Massachusetts Hits the Road to Take on Coastal Carolina In MAC-SBC Challenge

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Matchup	Massachusetts at Coastal Carolina
Date \| Times	Saturday, Feb. 7 \| 1:00 p.m.
Location	Conway, SC \| HTC Center
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AMHERST, MASS. - The Minutemen travel to Conway, South Carolina, to take on Coastal Carolina for the MAC-SBC Challenge on Saturday, Feb. 7, at 1 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 and Coastal Carolina have played in one prior matchup.
The teams met on December 30, 1988, at the Florida Today Classic in Melbourne, Florida, where the Minutemen took down the Chanticleers 90-73.

Last Time out

Massachusetts men's basketball (15-9, 6-6 MAC) claimed a 95-89 win against Central Michigan (7-16, 3-8 MAC) on Tuesday night with two Minutemen setting program and career records.
Marcus Banks Jr., finished with a career high 37 points going 12-of-17 from the field with 10 three pointers and five steals. Banks Jr.'s 10 three pointers set a program record.
Danny Carbuccia dished out 17 assists for UMass, setting a program record and were the most since Chaz Williams on Dec. 7, 2013, against BYU. Carbuccia's assists tied for second most assists in a Division I men's game this season and marked the most by a D-I freshman since TyTy Washington also totaled 17 assists against Georgia on Jan. 8, 2022.
Leonardo Bettiol recorded 22 points going 8-for-11 from the field with five rebounds and two assists. Daniel Hankins-Sanford contributed 19 points, nine rebounds and three steals over the evening.

Scouting the Chanticleer

Coastal Carolina enters the MAC-SBC Challenge on Saturday after a Wednesday night loss at home to Arkansas State, 70-66.
Chanticleers Head Coach Justin Gray is in his second season at Coastal Carolina, accumulating a 24-33 (10-21 Sun Belt) overall record during his time in Conway, South Carolina.
Joshua Beadle leads the team in points, averaging 16.3 per game. AJ Dancler follows close behind with 15.2 per game, as Rasheed Jones contributes 14.7 per game.
Reggie Hill (5.7) and Dancler (5.6) lead Coastal Carolina in rebounds per game, with Nadjrick Peat pulling down 5.1 per game.
The Chanticleers are 14-11 overall and 7-6 in the Sun Belt Conference.

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 349-257 (.576) 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

Massachusetts' 12 MAC games have been decided by a combined 47 points or a 3.92 points per contest.
Eight of UMass' 12 MAC games have been decided by three points or less (UMass is 4-4 in those eight games).
On the season, UMass has played nine games that have been decided by three points or fewer (5-4 in those nine games).
UMass head coach Frank Martin, who is in his fourth season at UMass and 19th overall as a head coach, enters Saturday's contest with 349 career wins (including stints at Kansas State, South Carolina and UMass).
UMass' +5.4rebounding margin ranks second in the MAC.
Massachusetts also ranks third in the MAC in offensive rebounds per game (12.08) and third in rebounds per game (37.00).
The Minutemen rank second in the MAC and 24th nationally by averaging 17.8 assists per game.
UMass has held opponents to a 30.7 shooting percentage from three, ranking first in the conference and 52nd in the country.
UMass features four players averaging double figures in points per game, including Leonardo Bettiol (17.6), Marcus Banks Jr. (16.7), Daniel Hankins-Sanford (12.0) and K'Jei Parker (10.8).
Bettiol and Banks Jr., rank sixth and ninth, respectively, in points per game in the MAC.
Bettiol is also shooting 61.0 percent from the field to rank first in the league and 22nd nationally.
Bettiol is also averaging 7.8 rebounds per game to rank third in the MAC, while Hankins-Sanford ranks seventh (7.1).
In MAC games, Parker has hit 24 of 25 free throw attempts to lead the league (.960).
Hankins-Sanford (8) and Bettiol (5) each have multiple double-doubles this season.
Hankins-Sanford's eight double-doubles are the second most in the MAC.

Up Next

The Minutemen return to MACtion on Friday, Feb. 13, taking on Akron in Akron, Ohio at 9 p.m. The game will be aired on the CBS SPorts Network with live updates and links available at umassathletics.com or @UMassMBB on X (Twitter).

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