Articles by By Dean Wendel, Head Sports Editor

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UMass routs Le Moyne in guarantee game

It had to write a paycheck to do so, but the Massachusetts men’s basketball team got a comfortable 94-80 victory over Le Moyne on Thursday night. The Minutemen (2-1) flexed their might on both ends throughout the game against the Dolphins (1-3), building up a lead that proved to be insurmountable for their Northeast Conference foe.The first five minutes of the second half served as the game-winning sequence for UMass, as what was a 10-point halftime lead ballooned up to 23. During this time, a Minutemen offense that’s had their moments of potency in 2025-26 was firing on all cylinders...