career assist in the win over the Billikens. Kelly ranks 29th among active players with 501 career assists and ranks 28th in 3-point field goals made with 271.

Sharpshooting Squad
The Minutemen rank fourth nationally in 3-point field goal percentage (.411) and rank seventh in the country and first in the Atlantic 10 in made 3-point field goals per game with 10.6. The UMass offense ranks 45th among DI teams and second in the A-10 in scoring offense with 78.1 points per game. The Minutemen have also knocked down the 16th-most 3-pointers with 181 on the year.

Rich From Range
Rich Kelly ranks second nationally in 3-point field goal percentage at 51.8-percent and has converted at a 60-percent clip from deep in Atlantic 10 play.

The Commonwealth Kid
Noah Fernandes leads the Minutemen in scoring and has reached double figures in 14-of-15 appearances with five games with 20 or more points after scoring 24 in the win over Saint Louis on Thursday. Fernandes also leads UMass in assists with 5.4 per contest and ranks 27th nationally in the category. The guard also ranks 66th in the country in assist to turnover ratio at 2.25 and ranks inside the top-100 in scoring with 16.9 points per game.

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