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University of Massachusets Athletics
Massachusetts Men's Basketball Prepares For Tuesday Game Against Toledo
January 19, 2026 | Men's Basketball
Minutemen and Rockets tip-off at 6 p.m. at the Mullins Center on ESPN+.
| University of Massachusetts Men's Basketball Notes & Information | |
| Matchup | Massachusetts vs. Toledo |
| Date | Times | Tuesday, Jan. 20 | 6:00 p.m. |
| Location | Amherst, Mass. | Mullins Center |
| @UMassMBB | |
| @umassbasketball | |
| UMass Men's Basketball | |
AMHERST, MASS. - The Minutemen return to the Mullins Center for a Tuesday evening matchup with Toledo at 6 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ with live updates and links available at umassathletics.com or @UMassMBB on X (Twitter).
This week for the Minutemen
The Matchup
- Massachusetts has faced Toledo four times, with Toledo leading the all-time series 3-1.
- The teams first met on January 27, 1962, with the Rockets earning a 77-47 win in Toledo, Ohio.
- Massachusetts and Toledo played again in Toledo on December 3, 1979, with the Minutemen falling 84-74.
- The lone win in the series for Massachusetts came on December 15, 2007, 68-61 at home with Gary Forbes (25 points) and Ricky Harris (17 points) combining for 42 total points to lead the Minutemen.
- The two teams met most recently during the 2008-09 season, with the Rockets coming away with a narrow 57-56 win on December 3, 2008 in Toledo.
Last Time out
- Massachusetts fell to Northern Illinois on the road, 70-68, on Saturday afternoon, to move to 2-5 in the MAC.
- Graduate student Leonardo Bettiol reached double figures for the third straight game after scoring 25 points.
- Bettiol was 7-for-12 from the field and 11-of-14 from the free throw line and also led the team in rebounds with seven.
- Marcus Banks Jr. followed ith 16 points, knocking down 4-of-6 from beyond the arc.
- K'Jei Parker contributed 15 points on the afternoon.
- Banks Jr. and Danny Carbuccia had three assists apiece.
Scouting the ROCKETS
- Toledo is coming off an 87-84 loss at Kent State heading into Tuesday evening's contest.
- Rockets Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk is in his 16th season at Toledo, accumulating a 306-204 (170-103 MAC) overall record during his time in Toledo.
- Sonny Wilson leads the team in points, averaging 17.4 per game (314 total), ranking fifth in the MAC.
- Sean Craig has a team-high 146 rebounds (8.1 per game) which ranks third in the conference.
- The Rockets are 10-8 overall and 4-2 in the MAC.
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 344-255 (.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 28.6 shooting percentage from three, ranking first in the conference and 11th in the country.
- UMass' +5.9 rebounding margin and 38.26 rebounds per game both rank second in the MAC.
- Massachusetts ranks third in offensive rebounds per game (12.21).
- The Minutemen rank third in the MAC and 27th nationally by averaging 17.7 assists per game.
- Massachusetts' seven MAC games have been decided by a combined 33 points or 4.7 points per contest (UMass' five MAC losses are by an average of 4.4 points).
- UMass features four players averaging double figures in points including Leonardo Bettiol (17.0), Marcus Banks Jr. (16.2), K'Jei Parker (12.0) and Daniel Hankins-Sanford (11.5).
- Bettiol and Banks Jr., rank eighth and ninth, respectively, in points per game in the MAC.
- Bettiol is also shooting 61.5 percent from the field to rank first in the league and 23rd nationally.
- Bettiol is also averaging 7.4 rebounds per game to rank fifth in the MAC, while Hankins-Sanford ranks eighth (6.9).
- Among MAC players, Banks Jr. ranks first in three-point attempts (158) and three pointers made (60), while ranking second in three pointers per game (3.16) and fourth in three-point percentage (38.0).
- Danny Carbuccia's 5.8 assists per game rank second in the MAC and 32nd in the country, while his 3.33 assist/turnover ratio is first in the league and 22nd in the country.
- Carbuccia's 3.33 mark ranks second in the country among freshmen, trailing only Ethan Elliott of Northern Kentucky (3.59).
- Hankins-Sanford (6) and Bettiol (3) each have multiple double-doubles this season.
- Hankins-Sanford's six double-doubles are the third most in the MAC.
Up Next
- The Minutemen head back out on the road for a Friday night contest at Buffalo at 7 p.m. The game will be streamed on CBS Sports Network with live updates and links available at umassathletics.com or @UMassMBB on X (Twitter).
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