Freddie Riley News

Strong work by Carter and Bailey on the boards, not a bad effort but not quite enough.

While the mood certainly is still jovial around the University of Massachusetts men's basketball team, the Minutemen are set on proving that Saturday's 73-72 win over Memphis was not a fluke.

The encore has not always gone swimmingly. In 2004, the University of Massachusetts men's basketball team upset Connecticut, then lost by 27 at Miami three days later.

So I'm actually on vacation for the Christmas holiday, but that didn't stop me from taking in the biggest win of the season for the UMass Minuteman basketball team.

Published: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 12:51 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 12:53 p.m. Two former Star-Banner basketball players of the year have been reunited at Hillsborough Community College this season.

Gotta give credit to Correia for setting the early tempo.. 1:20 left, 2nd half, UMass 76, Grambling 56; Lex Mongo gets in the game on his 22nd birthday, gets a basket but has it wiped off by a charging call.

Anthony Gurley of the University of Massachusetts, top right, passes while surrounded by from left, Ariece Perkins, Lance Fuertado and Kevin Loyd of Grambling State Friday at the Mullins Center.

Asked if getting pounded by two major opponents represented time well spent, Derek Kellogg took a moment to consider the question.

Bad things continued to happen to the University of Massachusetts men's basketball team when it crosses the George Washington bridge.

Ricky Harris scored 19 points and Anthony Gurley added 18 to lead Massachusetts to an 84-63 victory over Holy Cross on Saturday.

The best performance this season by the University of Massachusetts men's basketball team was far too much for Holy Cross to handle Saturday at the DCU Center.

The Rutgers men's basketball team dominated the first half and fought off a strong second-half effort from Massachusetts to come away with a 83-75 win Friday evening in the opening game of the 2009 Legends Classic Championship Round at Boardwalk Hall.

Durrell Summers, top, of Michigan State shoots over Ricky Harris of the University of Massachusetts in Atlantic City, N.J., on Saturday.

Chris Allen scored 18 points and Raymar Morgan 17, as second-ranked Michigan State rebounded from its first loss by pummeling UMass, 106-68, in a consolation tilt at the Legends Classic.

Atlantic City, NJ- The last time that the UMass Minutemen faced off against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights , the game took 23 days to be completed as the Minutemen won 77-62 in a game that was suspended at half time by a student protest in 1995.

Only four games into the regular season, University of Massachusetts coach Derek Kellogg's freshman class is already paying dividends.

Talk about two ends of the basketball spectrum. And on the same team, no less. On one end is University of Massachusetts guard David Gibbs, who has tried only 15 shots in 96 minutes, making two.

Anthony Gurley scored 18 points and four other Massachusetts players scored in double figures to beat St.

As senior Ricky Harris jogged over to high-five the University of Massachusetts student fans under the southwest basket at the Mullins Center Saturday night, he smiled and pumped his fist.

When a couple of Freddie Riley's 13 shots went up Saturday night, University of Massachusetts men's basketball coach Derek Kellogg cringed.