Massachusetts Continues Homestand Against Le Moyne

of Massachusetts Men's Basketball Notes & Information
Matchup	Massachusetts vs Le Moyne
Date \| Times	Thursday, Nov. 13 \| 7 p.m.
Location	Amherst, Mass. \| Mullins Center
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AMHERST, MASS. - The Minutemen face Le Moyne on Thursday, Nov. 10 with tip-off scheduled for 7 p.m. in the Mullins Center. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ with live updates and links available at umassathletics.com or @UMassMBB on X (Twitter).
This week for the Minutemen

The Matchup

Thursday's matchup marks the first meeting between the two programs all-time.
The Minutemen will look to claim their first victory in the series and second of the 2025-26 season.

Last Time out

Massachusetts secured a convincing 83-62 victory over UAlbany on Saturday night at the Mullins Center.
The Minutemen were led by Leonardo Bettiol with 23 points. The graduate student went 8-for-12 from the field, recording one three pointer while going 6-for-7 from the free throw line. Bettiol also grabbed eight rebounds.
Senior Daniel Hankins-Sanford recorded his second double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
K'Jei Parker scored 12 points, including a 4-for-4 showing from the free throw line.
Massachusetts led for a total of 29:51 on the night and won the points in the paint, 42-26.ni

Scouting the Dolphins

Le Moyne enters their third season at the Division 1 level after making the move from Division II in the fall of 2023.
The Dolphins come into Thursday's matchup off loses to Xavier University (69-74) and Bowling Green (60-83).
Le Moyne have dropped 13 straight away games dating back to the 2024-25 season, with their last road win coming against Dartmouth (80-76) on Dec. 18, 2024.
Guard Trent Mosquera currently leads the Dolphins averaging 15.3 points with five rebounds and 2.3 steals over three games played. The Redshirt-Sophomore recorded 20 points in back-to-back games.
Jackson Shilo rank just behind Mosquera averaging 12.7 points per game. Shilo currently leads the team in rebounds averaging 5.3 and steals, averaging 2.7.

Year Four Under Coach Martin

Massachusetts basketball enters its fourth season under head coach Frank Martin in 2025-26.
Martin and the Minutemen finished the 2024-25 season with 12 wins, including seven in conference play. Under Martin's tutelage guard Rahsool Diggins had a breakout senior season, averaging a team-high 16.8 points on his way to earning All-Atlantic 10 Third Team honors.
In 2023-24 Martin led the Minutemen to their best season since 2014, finishing with a 20-11 overall record and securing a top-four seed in the Atlantic 10 Championship.
Coach Martin started his time in Amherst by leading the Minutemen to their best record under a first-year head coach since 1996 and the Myrtle Beach Invitational title during the 2022-23 campaign.
Martin holds a 336-249 (.577) collegiate coaching mark, picking up 171 of his wins in 10 seasons at South Carolina while recording 117 wins in five seasons at Kansas State.
Head coach Frank Martin picked up his 300th collegiate coaching win on Jan. 25, 2023 with a 85-76 win over Richmond.

On The Bench

Head coach Frank Martin boasts a talented staff full of experienced assistants featuring three former head coaches, two former McDonald's All-Americans and a former NBA lottery pick.
Associate Head Coach Allen Edwards was the head coach of the Wyoming Cowboys from 2016-20. Edwards' teams recorded 60 wins over four seasons, including back-to-back 20-win campaigns.
Assistant Coach Matt Figger spent the last three seasons at UT Rio Grande Valley after four seasons leading Austin Peay.
Assistant Coach Brian Steele enters his second second UMass after spending time on head coach Frank Martin's staff at South Carolina. Steele was a three-year letter winner at South Carolina as a student-athlete and served as a student assistant during the 2015-16 season in addition to the 2016-17 Final Four campaign.
Director of Player Development Anthony Evans spent five seasons as the head coach at FIU following six years as the head coach at Norfolk State. At FIU, Evans' teams ranked in the top-10 percent nationally from 2015-17 in the NCAA Academic Progress Report and coached multiple Conference USA all-league and all-defensive players.
Director of Player Personnel Doug Edwards ed the Seminoles to three straight NCAA Tournament appearances from 1990-93. The Miami, Fla. Native scored 1,604 points in his career and is the only player at FSU to score 500 or more points in three consecutive seasons. Edwards earned All-SEC Second-Team honors as a senior before being drafted with the 15th overall pick by the Atlanta Hawks in the 1993 NBA Draft.
Coaches Allen Edwards, Matt Figger and Anthony Evans combined hold 360 wins and two coach of the year awards at the division I level.
Head Coach Frank Martin coached now associate head coach Allen Edwards and director of player personnel Doug Edwards at Miami Senior High School.

Up Next

The Minutemen close out a four game home-stand against Central Connecticut on Thursday, Nov. 16 with tip-off scheduled for 7 p.m. in the Mullins Center. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ with live updates and links available at umassathletics.com or @UMassMBB on X (Twitter).

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Players Mentioned

Leonardo Bettiol

Rahsool Diggins

Daniel Hankins-Sanford

K'Jei Parker