With the Massachusetts men’s basketball team entering Atlantic 10 conference play, UMass (10-3, 1-0 A-10) showed out and fought hard to defeat Duquesne 80-61. The Minutemen and the Dukes (9-4, 0-1 A-10) played a competitive and close game against each other for most of the first half, as UMass led by just eight at halftime..
Behind an efficient but imposing offensive performance, the Massachusetts men’s basketball team reached the century mark against Portland in a 100-78 win in the Diamond Head Classic on Saturday. A heavily handicapped Pilots (6-8) team showed toughness to stick around in the game for as long as they did, but it was just that kind.
Rahsool Diggins scored 15 points and Matt Cross added 13 points, 13 rebounds, five assists and two steals for UMass (6-2). Quinn Slazinski, who picked up his third personal foul about 2 minutes into the second half, scored 10 consecutive West Virginia points in a 16-2 run sparked when Noah Farrakhan hit a 3-pointer with about 15 minutes to play and capped when Kerr Kriisa made another 3 with 10:29 left. The Mountaineers tied it on a 3-pointer by Seth Wilson about 90 seconds later and Akok Akok threw down a dunk to make it 62-all with 6:34 to go.