Philadelphia, bread. -The Massachusetts Basketball (11-13, 6-5 A-10) claimed a dominant victory 78-55 on La Salle (12-12, 4-7) on Super Bowl Sunday in John Glaser Arena. The Minutemen won the victory on the back of Rahsool Diggins, who scored a maximum of 34 points in his hometown.
Massachusetts was a low force, taking 47 rebounds while getting 40 points in the painting. The Minutemen kept La Salle at only 36.1% firing from the field and 21.1% of three -point range.
Diggins fired 13-of-20 of the field, including a 7-of-13 screen from Deep. The native of Philadelphia, bread. He recorded his fourth game with 30 more points of the season and second in his last three games.
Daniel Hankin-Sanford entered the start line for the first time since December 1, reaching 10 points and 12 rebounds in the afternoon. The performance marks its fifth double of the season and the second in its last three games.
Charlotte’s companion, NC’s native, Jaylen Curry, had a quality of himself, scoring 13 points when shooting on 5 of 11 from the field. Curry added six rebounds and a couple of robberies in the effort.
The explorers were led by Corey McKeithan, who scored 17 points on the shot of 7-of-18 from the field.
Break down the action
Jaylen Curry opened the score for the Minutemen, sinking a three to get 3-2 only 30 seconds in the starting half.
Curry came out with a robbery and a score to create a 7-2 advantage just over a minute later.
Mac Etienne sank a free launch with 15:00 on the clock to tie the game at 9-9 for La Salle.
Daeshon Shephard finished a driving to give the explorers a three-point advantage, 14-11 with 12:56 in the first half.
A pair of second-chance bubbles of Digna and Daniel Rivera returned to the lead in Massachusetts, 15-14 with 11:31 on the clock.
La Salle responded with a 6-0, as Corey McKeithan demolished a three to create a 20-15 advantage.
Diggins headed a 10-2 Massachusetts run with his own three-punter to lift the minutes to a 25-22 lead with 7:21 to play before half.
The two opponents exchanged baskets until a disposition and one of Diggins allowed the Minutemen to create a four-point advantage, 33-29.
Diggins headed the first half with a shooting jumper, sending the minutes to the rest in the half with a 35-31 advantage.
Diggins and Curry each began the second half with a three-punter, giving the Minutemen a 41-33 lead to the mark of 17:27.
Hankins-Sanford made 8-0 Massachusetts, giving the Minutemen its first two-digit advantage of the night, 43-33.
McKeithan ended with a drought of almost a minute on both sides, cutting off the La Salle deficit at 43-35.
Jayden Ndjigue responded quickly with a driving disposition, which made him 45-35 minutes with 14:24 left on the regulation.
Daniel Rivera struck a quick jump to generate a 11-point Massachusetts lead, 50-39.
Five Diggins points made a race of 9-0 Massachusetts, providing a 59-41 advantage with 9:33.
Daniel Hankins-Sanford laid home a alley to promote leadership at 23 points, 70-47.
Diggins sank his three final points of the night to give Massachusetts his biggest advantage of the day, 72-49.
The whistle sounded with the 78-55 final in favor of the Minutemen.
Notifications of newcomers
Five newcomers saw actions in the evening, with Rivera as a starter.
Rivera recorded six points and eight rebounds in 28 minutes of action.
Shahid Muhammad scored eight points as he got five seasonal rebounds.
Nate Guerengomba played six minutes, totaling two rebounds.
Amadou Doumbia sank his first triple as a minute.
Numbers to know
2: The Minutemen completed the La Salle series, passing 2-0 against the explorers.
3: Three Minutemen had double digit performances, diggins (34), Curry (13) and Hankins-Sanford (10).
5: Hankins-Sanford recorded its fifth double double of the year.
7: The Minutemen reached 7 robberies at night.
8: Diggins passed its eighth game with 20 more points this season.
10: Massachusetts recorded its tenth game of the season with 40 more rebounds.
17: Curry pointed to his 17th game in double figures.
20: Massachusetts has now registered 30 or more points in painting in 20 games this season.
47: Massachusetts grabbed 47 rebounds, including 18 in offensive glass.
History of the series
With the result, Massachusetts now has a record of 32-22 against explorers at all times.
The Minutemen won three of the last four against La Salle, with the three wins at least 16 points.
Massachusetts is now 23-24 in play A-10 and 10-18 on the road with coach Martin at the helm.
Below
The Minutemen return to Amherst to host the Davidson conference rival on Wednesday, February 12 at 7 pm at the Mullins Center. The game will be broadcast on Nesn+ with live updates and links available at umassathletics.com or @umassmbb on X (Twitter).