Plymouth St. Plym 6-9,2-4 Little East

UMass Boston UMB 9-6,5-1 Little East

Plymouth St. Plym

6-9,2-4 Little East

Final

Jan. 14, 2026

UMass Boston UMB

9-6,5-1 Little East

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Plymouth St. Plym	21	34	55
UMass Boston UMB	47	33	80

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 1/14/2026 5:23:00 PM | Christopher J. Kilmer, Assistant Athletics Director, Athletics Communications

MB: Panthers win second half but fall at UMass Boston

BOSTON, Mass. – Eleven different players found the scoresheet, but the University of Massachusetts Boston used an early run to take control, and Plymouth State University was unable to rally in an 80-55 setback to the Beacons in a Little East Conference (LEC) men's basketball game at the Clark Athletic Center Gymnasium on Wednesday afternoon.

Plymouth State fell behind 7-0 before sophomores Will Mollica (Stratham, N.H.) and Brady Hulland (Amston, Conn.) cut the deficit to 9-5 through the opening four minutes. A 21-2 surge near the end of the first half gave UMass Boston a 47-21 halftime lead. Although PSU outscored the Beacons in the second half, the deficit was too large to overcome.

The Panthers fell to 6-9 (2-4 LEC), while UMass Boston improved to 9-6 (5-1 LEC).

The Basics:

Plymouth State 55, UMass Boston 80
- Plymouth State (6-9, 2-4 LEC)
- UMass Boston (9-6, 5-1 LEC)

Top Performers:

Plymouth State
- Eli Pockette (10 pts, 6-7 ft, 6 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl)
- Torran Bosworth (9 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl)
- Javari Ellison (5 reb, 3 blk, 2 ast)

How it Happened:

UMass Boston raced out to a 7-0 lead.
Mollica and Hulland combined for five points to pull the Panthers within 9-5 after the first four minutes.
Pockette completed an old-fashioned three-point play to keep things close, 19-11, with 13 minutes left in the first half.
The Beacons pulled away behind a 21-2 run over the next eight minutes.
Senior Torran Bosworth (Springfield, Mass.) drilled a pair of three-pointers in the closing minutes, but UMB carried a 47-21 lead into the break.
The teams went back-and-forth throughout the second half, including a 7-0 Panthers' run, but the margin was too large to overcome.

By the Numbers:

Both teams hit seven three-pointers.
Plymouth State shot 34.6% from the field, while the Beacons connected at a 43.9% rate and attempted 14 more field goals.
UMass Boston held a 43-32 rebounding advantage.
Plymouth State's bench outscored the UMass Boston reserves, 20-13.
The Panthers registered five blocked shots.
Plymouth State leads the all-time series, 54-29. The teams split last year's meetings.

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