Massachusetts vs. Saint Louis: Full Game Preview
By on January 9, 2013
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Massachusetts
(10-3, 4-0 away)
Saint Louis
(11-3, 11-1 home)
Venue: Chaifetz Arena
9:00PM ET / 6:00PM PT, January 10, 2013
Team Leaders
| Points | Rebounds | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | C Williams 15.4 | C Lalanne 5.8 | C Williams 7.3 |
| Saint Louis | M McCall Jr 11.9 | D Evans 6.3 | J Jett 4.0 |
The 16 points by Mike McCall Jr helped the Billikens to a 67-59 victory over Savannah State on January 4th. He leads the team in scoring average, scoring 11.9 points per contest. For the Minutemen, Chaz Williams finished with 14 points and 9 assists in the 75-61 win over Eastern Michigan on January 5th. He contributes a team-leading 15.4 points per game, 7.3 assists per game, and 1.9 steals per game.
Massachusetts StatSmack
- Saint Louis is better under pressure, and has defeated Massachusetts in 4 out of the last 5 games decided by 5 points or fewer.
- Cory Remekun is ranked 5th in the A-10 in blocks.
- The Saint Louis rebounding leader (Dwayne Evans) has more rebounds than the Massachusetts rebounding leader (Terrell Vinson).
- Saint Louis has a much higher 4-year graduation rate than Massachusetts according to Kiplinger (60.5% vs 49%).
- Saint Louis is a better three-point shooting team (36.4% vs 29.8%) than Massachusetts this season.
- Saint Louis players are more experienced than Massachusetts players (15,903 minutes played vs 13,022 minutes played).
- Saint Louis is bigger. The average weight of the top 8 players on Saint Louis is 221 lbs compared to 204 lbs for Massachusetts.
- The Saint Louis blocks leader (Cory Remekun) has more blocks than the Massachusetts blocks leader (Cady Lalanne).
- Cody Ellis is ranked 10th in the A-10 in three-pointers.
- Be afraid. Saint Louis has blown out more teams than Massachusetts this season (5 blowouts vs 0).
- Maybe someday you'll play some real competition. Saint Louis has a stronger schedule (including future opponents) than Massachusetts this season (Projected SOS Rank: #78 vs #90).
| UMASS Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| B+ | Chaz Williams | 35 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| B- | Jesse Morgan | 29 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| C+ | Terrell Vinson | 24 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C | Raphiael Putney | 24 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| C | Cady Lalanne | 18 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| C | Maxie Esho | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| C | Sampson Carter | 23 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| C- | Freddie Riley | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Trey Davis | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Izzy Freeman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | T. Bergantino | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| SLU Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| B | Mike McCall Jr | 33 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| B | K. Mitchell | 28 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| B | Dwayne Evans | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| B- | Jordair Jett | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| B- | Cody Ellis | 27 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| B- | Cory Remekun | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| C | Rob Loe | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C | Jake Barnett | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | John Manning | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D+ | Grandy Glaze | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Keith Carter | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Joey Lepak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Sean Duff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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