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University of Massachusets Athletics
Saturday, January 3
Amherst, Mass.
2 p.m.
University of Massachusetts
vs
Bowling Green
Photo by: Chris Tucci - UMass Athletics
Massachusetts Basketball Hosts Bowling Green On Saturday At The Mullins Center
January 02, 2026 | Men's Basketball
Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. on ESPN+.
| University of Massachusetts Men's Basketball Notes & Information | |
| Matchup | Massachusetts vs. Bowling Green |
| Date | Times | Saturday, Jan. 3 | 2:00 p.m. |
| Location | Amherst, Mass. | Mullins Center |
| @UMassMBB | |
| @umassbasketball | |
| UMass Men's Basketball | |
AMHERST, MASS. - The Minutemen return to the Mullins Center to host Bowling Green to open the new year on Saturday Jan. 3, 2026 with tip-off set for 2 p.m. 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
- Massachusetts and Bowling Green will be meeting for the first time.
- UMass football closed out the 2025 season against Bowling Green, marking the fifth all-time meeting between the two football programs.
- Massachusetts hockey has played the Falcons on two occasions, earning a win in the first all-time meeting, 5-4, on Dec. 28, 1996, but dropping the most recent meeting, 3-2, on Dec. 29, 2005.
Last Time out
- Massachusetts moved to 0-2 in the MAC after falling 80-74 to Eastern Michigan on the road on Tuesday.
- Senior Daniel Hankins-Sanford led UMass with his fifth double-double, putting up 18 points and 11 rebounds.
- Marcus Banks Jr. (14), K'Jei Parker (14) and Dimitri Clerc (13) contributed double figures on the night.
- Danny Carbuccia dished out a team-leading six assists.
Scouting the Falcons
- Bowling Green comes to the Mullins Center on Saturday after falling, 93-83, to RV Miami (OH) on Tuesday.
- Falcons Head Coach Todd Simonis in his third season at Bowling Green, accumulating a 44-36 (19-19 MAC) overall record during his time in Bowling Green, Ohio.
- Javontae Campbell and Sam Towns lead the Falcons in points, averaging 15.6 and 13.6, respectively.
- Towns averages 6.9 rebounds per game to lead the team and rank seventh in the MAC.
- The Falcons are 10-4 overall and 1-1 in the league.
- As a team, Bowling Green paces the conference allowing their opponents to score just 66.4 points per game.
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 344-251 (.575) 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.
TIP-OFF TIDBITS
- UMass has held opponents to a 25.7 shooting percentage from three, ranking frist in the conference and fifht in the country.
- UMass' +7.1 rebounding average ranks first in the MAC and 51st in the NCAA.
- Massachusetts ranks second in the MAC in rebounds per game (39.21) and offensive rebounds per game (13.40).
- The Minutemen rank fourth in the MAC and 41st nationally with 17.8 assists per game.
- UMass features four players averaging double figures in points including Marcus Banks Jr. (16.2), Leonardo Bettiol (15.5), Daniel Hankins-Sanford (12.4) and K'Jei Parker (10.8).
- Banks Jr. and Bettiol rank seventh and 11th, respectively, in points per game in the MAC.
- In the MAC, Banks Jr. ranks fifth in three-point percentage (36.5), second in three-pointers per game (3.00), second in three pointers made (42) and first in three-point field goal attempts (115).
- Danny Carbuccia's 5.4 assists per game rank second in the MAC and 51st in the country.
- Bettiol is also averaging 7.4 rebounds per game to rank sixth in the MAC.
- Daniel Hankins-Sanford (5) Leo Bettiol (2) each have multiple double-doubles this season.
- Hankins-Sanford's five double-doubles are the second most in the MAC.
Up Next
- The Minutemen travel to Athens, Ohio to take on the Ohio Bobcats on Tuesday, Jan. 8. 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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