Leonardo Bettiol’s big day leads UMass men’s basketball past Ball State (photos)

Key Highlights

• Daniel Hankins-Sanford recorded his sixth double-double of the year, scoring 10 points and coming down with a game-high 10 boards.
• Danny Carbuccia led in assists with six. For Ball State, Davion Hill led the way with 22 points, shooting 9-for-13 from the field and 4-of-7 from beyond the arc, while tallying seven rebounds.
• Armoni Zeigler and Preston Copeland each had 12 points on the afternoon for the Cardinals, with Zeigler dishing out six dimes. How It Happened Danny Carbuccia, Leonardo Bettiol, Marcus Banks Jr., Daniel Hankins-Sanford, and Jayden Ndjigue started for the Minutemen.
• Bettiol scored the first four points for UMass before pushing it to a 9-5 UMass lead at 13:55.
• Parker hit a tear-drop floater from the lane to cut the deficit to one, 16-15, with 6:36 remaining in the first half.