AMHERST, Mass. (AP) - Chaz Williams had the first double-double of his career with 20 points and 10 assists to lead Massachusetts over Northeastern 83-67 on Monday night.
The sophomore transfer from Hofstra, who had career highs in both categories, scored 15 of his points as the Minutemen (2-0) outscored the Huskies 43-39 in the second half.
The Huskies (1-1) brought it within six, 57-51, with 10:28 to go on Joel Smith's 3-pointer. But Williams took over, dishing to Freddie Riley for a layup on the break, and then scoring back-to-back layups of his own to make it 65-61 with 7:38 remaining.
The Minutemen then built their lead to as many as 17, 55-38, with 13:38 to play.
Terrell Vinson added 14 points and Sampson Carter 12 for UMass, which outscored the Huskies 28-6 on the fast break.
Jonathan Lee and Joel Smith scored 15 points each for Northeastern.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Northeastern (1-1) | 28 | 39 | 67 |
| Massachusetts (2-0) « | 40 | 43 | 83 |
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| Northeastern Huskies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Black, F | 31 | 2-4 | 3-9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| K. Edwards, F | 18 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| J. Lee, G | 30 | 4-13 | 7-9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| J. Smith, G | 28 | 3-9 | 8-8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| A. Bigby, G | 22 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Spencer | 22 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Q. Ford | 18 | 1-7 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| M. Banegas-Flores | 13 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| R. Pierson | 12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| D. Pollard | 6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 19-50 | 28-40 | 35 | 9 | 23 | 67 | |
| 38% | 70% | ||||||
| Massachusetts Minutemen | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Vinson, F | 37 | 4-8 | 4-5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| J. Farrell, F | 21 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| S. Carter, C | 12 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| C. Williams, G | 34 | 7-13 | 4-4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
| F. Riley, G | 30 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Carter | 26 | 5-9 | 1-3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| J. Morgan | 15 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| C. Lalanne | 13 | 2-2 | 3-7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| M. Esho | 11 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| A. McCarthy | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-55 | 19-29 | 38 | 22 | 32 | 83 | |
| 50.9% | 65.5% | ||||||
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