The men's basketball team improved to 2-0 on Monday night with a 83-67 win over Northeastern at the Mullins Center. Sophomore point guard Chaz Williams led the way again for the Minutemen, recording the first double-double of his career with 20 points and 10 assists, both tying career-highs. Terrell Vinson (14) and Sampson Carter (12) both reached double-figures for the second game in a row. Check out coverage of the game below.
UMass men's basketball pulls away from Northeastern - Hampshire Gazette
Gary Forbes checks in on Minutemen - Hampshire Gazette
A double-double by Chaz Williams leads a double-digit UMass win - Springfield Republican
Offense in full swing as Minutemen cruise to 83-67 victory - Daily Collegian
Sloppy play plagues UMass despite win - Daily Collegian
Williams points way for UMass - Boston Herald
UMass basketball beats Northeastern - Boston Globe
UMass pulls away with game on line - Worcester Telegram
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Williams scores 20, dishes out 10 assists, Massachusetts beads Northeastern 83-67 - Washington Post
UMass 83, Northeastern 67 - CBSSports.com
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Both the men's and women's basketball teams visited Springfield over the weekend looking to bring some cheer to children affected by the recent tornado damage. Ezra Broder of CBS3 had a story on the men's team visiting on Saturday, while the women visited on Sunday.
Sampson Carter remembers flying on a faulty airplane that was spitting smoke in the cockpit as it cruised above the clouds.
"Your brain becomes a collage, thinking of good times and bad times,'' the University of Massachusetts men's basketball player said. "Looking down ... that's a hard fall.''
Carter and the rest of the UMass entourage made an emergency landing Tuesday in Albany, N.Y. Thus ended a harrowing 15 minutes that, according to UMass personnel, saw flight attendants running through the aisles and thumbing through procedural manuels, after smoke was detected in the cockpit.
Read the detailed and graphic stories in the Springfield Republican and Daily Hampshire Gazette.
Continue reading Republican, Gazette: UMass Staff, Players Lucky To Be Alive.
Take a look back at the basketball victory over BU on New Year's Eve in these stories.
• Boston Globe: UMass breaks away after break
• Boston Herald: Anthony Gurley, UMass just grand against BU
• Springfield Republican: Anthony Gurley helps UMass shake BU to snap losing streak
• Daily Hampshire Gazette: Minutemen end losing streak with win over BU
• Daily Hampshire Gazette: Carter rebounds in second half
• Worcester Telegram: Gurley looks grand as Minutemen win
• SportsPages Magazine: UMass Pulls Away from BU in, 71-54, Win
• Associated Press: Gurley's 21 points lift Massachusetts to 71-54 win over Boston University
Sampson Carter will be the guest of the night on the UMass Basketball Radio Show at the Hangar Pub & Grill on Monday night. Listen in at 7 p.m., or join us in person.
In the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Matt Vautour has a great feature on the sophomore class of UMass basketball.
A year ago, the four University of Massachusetts freshmen didn't know just how much they didn't know. As they prepared for the 2009-10 season, the rookies - Terrell Vinson, Javorn Farrell, Freddie Riley and Sampson Carter - all declared the freshman class ready for prime time.
At times they looked the part. Each had promise-revealing moments during their first collegiate season in which all four played a lot of minutes. But over the course of the year the Minutemen freshmen played like freshmen.
Now sophomores, the quartet is considerably more seasoned and wiser about what to expect.
Continue reading Gazette: Feature On Hoops Sophomores.
On Sept. 11, we have three UMass student-athlete birthdays: men's basketball forward Sampson Carter, swimmer Molly Elkins, top lacrosse scorer Will Manny.
UMass sophomore Freddie Riley scored 30 points last night as the Springfield Slamm lost in Pro-Am Basketball, 125-118 to the Fairview All-Stars. Riley nailed four 3-pointers including three in a row in the first half. Fellow Minuteman Sampson Carter had 10 points and five rebounds. The Springfield Republican has a small story on the game.
