University of Massachusets Athletics
Minutemen To Challenge Friars As Part Of Charity Exhibition
September 09, 2024 | Men's Basketball
AMHERST, Mass. -- The University of Massachusetts men's basketball team will challenge Providence College in a charity exhibition game presented by Amica Mutual Insurance Company on Saturday, Oct. 26, at 4 p.m., the program announced Monday. The game will be played at the Amica Mutual Pavilion and all net proceeds from the contest will help support the Rhode Island Free Clinic (RIFC) and Baystate Children's Hospital.
Founded in 1998, the Rhode Island Free Clinic's mission is to provide free, comprehensive medical care and preventive health services to adults who have no health insurance and cannot afford those services, and to serve as an educational training site for aspiring health care professionals.
"The Rhode Island Free Clinic is an organization we proudly support," said Bryanca Colvin, Assistant Vice President of Sales and Client Services at Amica and RIFC board member. "The clinic's founding mission – to provide free health care to Rhode Island's uninsured adults – is so simple, yet unfortunately still so needed. We can help change that. Through the clinic, we can have a greater impact in service to community and humanity."
Tickets will go on sale on Monday, September 9 and will be available for $25 each. Massachusetts fans can purchase tickets by clicking here.
This past season, Martin led the Minutemen to their best campaign since 2014, finishing with a 20-11 overall record and securing a top-four seed in the Atlantic 10 Championship. The campaign marked the program's first 20-win season since 2013-14 and first top-four seed since the 2007-08 season.
The Minutemen will face Providence for the first time since claiming a 79-78 victory on Dec. 7, 2018 in Rhode Island. Overall, this will be the 35th meeting all-time between the two New England programs and 16th in Providence.
This charity game was approved by an NCAA waiver. On Aug. 1, 2024, the NCAA Committee for Legislative Relief approved a recommendation issued by the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Oversight Committee to permit an institution to conduct both of its two permissible exhibition games in the sport of basketball against a Division I institution for the purpose of raising funds for catastrophic events (as defined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency), social justice initiatives and/or general medical expenses (e.g., American Cancer Society, local health emergency).
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