====== January 17, 2024 - UMass at Loyola Chicago ======
  * Season: [[season_2023-24|2023-24]]
  * Date: Wednesday, January 17, 2024
  * Opponent: [[opponent_loyola_chicago|Loyola Chicago]]
  * Start Time: 7:00 PM ET
  * Site: [[wp>Joseph J. Gentile Arena|Gentile Arena]], Chicago IL
  * Special Event: [[Atlantic 10]] conference game
  * Television: [[https://www.cbssportsnetwork.com/|CBS Sports Network]]
  * Stream: [[https://www.cbssports.com/watch/cbs-sports-network|CBS Sports Network]]
  * Radio: WEEI 105.5 FM, WCRN 830 AM
  * Spread: UM +4½((per ESPN https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401596845))
  * UM personnel report: [[Matt Cross]] out (ankle & tooth)((https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1747693440245104834))

  * **Result: LUC 79, UMass 78**
  * Attendance: 2748

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===== Previews =====
  * Game notes: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2024/1/16/mens-basketball-minutemen-travel-for-first-road-matchup-with-loyola-chicago|UM]], [[https://loyolaramblers.com/news/2024/1/16/mens-basketball-loyola-chicago-preps-for-massachusetts.aspx|LUC]]
  * Daily Hampshire Gazette: [[https://www.gazettenet.com/UMass-men-s-basketball-to-bounce-back-against-Loyola-Chicago-53720014|Loyola Chicago ahead for both Minutemen, Minutewomen]]
 
===== Game Thread =====
See the [[https://www.umasshoops.com/newboard/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17100|UMassHoops.com Message Board thread]] for pre-game and post-game discussion.

===== Recaps =====
  * UM: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2024/1/17/mens-basketball-massachusetts-drops-a-heartbreaker-against-loyola-chicago-79-78|Massachusetts Drops A Heartbreaker Against Loyola Chicago, 79-78]]
  * LUC: [[https://loyolaramblers.com/news/2024/1/17/mens-basketball-ramblers-steal-home-win-vs-umass.aspx|Ramblers Steal Home Win vs. UMass]]
  * DHG: [[https://gazettenet.com/UMass-basketball-Minutemen-Minutewomen-Loyola-Chicago-Atlantic-10-Conference-53732319|Philip Alston’s last-second three-point play lifts Loyola Chicago past Minutemen 79-78]]
  * DHG: [[https://gazettenet.com/Hampshire-County-colleges-notebook-UMass-can%E2%80%99t-close-in-loss-to-Loyola-Chicago-checking-in-on-Smith-College-Amherst-College-Subhead-53748433|Colleges notebook: UMass can’t close in loss to Loyola Chicago]]
  * Mass. Daily Collegian: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2024/01/heartbreak-for-umass-elation-for-loyola-minutemen-lose-in-final-seconds/|Heartbreak for UMass, elation for Loyola: Minutemen lose in final seconds]]
  * MDC: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2024/01/jaylen-curry-continues-to-rise-to-the-occasion-for-umass/|Jaylen Curry continues to rise to the occasion for UMass]]

===== Video =====
  * [[https://twitter.com/CBSSportsCBB/status/1747770012897509631|Pregame commentary from CBS SN]]
  * [[https://twitter.com/CBSSportsCBB/status/1747784961422250370|Curry deep 3]]
  * [[https://twitter.com/CBSSportsCBB/status/1747794871522415060|CBS SN analysis of Cohen and Alston]]
  * LUC highlights: [[https://twitter.com/RamblersMBB/status/1748018616082317549|game]], [[https://twitter.com/RamblersMBB/status/1748052971940696114|Alston's night]]
  * LUC clips: [[https://twitter.com/RamblersMBB/status/1747776209185104213|Adelekun feeds Watson]], [[https://twitter.com/MarchMadnessMBB/status/1747774575994126837|CBS SN's view of that play]], [[https://twitter.com/RamblersMBB/status/1747789894565650484|behind the back]], [[https://twitter.com/RamblersMBB/status/1747795348519833705|alley-oop]], [[https://twitter.com/CBSSportsCBB/status/1747806291785900258|final sequence]], [[https://twitter.com/CBSSportsCBB/status/1747831940122653034|CBS SN talks with Alston after the win]], [[https://twitter.com/RamblersMBB/status/1747809131451302114|Ramblers walk off]]

===== Box score =====
[[https://loyolaramblers.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2023-24/massachusetts/boxscore/6331|Standard]], [[https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=482155&vislive=mass|StatBroadcast]], [[https://loyolaramblers.com/mens-basketball/2023-24/boxscore/vs-massachusetts/6331/pdf|PDF]]

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