Marshall University Athletics
Men's Basketball Falls at UMass, 81-58
12/28/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Men's Basketball Falls at UMass, 81-58
12/28/2002
- Box Score
AMHERST, Mass. - Micah Brand had 17 points and Jackie Rogers added 15 on Saturday as Massachusetts posted an 81-58 win over Marshall.
The Minutemen (4-6) opened the game with an 18-3 lead and never trailed. UMass led 47-28 at halftime, and pulled ahead by as much as 25 in the second half.
Michael Lasme and Jeff Viggiano both finished with 13 points for UMass.
Marshall (5-3) was led by David Anderson's 10 points.
The Minutemen used a stiffling defense to keep Marshall out of synch from the start. The Minutemen forced 16 Marshall turnovers and limited the Herd to a season low shooting percentage of 36.8% and three-point shooting percentage of 18.8%.
UMass limited Marshall standout Ronald Blackshear to only nine points and forced starting center Ardo Armpalu out of the game early with foul trouble. Armpalu played only 10 minutes.
Rogers, who was 7-of-10 from the field, scored six points as the Minutemen opened the game with an 18-3 run. They extended the lead as high as 30-11, before Marshall, led by Marvin Black and Ardo Armpalu, pulled within 34-23 with just over four minutes to play in the half.
However, Gabe Lee had five points as Massachusetts went on a 13-0 run over the next three minutes to make it 47-23.
Massachusetts shot 57 percent from the field and edged Marshall in rebounding 31-29.
Marshall will try to regroup when it hosts Western Michigan University in Mid-American Conference action on January 4th.