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McCrory scores 15 to lift UMass over La Salle 83-67

AP
Jan 09, 2021

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) Cairo McCrory came off the bench to score 15 points to carry Massachussets to an 83-67 win over La Salle Explorers on Saturday.

Carl Pierre had 15 points for UMass (3-3, 2-1 Atlantic 10 Conference). Noah Fernandes added 13 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. Tre Mitchell had 11 points.

Anwar Gill had 14 points for the Explorers (5-6, 2-2). David Beatty added 11 points.

Jack Clark, who led the Explorers in scoring coming into the contest with 10 points per game, shot only 20% for the game (2 of 10). Sherif Kenney, the Explorers' second leading scorer coming into the matchup at 10 points per game, shot only 17% in the game (1 of 6).

The Minutemen improve to 2-0 against the Explorers for the season. UMass defeated La Salle 85-66 on Dec. 16.

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1st Half
LAS
Explorers
21
MASS
Minutemen
45

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Clifton Moore vs. Tre Mitchell (Noah Fernandes gains possession)
19:32		Noah Fernandes misses two point floating jump shot
19:30		Clifton Moore defensive rebound
19:17		Dibaji Walker personal foul (David Beatty draws the foul)
18:40	+2	Ronnie DeGray III makes two point layup (Dibaji Walker assists)	2-2
18:22		Jack Clark misses three point jump shot
18:20		Explorers offensive rebound
18:20		Tre Mitchell personal foul
18:18		Ronnie DeGray III blocks Jack Clark's two point jump shot
18:16		Tre Mitchell defensive rebound
17:59		Dibaji Walker misses three point jump shot
17:57		Clifton Moore defensive rebound
17:48		Noah Fernandes shooting foul (Clifton Moore draws the foul)
17:48		Clifton Moore misses regular free throw 1 of 2
17:48	+1	Clifton Moore makes regular free throw 2 of 2	3-2
17:24	+2	Carl Pierre makes two point driving layup	3-4
17:13		Anwar Gill misses two point floating jump shot
17:11		Tre Mitchell defensive rebound
17:06		David Beatty shooting foul (Jovohn Garcia draws the foul)
17:06	+1	Jovohn Garcia makes regular free throw 1 of 2	3-5
17:06	+1	Jovohn Garcia makes regular free throw 2 of 2	3-6
16:56		Anwar Gill misses two point floating jump shot
16:54		Jovohn Garcia defensive rebound
16:41	+2	Tre Mitchell makes two point finger roll layup (Ronnie DeGray III assists)	3-8
16:25		Jhamir Brickus misses three point jump shot
16:23		Jhamir Brickus offensive rebound
16:19		Anwar Gill misses three point jump shot
16:17		Carl Pierre defensive rebound
16:09		Carl Pierre misses two point pullup jump shot
16:07		Clifton Moore defensive rebound
16:00		Clifton Moore misses three point jump shot
15:58		Ronnie DeGray III defensive rebound
15:30		Jovohn Garcia misses three point pullup jump shot
15:28		Dibaji Walker offensive rebound
15:27		David Beatty personal foul (Dibaji Walker draws the foul)
15:27		TV timeout
15:13		T.J. Weeks misses two point driving jump shot
15:11		Anwar Gill defensive rebound
15:04		Jhamir Brickus turnover (bad pass)
15:06		Cairo McCrory turnover (bad pass) (Jhamir Brickus steals)
14:19	+2	Jhamir Brickus makes two point layup	5-8
14:19	+2	T.J. Weeks makes two point layup	5-10
14:19		Sherif Kenney personal foul (T.J. Weeks draws the foul)
14:19		T.J. Weeks misses regular free throw 1 of 1
14:19		Anwar Gill defensive rebound
13:52		Sherif Kenney misses two point layup
13:50		T.J. Weeks defensive rebound
13:45		T.J. Weeks turnover (lost ball) (Anwar Gill steals)
13:39		Anwar Gill misses two point layup
13:37		T.J. Weeks defensive rebound
13:16		Jovohn Garcia misses two point pullup jump shot
13:14		Dyondre Dominguez offensive rebound
13:00	+2	Cairo McCrory makes two point layup (Jovohn Garcia assists)	5-12
12:34	+3	Jack Clark makes three point jump shot (Christian Ray assists)	8-12
12:06		Scott Spencer shooting foul (Tre Mitchell draws the foul)
12:06	+1	Tre Mitchell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-13
12:06	+1	Tre Mitchell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	8-14
12:00	+3	Scott Spencer makes three point jump shot (Jack Clark assists)	11-14
11:44	+3	Dyondre Dominguez makes three point jump shot (Noah Fernandes assists)	11-17
11:22		Sherif Kenney turnover (bad pass)
11:22		TV timeout
10:57		Ayinde Hikim personal foul (Cairo McCrory draws the foul)
10:47	+2	Tre Mitchell makes two point layup (Carl Pierre assists)	11-19
10:33		Scott Spencer misses two point driving layup
10:31		Christian Ray offensive rebound
10:30	+2	Christian Ray makes two point tip shot	13-19
10:19		Carl Pierre misses three point jump shot
10:17		Jack Clark defensive rebound
10:12		Jack Clark misses two point fadeaway jump shot
10:10		Noah Fernandes defensive rebound
9:48	+2	Tre Mitchell makes two point reverse layup (Ronnie DeGray III assists)	13-21
9:19		Christian Ray misses three point jump shot
9:17		Carl Pierre defensive rebound
8:54	+2	Carl Pierre makes two point step back jump shot	13-23
8:20		Tre Mitchell blocks Christian Ray's two point driving layup
8:18		Carl Pierre defensive rebound
8:07	+3	Dibaji Walker makes three point jump shot (Noah Fernandes assists)	13-26
8:05		Explorers 30 second timeout
8:05		TV timeout
7:50		Dyondre Dominguez blocks Clifton Moore's two point layup
7:48		Dyondre Dominguez defensive rebound
7:38		Dibaji Walker misses three point step back jump shot
7:36		Ronnie DeGray III offensive rebound
7:36	+2	Ronnie DeGray III makes two point floating jump shot	13-28
7:36		Clifton Moore shooting foul (Ronnie DeGray III draws the foul)
7:32	+1	Ronnie DeGray III makes regular free throw 1 of 1	13-29
7:19		Dibaji Walker personal foul (Sherif Kenney draws the foul)
7:14		Sherif Kenney misses two point pullup jump shot
7:12		Ronnie DeGray III defensive rebound
6:49		Carl Pierre misses three point jump shot
6:47		Christian Ray defensive rebound
6:38		Clifton Moore turnover (bad pass) (Carl Pierre steals)
6:31		Noah Fernandes misses three point jump shot
6:29		Carl Pierre offensive rebound
6:29		Carl Pierre turnover (out of bounds)
6:16		Jhamir Brickus misses three point jump shot
6:14		T.J. Weeks defensive rebound
6:06		T.J. Weeks misses three point jump shot
6:04		Jhamir Brickus defensive rebound
6:03		Sherif Kenney misses three point jump shot
6:01		Minutemen defensive rebound
6:00		Anwar Gill personal foul (Tre Mitchell draws the foul)
6:00	+1	Tre Mitchell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	13-30
6:00	+1	Tre Mitchell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	13-31
5:37	+2	Jhamir Brickus makes two point pullup jump shot	15-31
5:24		Ronnie DeGray III misses two point layup
5:22		Anwar Gill defensive rebound
5:14		Anwar Gill misses two point layup
5:12		Jared Kimbrough offensive rebound
5:04	+2	Jared Kimbrough makes two point putback dunk	17-31
4:55		T.J. Weeks misses two point driving layup
4:53		T.J. Weeks offensive rebound
4:52	+2	T.J. Weeks makes two point tip shot	17-33
4:21		Jhamir Brickus misses two point driving layup
4:19		Tre Mitchell defensive rebound
4:02		Jared Kimbrough shooting foul (Jovohn Garcia draws the foul)
4:02		Jovohn Garcia misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:02		Jovohn Garcia misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:02		Jack Clark defensive rebound
3:44	+2	Jhamir Brickus makes two point step back jump shot	19-33
3:22		Jovohn Garcia misses two point pullup jump shot
3:20		T.J. Weeks offensive rebound
3:18		T.J. Weeks misses two point layup
3:16		Explorers defensive rebound
3:16		TV timeout
3:07	+2	Anwar Gill makes two point driving layup	21-33
2:53		Jack Clark personal foul (Jovohn Garcia draws the foul)
2:53	+1	Jovohn Garcia makes regular free throw 1 of 2	21-34
2:53	+1	Jovohn Garcia makes regular free throw 2 of 2	21-35
2:37		Anwar Gill misses two point driving layup
2:35		Tre Mitchell defensive rebound
2:24		Tre Mitchell misses three point jump shot
2:22		Scott Spencer defensive rebound
2:14		Jack Clark misses two point pullup jump shot
2:12		Noah Fernandes defensive rebound
1:47	+3	Carl Pierre makes three point jump shot (Ronnie DeGray III assists)	21-38
1:25		Anwar Gill turnover (lost ball) (Ronnie DeGray III steals)
1:16		Ronnie DeGray III misses three point jump shot
1:14		Noah Fernandes offensive rebound
1:10	+2	Ronnie DeGray III makes two point dunk (Noah Fernandes assists)	21-40
0:47		Ronnie DeGray III blocks Jhamir Brickus's two point layup
0:45		Noah Fernandes defensive rebound
0:43		Anwar Gill shooting foul (Carl Pierre draws the foul)
0:43	+1	Carl Pierre makes regular free throw 1 of 2	21-41
0:43	+1	Carl Pierre makes regular free throw 2 of 2	21-42
0:20		Minutemen 30 second timeout
0:03	+3	Noah Fernandes makes three point pullup jump shot	21-45
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
LAS
Explorers
46
MASS
Minutemen
38

Time		Play	Score
19:48		Jack Clark misses two point driving layup
19:46		Noah Fernandes defensive rebound
19:38		Dibaji Walker misses three point jump shot
19:36		Sherif Kenney defensive rebound
19:15		Sherif Kenney misses three point jump shot
19:13		Carl Pierre defensive rebound
18:54	+3	Noah Fernandes makes three point jump shot (Dibaji Walker assists)	21-48
18:38		Jack Clark misses two point fadeaway jump shot
18:36		Noah Fernandes defensive rebound
18:31		Carl Pierre misses three point jump shot
18:29		Clifton Moore defensive rebound
18:20	+3	David Beatty makes three point jump shot (Jhamir Brickus assists)	24-48
18:00		Carl Pierre turnover (lost ball) (Sherif Kenney steals)
17:55		Tre Mitchell shooting foul (Jack Clark draws the foul)
17:55	+1	Jack Clark makes regular free throw 1 of 2	25-48
17:55		Jack Clark misses regular free throw 2 of 2
17:55		Tre Mitchell defensive rebound
17:49		Carl Pierre turnover (lost ball) (Jhamir Brickus steals)
17:33		Clifton Moore misses two point hook shot
17:31		Jack Clark offensive rebound
17:25	+2	Jack Clark makes two point tip shot	27-48
17:13	+3	Carl Pierre makes three point jump shot (Tre Mitchell assists)	27-51
16:53		Jhamir Brickus turnover (traveling)
16:37	+3	Carl Pierre makes three point jump shot (Noah Fernandes assists)	27-54
16:18		Clifton Moore misses three point jump shot
16:16		Noah Fernandes defensive rebound
16:00		Dibaji Walker misses three point jump shot
15:58		Clifton Moore defensive rebound
15:49	+3	Sherif Kenney makes three point jump shot (Jack Clark assists)	30-54
15:35		Noah Fernandes turnover (bad pass) (David Beatty steals)
15:31	+2	David Beatty makes two point driving layup	32-54
15:22		Ronnie DeGray III turnover (bad pass) (Sherif Kenney steals)
15:18		Jack Clark turnover (lost ball)
15:18		TV timeout
15:07	+2	Cairo McCrory makes two point layup (Noah Fernandes assists)	32-56
14:46		Cairo McCrory personal foul (Sherif Kenney draws the foul)
14:39	+2	Scott Spencer makes two point fadeaway jump shot	34-56
14:08		Clifton Moore personal foul (Tre Mitchell draws the foul)
14:03		Carl Pierre misses three point jump shot
14:01		David Beatty defensive rebound
13:51		Cairo McCrory blocks Sherif Kenney's two point pullup jump shot
13:49		Tre Mitchell defensive rebound
13:33		Sherif Kenney personal foul (Tre Mitchell draws the foul)
13:26		Carl Pierre misses three point jump shot
13:24		David Beatty defensive rebound
13:10	+3	Ayinde Hikim makes three point pullup jump shot	37-56
12:56		Sherif Kenney personal foul (Jovohn Garcia draws the foul)
12:42		T.J. Weeks misses two point driving layup
12:40		Christian Ray defensive rebound
12:31		Scott Spencer misses three point jump shot
12:29		Jovohn Garcia defensive rebound
12:12		Dyondre Dominguez misses two point driving jump shot
12:10		Cairo McCrory offensive rebound
12:09		Scott Spencer shooting foul (Cairo McCrory draws the foul)
12:09	+1	Cairo McCrory makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-57
12:09		Cairo McCrory misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:09		Cairo McCrory offensive rebound
11:59		Cairo McCrory turnover (traveling)
12:00		TV timeout
11:50		Ronnie DeGray III blocks Ayinde Hikim's two point driving layup
11:48		Dibaji Walker defensive rebound
11:40		Jovohn Garcia turnover (lost ball) (Christian Ray steals)
11:20		Jack Clark misses two point driving hook shot
11:18		Cairo McCrory defensive rebound
10:49		Carl Pierre misses three point pullup jump shot
10:47		Jack Clark defensive rebound
10:42		Jack Clark turnover (lost ball) (Dibaji Walker steals)
10:38		Ayinde Hikim shooting foul (Dibaji Walker draws the foul)
10:38	+1	Dibaji Walker makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-58
10:38		Dibaji Walker misses regular free throw 2 of 2
10:38		Christian Ray defensive rebound
10:28	+3	Scott Spencer makes three point jump shot (Ayinde Hikim assists)	40-58
10:13		Scott Spencer shooting foul (Dyondre Dominguez draws the foul)
10:12	+1	Dyondre Dominguez makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-59
10:12		Dyondre Dominguez misses regular free throw 2 of 2
10:12		Scott Spencer defensive rebound
10:02	+2	Anwar Gill makes two point driving layup	42-59
9:37	+2	Jovohn Garcia makes two point driving layup (Ronnie DeGray III assists)	42-61
9:18		Scott Spencer misses three point jump shot
9:16		Jovohn Garcia defensive rebound
9:10		Dibaji Walker turnover (traveling)
8:59	+2	Christian Ray makes two point finger roll layup (Ayinde Hikim assists)	44-61
8:32		Jovohn Garcia misses two point pullup jump shot
8:30		Explorers defensive rebound
8:17		Sherif Kenney turnover (bad pass) (Jovohn Garcia steals)
8:01		Carl Pierre turnover (bad pass)
7:45	+2	Christian Ray makes two point finger roll layup (Sherif Kenney assists)	46-61
7:38		Ayinde Hikim personal foul (Noah Fernandes draws the foul)
7:38		TV timeout
7:38	+1	Noah Fernandes makes regular free throw 1 of 2	46-62
7:38	+1	Noah Fernandes makes regular free throw 2 of 2	46-63
7:28		Jovohn Garcia personal foul (Christian Ray draws the foul)
7:24		Scott Spencer turnover (traveling)
7:14		Ayinde Hikim personal foul (Jovohn Garcia draws the foul)
7:14	+1	Jovohn Garcia makes regular free throw 1 of 2	46-64
7:14	+1	Jovohn Garcia makes regular free throw 2 of 2	46-65
7:02		Jhamir Brickus misses three point jump shot
7:00		Christian Ray offensive rebound
6:54	+2	Christian Ray makes two point tip shot	48-65
6:42	+2	Cairo McCrory makes two point alley-oop dunk (Ronnie DeGray III assists)	48-67
6:28		Christian Ray misses three point jump shot
6:26		Explorers offensive rebound
6:18	+3	David Beatty makes three point jump shot (Christian Ray assists)	51-67
5:57	+2	Ronnie DeGray III makes two point layup (Tre Mitchell assists)	51-69
5:38		David Beatty misses three point jump shot
5:36		Cairo McCrory defensive rebound
5:09	+3	Cairo McCrory makes three point jump shot (Noah Fernandes assists)	51-72
4:50		Christian Ray offensive foul (Cairo McCrory draws the foul)
4:50		Christian Ray turnover
4:52		Minutemen 30 second timeout
4:37		Ronnie DeGray III turnover (bad pass) (Jhamir Brickus steals)
4:31	+2	Anwar Gill makes two point finger roll layup	53-72
4:23	+2	Cairo McCrory makes two point dunk (Noah Fernandes assists)	53-74
4:02	+2	Anwar Gill makes two point layup	55-74
3:46		Jack Clark personal foul (Tre Mitchell draws the foul)
3:46		TV timeout
3:46		Tre Mitchell misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:46	+1	Tre Mitchell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-75
3:35	+2	Anwar Gill makes two point floating jump shot	57-75
3:21		Clifton Moore shooting foul (Carl Pierre draws the foul)
3:21		Carl Pierre misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:21		Carl Pierre misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:21		Anwar Gill defensive rebound
3:15		Carl Pierre personal foul
3:11		Cairo McCrory personal foul (David Beatty draws the foul)
3:08		Jhamir Brickus misses two point reverse layup
3:06		Tre Mitchell defensive rebound
3:05		David Beatty personal foul (Noah Fernandes draws the foul)
3:05	+1	Noah Fernandes makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-76
3:05	+1	Noah Fernandes makes regular free throw 2 of 2	57-77
2:59		David Beatty misses three point jump shot
2:57		Jack Clark offensive rebound
2:56		Jack Clark turnover (bad pass)
2:49		Carl Pierre misses three point jump shot
2:47		Clifton Moore defensive rebound
2:34		Ronnie DeGray III shooting foul (Jack Clark draws the foul)
2:34		Jack Clark misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:34	+1	Jack Clark makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-77
2:24		Clifton Moore blocks Cairo McCrory's two point dunk
2:22		Cairo McCrory offensive rebound
2:15		Clifton Moore blocks Cairo McCrory's two point layup
2:13		Minutemen offensive rebound
2:10		Carl Pierre turnover (traveling)
2:06		Jack Clark misses three point jump shot
2:04		Tre Mitchell defensive rebound
1:55		Jack Clark personal foul (Cairo McCrory draws the foul)
1:55		Cairo McCrory misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:55	+1	Cairo McCrory makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-78
1:43	+2	Clifton Moore makes two point finger roll layup (Jhamir Brickus assists)	60-78
1:15	+3	Noah Fernandes makes three point jump shot (Carl Pierre assists)	60-81
1:01		Anwar Gill misses two point floating jump shot
0:59		Anwar Gill offensive rebound
0:57	+2	Anwar Gill makes two point putback layup	62-81
0:39		Tre Mitchell misses two point reverse layup
0:38		Cairo McCrory offensive rebound
0:38	+2	Cairo McCrory makes two point putback dunk	62-83
0:38		Minutemen 30 second timeout
0:30		Ryan Marcus shooting foul (Clifton Moore draws the foul)
0:30		Clifton Moore misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:30		Clifton Moore misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:30		David Beatty offensive rebound
0:26	+2	David Beatty makes two point driving layup	64-83
0:26		Ronnie DeGray III shooting foul (David Beatty draws the foul)
0:26	+1	David Beatty makes regular free throw 1 of 1	65-83
0:16		Brady Antonopoulos turnover (bad pass) (David Beatty steals)
0:12	+2	Anwar Gill makes two point dunk (David Beatty assists)	67-83
0:04		Mark Gasperini turnover (bad pass) (Anwar Gill steals)
0:02		Jhamir Brickus misses three point jump shot
0:00		Cairo McCrory defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Cairo McCrory defensive rebound