Amherst, MA- The University of Massachusetts Minutemen (0-2) had hoped that the legends of the old Curry Hicks Cage could help them against the Big Red of Cornell (2-0) in the first round of the Legends Classic, but it was not to be. Despite out rebounding their opponent 37 to 27 the Minutemen fell by a score of 74-61.
On the night that UMass honored their all time scoring leader, Jim McCoy, during a half time ceremony, the current Minutemen’s leading scorer, Ricky Harris, poured in 26 points to lead all scorers. However the Minutemen could not mount much scoring from anyone else. Harris scored 17 of his points in the second half as the Minutemen attempted to battle back from a five point first half deficit. The Minutemen would get the Big Red lead down to six several times, the last time on a Harris free throw with 9:27 left to play.
“I thought our guys in general did a good job as compared to Central Florida which was not fun to watch” said Coach Derek Kellogg. “We were taking better shots, sharing the basketball, and doing some good things. Now we've got to cut back on turnovers. I think if we do those things then we'll start heading in the right direction.”
The Big Red were lead by 24 points from guard Louis Dale. Jeff Foote contributed nine boards and added 10 points.
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