Pregame

Matt Glass starting for Gurley.

Nice showing by the students, who'll brave any weather for a free T-shirt.

FIRST HALF

15:09: UMass 10, URI 2 -  Lowe needed five assists to tie Carl Smith for the school's career record of 633. He's got two.

11:29: UMass 17, URI 11 - Gaffney just finished an alley-oop. Not sure where he sits in pursuit of Will Herndon's season-record of alley-oop dunks.

7:24: UMass 24, URI 15 - Gaffney just picked up his second foul. Lowe now has four assists.

6:04 - Lowe fed Harris for a 3-pointer to tie the record.

5:02 - UMass 31, URI 19 - Lowe and Harris each have seven points.

SECOND HALF

15:57 - UMass 34, URI 33 - UMass, which started sharp is struggling.

6:04: 51-51: Once again the Minutemen are in a tight game late. Can they fix what's been a bad script?

2:04: URI 59, UMass 57 -  UMass' missed open shots are killing them.

Final -
URI 71, UMass 59 - Same old story.

...four days til Philly...