UMass Lowell River Hawks vs UMass Minutemen Prediction, 12/6/2025 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: UMass Lowell River Hawks vs UMass Minutemen

Date: Saturday, December 6, 2025

Location: Mullins Center in Amherst, MA

TV: ESPN+

The UMass Lowell River Hawks (3-6) are on their way to Mullins Center on Saturday where they will take on the UMass Minutemen (4-3).

The UMass Lowell River Hawks took the court against Emerson and walked away with a win by a score of 90-67 in their last contest. With respect to fouls, the River Hawks left the arena with 11 while Emerson totaled 25 fouls. They made 9 out of their 25 tries from distance. Emerson ended up going 80.0% from the free throw line by making 8 of 10 shots. In addition, Emerson collected 20 rebounds (8 offensive, 12 defensive), but finished the game with no rejections. Emerson distributed 11 dimes and had 8 steals in this game. Regarding defense, UMass Lowell let their opponent shoot 39.1% from the field on 25 out of 64 shooting. They also doled out 13 assists for this contest in addition to forcing the other team into 8 turnovers and having 4 steals. In reference to hauling in rebounds, they compiled 44 with 15 of them being of the offensive sort. From the charity stripe, the River Hawks converted 31 of 42 shots for a percentage of 73.8%. UMass Lowell finished having earned a 57.1% FG percentage (28 of 49) and buried 3 of 14 3-pointers.

JJ Massaquoi is someone who had an impact in the game. He ended up going 72.7% from the field but finished the game without a dime. He saw the court for 18 minutes and grabbed 4 boards. He walked away with 21 points on 8 out of 11 shooting.

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UMass Lowell will enter this matchup with a win-loss mark of 3-6 so far this year. They cough up possession 14.3 times per game and as a unit they are committing 15.2 personal fouls per contest. As a team, UMass Lowell is snagging 36.3 boards per game and is sitting with 123 assists so far this season, which has them ranked 148th in the nation in terms of passing the ball. The River Hawks are hitting 30.2% on 3-point shots (48 of 159) and 69.7% from the charity stripe. They have an average of 75.1 points per game (235th in Division 1) while shooting 46.0% from the field.

On the defensive end, the River Hawks are able to force 11.3 turnovers per game and they draw 20.1 fouls. They are ranked 311th in D-1 in allowing assists with 132 surrendered for the year. The River Hawks are allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 44.7% (259 of 580) and they concede 35.9 boards per contest as a team. They are conceding 36.2% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they rank 300th in D-1 in points per game allowed (79.9).

When they last played, the UMass Minutemen went home victorious with a score of 78-71 against Harvard. In relation to team rebounding, UMass allowed Harvard to grab 29 overall (11 on the offensive glass). They finished 15.8% from downtown by hitting 3 of 19 and ended up going 12 out of 15 from the free throw line (80.0%). The Minutemen allowed Harvard to convert 28 out of their 65 tries from the floor which gave them a rate of 43.1% in this game. When the final whistle was blown, the Minutemen shot 28 out of 55 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 50.9%. In the matter of shots from downtown, UMass converted 8 of 16 attempts (50.0%). They were able to bury 14 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 66.7%. Harvard earned 17 personal fouls for the game which got the Minutemen to the charity stripe for a total of 21 attempts. They turned it over 15 times, while getting 5 steals for the game. The Minutemen pulled down 23 defensive boards and 6 offensive rebounds totaling 29 in the game.

Marcus Banks Jr. ended up being a major contributor for the Minutemen in the game. He converted 10 out of 19 for this game giving him a rate of 52.6%, and added 4 rebounds. He scored 29 points in his 37 mins on the court and had 1 assist for this game.

UMass has a mark of 4-3 on the campaign. As an offense, the Minutemen are shooting 45.8% from the floor, which is ranked 171st in Division 1. UMass has accumulated 546 points so far this year (78.0 per game) and they average 36.6 rebounds per game. They are dishing out assists 16.7 times per game (77th in college) and they turn it over 14.3 times per contest. The Minutemen have committed 21.3 personal fouls every game while shooting 64.7% from the charity stripe.

The Minutemen are ranked 178th in the nation in points per game surrendered with 72.9. They are forcing their opponents into 14.4 turnovers on a nightly basis and have let teams shoot 44.5% from the field (238th in college). The UMass defense gives up 29.2% on shots from behind the 3-point line (47 of 161) and their opposition makes 73.1% of their shots from the free throw line. They have conceded 12.9 assists and 28.7 rebounds per game, which ranks them 161st and 10th in college.

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Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take UMass Lowell

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