PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Raphiael Putney scored 17 points and Chaz Williams made the game-winning layup with 8 seconds left to help Massachusetts edge La Salle 61-60 Wednesday night and snap a three-game losing streak against the Explorers.
Williams finished with six points, six assists and six rebounds for UMass, which improved to 6-1 on the road. Maxie Esho chipped in 11 off the bench for the Minutemen. His dunk with 4:30 left to play put UMass (14-5, 4-2 Atlantic 10 Conference) ahead 57-54.
La Salle held UMass to two points over the next 3 1/2 minutes and took a 60-59 lead on Tyreek Duren's layup with 38 seconds remaining. But Williams converted his game-winner on the Minutemen's ensuing possession.
Jerrell Wright and Ramon Galloway had 16 points apiece for La Salle (14-6, 4-3), which made 25 of 29 shots but got outrebounded 37-32. UMass turned 14 offensive boards in 15 second-chance points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Massachusetts (14-5) « | 33 | 28 | 61 |
| La Salle (14-6) | 27 | 33 | 60 |
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| Massachusetts Minutemen | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Vinson, F | 35 | 3-13 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| R. Putney, F | 25 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| S. Carter, F | 23 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| F. Riley, G | 36 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| C. Williams, G | 36 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Esho | 22 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| C. Lalanne | 19 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| T. Davis | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-61 | 5-6 | 37 | 7 | 11 | 61 | |
| 42.6% | 83.3% | ||||||
| La Salle Explorers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Galloway, F | 36 | 7-18 | 0-0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| J. Wright, F | 30 | 7-10 | 2-3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| T. Duren, G | 36 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| S. Mills, G | 29 | 2-8 | 1-1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| D. Peterson, G | 24 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Zack | 28 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| T. Garland | 13 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Brown | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Dunn | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-59 | 4-6 | 32 | 13 | 11 | 60 | |
| 42.4% | 66.7% | ||||||
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