Women's Basketball Travels To UMass Lowell For Tuesday Night Tilt

University of Massachusetts Women's Basketball Game Notes & Information
Game 5	Massachusetts (3-1) at UMass Lowell (0-4) // Kennedy Cup Challenge
Date // Time	Tuesday, Nov. 22 // 6 p.m.
Location	Lowell, Mass. // Costello Athletics Center
Watch	ESPN+
Stream	ESPN+
Live Statistics	LiveStats
Game Notes	Massachusetts // UMass Lowell
Social Media	Facebook: UMass Women's Basketball Twitter: @UMassWBB // @CoachVerdiUMass Instagram: @UMassWBB

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Last Time Out
University of Massachusetts imporved to 3-1 on the year with a 77-67 comeback victory on the road over Harvard last Friday.

Four Minutewomen reached double figures with Sydney Taylor leading with 23 points, while Destiney Philoxy earned her first double-double of the season with 10 points and a career best 11 rebounds. Makennah White registered a career-high 18 points and Ber'Nyah Mayo followed with 14 points of her own.

All-Time Series vs. UMass Lowell
Massachusetts and UMass Lowell will meet for the sixth time in program history, with UMass holding a 4-1 advantage in the all-time series. On the road, the Minutewomen are 2-0 over the River Hawks. The teams first met on Dec. 30, 2015, with Massachusetts coming out on top, 84-58. The Minutewomen and River Hawks last met on Dec. 5, 2021, as UMass edged out UMass Lowell, 58-53.

In the Latest Polls...
On Oct. 26, 2022, the Minutewomen received one vote in the USA TODAY/WCBA Coaches Poll. In the Nov. 15, 2022, USA TODAY/WCBA Coaches Poll, UMass received two votes.

Statistically Speaking
The Minutewomen currently sit in fifth the Atlantic 10 conference in scoring offensively, averaging 70.3 points per game (281 pts), while placing ninth in defensive scoring with a 63.0 average (252 pts). The team is also sixth with a 7.3 scoring margin.

UMass ranks second in combined team rebounds (43.5 rpg), tallying 17.3 offensive rebounds per game (1st; 69 total. The Minutewomen are fourth with a 6.8 rebounding margin.

Sam Breen is fourth in the conference in scoring with 17.0 ppg (68 pts), and fifth in rebounds with 8.3 per game, tying for eighth in total boards with 33 and fifth in offensive rebounds (15). In the nation, she sits tied for 15th with two double-doubles this season, being one of four A-10 players with two double-doubles this season.

Sydney Taylor sits in eighth in scoring (15.3 ppg, 61 pts) in the A-10 and sixth with 2.5 3FGs per game. Taylor is seventh in assists, averaging 3.8 per game (15 total).

Makennah White averaged 7.8 rebounds per game, so far, this season, to place ninth in the A-10. She is second with 4.0 offensive rebounds per game (16 total).

Destiney Philoxy continues to aid her teammates, dishing out 19 dimes, averaging 4.8 assists per game, tying for third, currently, in the league. She is also tied for fifth in steals with 2.3 per game and nine total.

Walking the [Mile]Stone Path
Sam Breen and Destiney Philoxy each eclipsed their 1,000th career point on Dec. 8, 2021. They became the 21st and 22nd Minutewomen to achieve the feat, while becoming the third pair in program history to earn it in the same season, and first since 2006-07. The duo may also be the first to reach the milestone in the same game in NCAA history. Breen is now ninth in career points (1,453), passing Julie Ready (1,406; 1977-81), while Philoxy is now 13th in career points (1,273) in program history, passing Tamara Tatham on the list (1,186; 2003-07). Sydney Taylor will look to get herself on the career points list this season, as the senior is six points away from 1,000, totaling 994.

In addition to reaching the career milestone, Breen reached 1,000 points in the Massachusetts uniform on Dec. 22, 2021 at Hartford. With just her UMass career, Breen would be in ninth on the career points scored list (1,409). The graduate student has also collected 789 career rebounds with the Minutewomen, so far, to place seventh in all-time career records, passing Tamara Tatham (755; 2003- 07) on the list. Philoxy hit 400-plus career assists on Dec. 11, 2021 and 500-plus career assists on Feb. 26, 2022. She is now second in the career records all-time with 547, so far, passing Christel Zullo (533 - 1985-89). She is only the fourth Minutewomen to achieve 500-plus dimes and is 31 assists away from passing Sabriya Mitchell's 578 total (1994-98) and etching her name in first. Philoxy also played in her 100th career game on Jan. 22 at George Washington, while Breen reached her 100th career game played in the A-10 Quarterfinals vs. Fordham (March 4).

Philoxy has also put her name on the career steals list, ranking 11th with 166 total, so far, in her career. Fellow teammates Ber'Nyah Mayo and Sam Breen are etched on the career steals list in the record book, as Mayo sits in 14th with 133 total, passing Pam Rosanio (130; 2004-08), while Breen is tied for 15th with Rosanio with 130.

Head Coach Tory Verdi achieved his 100th victory at the helm of Massachusetts in the 76-58 win over Saint Joseph's in the A-10 Semifinals on March 5. His current record with the Minutewomen stands at 104-80.

Double Figures Reached
Sam Breen reached double figures in three of the four contests this season, beginning with 31 points in the season opener against CCSU (11/7), 18 points at No. 5 Tennessee and 11 points vs. Maine. Destiney Philoxy, Ber'Nyah Mayo and Sydney Taylor recorded three double figure games this season, while Makennah White has registered two contests with 10-plus points, and Angelique Ngalakulondi has one.

Next Up
The Minutewomen head to Miami, Florida, for the FIU Thanksgiving Tournament on Friday, Nov. 25 through Sunday, Nov. 27. UMass matches up against Drake on Friday at 2 p.m., before taking on the either FIU or Howard at 11 a.m. or 1 p.m., at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center.

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