Tuesday, March 18, 2008

UMass advances in NIT

Men's basketball
Eli Rosenswaike

AMHERST -- UMass 80, Stephen F. Austin 60 (final)

UMass advances to the second round of the NIT with the victory over the Lumberjacks.

The Minutemen play the winner of 4-seed Florida St. and 5-seed Akron. The date and time for that game has not yet been announced. The location will be another home game for UMass at the Mullins Center.

Dante Milligan led all scorers with 24 points. He also added nine rebounds and seven blocks, narrowly missing the double-double. Gary Forbes chipped in 19 points Ricky Harris had 16.

SFA's Josh Alexander scored his typical 21 points, but Matt Kingsley struggled, scoring 10 points on 4-of-13 shooting.

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