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After dropping three games in a row, the UMass women’s basketball team was very much in need of a bounce back performance on Thursday night.The Minutewomen certainly got that – and then some.UMass stormed out to a 26-8 lead after one quarter and...

By RYAN AMES

The UMass women's basketball team fell in its season opener to Harvard, 71-58, on Monday at Lavietes Pavilion in Cambridge.The Minutewomen led, 15-12, after the first quarter, however the Crimson outscored UMass, 20-6, in the second frame in what...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — There’s no way to sugarcoat it, last year was a disappointment for head coach Mike Leflar in his first season leading the UMass women’s basketball team. The expectations weren’t necessarily through the roof after Tory Verdi left Amherst for...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

UMass men’s and women’s basketball took on Atlantic 10 media day in Washington, D.C. on Monday as UMass prepares for its 49th and final season in the conference it helped charter.The UMass men’s basketball team was voted to finish ninth in the...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The UMass men’s and women’s basketball teams on Wednesday released their non-conference schedules for the 2024-25 season.The men’s basketball team faces 13 teams in its non-conference slate from Nov. 4 to Dec. 21, including six games against foes from...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — As of Monday afternoon, two UMass women’s basketball guards have entered the transfer portal looking to take their talents elsewhere.Senior Alexsia Rose and junior Kristin Williams have hit the portal following a disappointing 5-27...

By GARRETT COTE

The previous two times the UMass women’s basketball team played La Salle this season, the Minutewomen held late leads in the fourth quarter and watched them slip away en route to two heartbreaking conference defeats.But on Wednesday afternoon in...

By GARRETT COTE

It’s been a complete turnaround from last season, and not the turnaround the UMass women’s basketball team had hoped for.It was going to be almost impossible to replicate the success the 2022-23 team had last winter (program record in wins, Atlantic...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — The streak is finally over.Following an abysmal stretch of 15 consecutive losses, the UMass women’s basketball team finally put an end to its skid with a 58-45 win over St. Bonaventure on Wednesday night at the Mullins Center. Kristin...

By GARRETT COTE

As has been said for the last three games, the next one marks the UMass men’s basketball team’s most important game to date on the calendar.Every game from here on out – given the current state of the Atlantic 10 – is the most important one.UMass...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

The FIBA Women's AfroBasket is the biennial African basketball championship, where 12 different countries go head to head for the continent’s title. The games hold additional significance, serving as qualifiers for the FIBA World Cup and the...

By HANNAH BEVIS

Just a few days after Tory Verdi announced his departure for the coaching job at the University of Pittsburgh, UMass announced his replacement. The school didn’t have to look far for Verdi’s successor – he’s been at his side for the last five years....