ST. LOUIS (AP) - Rob Loe scored 20 points and Saint Louis closed the game on a 20-8 run to defeat Massachusetts 70-62 Thursday night in the Atlantic 10 opener for both teams.
Jordair Jett added 15 points for the Billikens (12-3), who have won nine straight - their longest streak since winning 14 in a row to start the 1993-94 season.
Cady Lalanne had 18 points and 13 rebounds for Massachusetts (10-4), which had its seven-game winning streak snapped. Chaz Williams added 14 points and seven assists.
Massachusetts used a 3-pointer from Freddie Riley, a tip-in by Lalanne and another 3 by Williams to take a 54-50 lead with 9:28 remaining. Back-to-back layups by Jett capped a 7-0 run that put Saint Louis back in front for good, and UMass made only 2 of 11 shots the rest of the way.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Massachusetts (10-4) | 32 | 30 | 62 |
| Saint Louis (12-3) « | 35 | 35 | 70 |
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| Massachusetts Minutemen | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Putney, F | 25 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| S. Carter, F | 23 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| T. Vinson, F | 19 | 5-8 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| C. Williams, G | 38 | 6-16 | 0-0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| J. Morgan, G | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| F. Riley | 35 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| C. Lalanne | 29 | 6-10 | 6-8 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| M. Esho | 24 | 2-7 | 2-3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| T. Davis | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-57 | 11-18 | 35 | 11 | 24 | 62 | |
| 40.4% | 61.1% | ||||||
| Saint Louis Billikens | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Evans, F | 30 | 1-9 | 3-4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| C. Remekun, F | 30 | 2-6 | 3-5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| R. Loe, F | 27 | 6-10 | 6-7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| K. Mitchell, G | 31 | 5-9 | 0-2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| M. McCall Jr., G | 21 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Jett | 29 | 5-8 | 5-7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| C. Ellis | 22 | 0-3 | 3-3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| J. Barnett | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Manning | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-52 | 21-30 | 38 | 10 | 17 | 70 | |
| 44.2% | 70% | ||||||
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