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Shepherd and Brickus score 19 points apiece as La Salle downs UMass 82-81

AP
Feb 17, 2024

PHILADELPHIA (AP) Daeshon Shepherd and Jhamir Brickus each scored 19 points as La Salle beat Massachusetts 82-81 on Saturday.

Brickus made a pair of free throws to give La Salle an 80-75 lead with 10 seconds left, and he added two more from the line with four seconds to go that made it 82-78. Jaylen Curry hit a 3-pointer to end it.

Shepherd shot 6 for 11 (4 for 6 from 3-point range) for the Explorers (12-14, 3-10 Atlantic 10 Conference). Brickus was 7 of 13 from the floor and added six assists. Khalil Brantley chipped in with 10 rebounds and six assists. The Explorers ended a five-game slide with the victory.

Josh Cohen finished with 21 points and 13 rebounds for the Minutemen (16-9, 7-6). UMass also got 15 points, eight rebounds and three steals from Matt Cross. In addition, Rahsool Diggins had 14 points and two blocks.

La Salle turned an 11-point second-half lead into an 18-point advantage with a 7-0 run to make it a 71-53 lead with 10:23 left in the half. Brickus scored 10 second-half points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
MASS
Minutemen
41
LAS
Explorers
51

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Explorers gains possession)
19:34		Josh Cohen blocks Rokas Jocius's two point layup
19:32		Matt Cross defensive rebound
19:24	+2	Matt Cross makes two point hook shot	2-0
18:56		Khalil Brantley misses three point jump shot
18:54		Matt Cross defensive rebound
18:41		Josh Cohen misses two point hook shot
18:39		Khalil Brantley defensive rebound
18:31		Keon Thompson blocks Khalil Brantley's two point layup
18:29		Josh Cohen defensive rebound
18:13		Rahsool Diggins misses three point jump shot
18:11		Daeshon Shepherd defensive rebound
17:51	+3	Jhamir Brickus makes three point jump shot (Khalil Brantley assists)	2-3
17:38		Rokas Jocius shooting foul (Josh Cohen draws the foul)
17:38	+1	Josh Cohen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	3-3
17:38	+1	Josh Cohen makes regular free throw 2 of 2	4-3
17:15		Jhamir Brickus misses three point jump shot
17:13		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi offensive rebound
17:06	+2	Daeshon Shepherd makes two point driving layup	4-5
17:06		Keon Thompson shooting foul
17:06	+1	Daeshon Shepherd makes regular free throw 1 of 1	4-6
16:46		Keon Thompson misses three point jump shot
16:44		Rokas Jocius defensive rebound
16:36		Rahsool Diggins blocks Jhamir Brickus's two point driving layup
16:34		Explorers offensive rebound
16:32		Daeshon Shepherd turnover (Matt Cross steals)
16:11	+2	Matt Cross makes two point driving layup (Jayden Ndjigue assists)	6-6
15:54		Keon Thompson personal foul
15:53		TV timeout
15:42		Rahsool Diggins shooting foul (Rokas Jocius draws the foul)
15:42	+1	Rokas Jocius makes regular free throw 1 of 2	6-7
15:42		Rokas Jocius misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:42		Matt Cross defensive rebound
15:29		Jaylen Curry misses two point layup
15:27		Josh Cohen offensive rebound
15:27		Rokas Jocius shooting foul (Josh Cohen draws the foul)
15:27	+1	Josh Cohen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	7-7
15:27		Josh Cohen misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:27		Khalil Brantley defensive rebound
15:19		Khalil Brantley turnover (bad pass) (Jayden Ndjigue steals)
15:05		Ryan Zan shooting foul (Matt Cross draws the foul)
15:05	+1	Matt Cross makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-7
15:05	+1	Matt Cross makes regular free throw 2 of 2	9-7
14:49	+2	Jhamir Brickus makes two point stepback jump shot	9-9
14:41		Matt Cross misses three point jump shot
14:39		Khalil Brantley defensive rebound
14:31	+2	Khalil Brantley makes two point driving layup	9-11
14:18	+3	Jayden Ndjigue makes three point jump shot (Matt Cross assists)	12-11
13:56		Jayden Ndjigue shooting foul (Khalil Brantley draws the foul)
13:56	+1	Khalil Brantley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	12-12
13:56	+1	Khalil Brantley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	12-13
13:36		Rahsool Diggins misses three point jump shot
13:34		Daniel Hankins-Sanford offensive rebound
13:30	+2	Daniel Hankins-Sanford makes two point layup	14-13
13:09		Jhamir Brickus misses two point jump shot
13:07		Matt Cross defensive rebound
12:59	+2	Matt Cross makes two point driving layup	16-13
12:40	+2	Khalil Brantley makes two point driving layup	16-15
12:40		Jaylen Curry shooting foul (Khalil Brantley draws the foul)
12:40	+1	Khalil Brantley makes regular free throw 1 of 1	16-16
12:33		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi blocks Rahsool Diggins's two point layup
12:31		Daeshon Shepherd defensive rebound
12:18		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi turnover (traveling)
11:55		Marqui Worthy misses two point layup
11:53		Daniel Hankins-Sanford offensive rebound
11:48	+3	Robert Davis Jr. makes three point jump shot (Rahsool Diggins assists)	19-16
11:27	+3	Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi makes three point jump shot (Jhamir Brickus assists)	19-19
11:08		Robert Davis Jr. misses three point jump shot
11:06		Khalil Brantley defensive rebound
10:49		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi misses three point jump shot
10:47		Matt Cross defensive rebound
10:40		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi personal foul
10:40		TV timeout
10:35		Khalil Brantley blocks Rahsool Diggins's two point layup
10:33		Josh Cohen offensive rebound
10:28	+2	Josh Cohen makes two point layup	21-19
10:11		Anwar Gill misses two point layup
10:09		Josh Cohen defensive rebound
9:56	+3	Rahsool Diggins makes three point jump shot (Josh Cohen assists)	24-19
9:32		Daeshon Shepherd misses two point driving layup
9:30		Josh Cohen defensive rebound
9:21		Anwar Gill blocks Josh Cohen's two point hook shot
9:19		Josh Cohen offensive rebound
9:12		Rahsool Diggins misses three point jump shot
9:10		Anwar Gill defensive rebound
9:04	+2	Anwar Gill makes two point driving layup	24-21
8:52		Rahsool Diggins turnover (bad pass) (Khalil Brantley steals)
8:45	+2	Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi makes two point layup (Khalil Brantley assists)	24-23
8:34		Marqui Worthy turnover (lost ball) (Anwar Gill steals)
8:27	+2	Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi makes two point dunk (Anwar Gill assists)	24-25
8:02		Robert Davis Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Khalil Brantley steals)
7:59		Robert Davis Jr. shooting foul (Khalil Brantley draws the foul)
7:59		TV timeout
7:59	+1	Khalil Brantley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-26
7:59	+1	Khalil Brantley makes regular free throw 2 of 2	24-27
7:50	+2	Josh Cohen makes two point layup (Matt Cross assists)	26-27
7:33	+3	Daeshon Shepherd makes three point jump shot (Anwar Gill assists)	26-30
7:03	+2	Josh Cohen makes two point layup (Jayden Ndjigue assists)	28-30
6:43		Anwar Gill misses two point layup
6:41		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi offensive rebound
6:31		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi turnover (lost ball) (Rahsool Diggins steals)
6:31		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi personal foul
6:17		Jaylen Curry misses two point jump shot
6:15		Jhamir Brickus defensive rebound
6:12		Matt Cross shooting foul (Andres Marrero draws the foul)
6:12	+1	Andres Marrero makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-31
5:56		Andres Marrero misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:56		Anwar Gill offensive rebound
5:56	+3	Khalil Brantley makes three point jump shot (Anwar Gill assists)	28-34
5:49		Matt Cross turnover (bad pass)
5:39		Andres Marrero misses three point jump shot
5:37		Josh Cohen defensive rebound
5:31		Jaylen Curry turnover (bad pass) (Jhamir Brickus steals)
5:25	+2	Jhamir Brickus makes two point layup	28-36
5:12		Jhamir Brickus shooting foul (Josh Cohen draws the foul)
5:12	+1	Josh Cohen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	29-36
5:12	+1	Josh Cohen makes regular free throw 2 of 2	30-36
4:42		Khalil Brantley misses two point jump shot
4:40		Khalil Brantley offensive rebound
4:33		Daeshon Shepherd misses three point jump shot
4:31		Daniel Hankins-Sanford defensive rebound
4:23	+2	Rahsool Diggins makes two point layup	32-36
4:13	+2	Daeshon Shepherd makes two point cutting dunk (Anwar Gill assists)	32-38
4:03		Anwar Gill shooting foul (Josh Cohen draws the foul)
4:03		Josh Cohen misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:03	+1	Josh Cohen makes regular free throw 2 of 2	33-38
3:41		Daeshon Shepherd misses two point jump shot
3:39		Marqui Worthy defensive rebound
3:29	+3	Robert Davis Jr. makes three point jump shot (Marqui Worthy assists)	36-38
3:29		Andres Marrero shooting foul (Robert Davis Jr. draws the foul)
3:29	+1	Robert Davis Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 1	37-38
3:02		Anwar Gill misses three point jump shot
3:00		Robert Davis Jr. defensive rebound
2:46		Marqui Worthy turnover (bad pass) (Daeshon Shepherd steals)
2:44		Marqui Worthy shooting foul (Daeshon Shepherd draws the foul)
2:44	+1	Daeshon Shepherd makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-39
2:44	+1	Daeshon Shepherd makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-40
2:24		Jhamir Brickus personal foul
2:24	+1	Rahsool Diggins makes regular free throw 1 of 2	38-40
2:24	+1	Rahsool Diggins makes regular free throw 2 of 2	39-40
2:04		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi misses two point layup
2:02		Daniel Hankins-Sanford defensive rebound
1:58		Anwar Gill blocks Marqui Worthy's two point layup
1:56		Anwar Gill defensive rebound
1:50	+2	Jhamir Brickus makes two point driving layup (Anwar Gill assists)	39-42
1:40		Marqui Worthy misses three point jump shot
1:38		Anwar Gill defensive rebound
1:26	+3	Daeshon Shepherd makes three point jump shot (Jhamir Brickus assists)	39-45
1:05		Marqui Worthy misses three point jump shot
1:03		Explorers defensive rebound
1:03		TV timeout
0:46	+3	Daeshon Shepherd makes three point jump shot (Khalil Brantley assists)	39-48
0:25		Rahsool Diggins misses three point jump shot
0:23		Josh Cohen offensive rebound
0:17	+2	Josh Cohen makes two point layup	41-48
0:01	+3	Daeshon Shepherd makes three point jump shot (Jhamir Brickus assists)	41-51
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
MASS
Minutemen
40
LAS
Explorers
31

Time		Play	Score
19:51	+2	Matt Cross makes two point layup (Keon Thompson assists)	43-51
19:24	+2	Jhamir Brickus makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot	43-53
19:07		Rahsool Diggins misses two point jump shot
19:05		Khalil Brantley defensive rebound
18:50		Khalil Brantley misses two point jump shot
18:48		Rokas Jocius offensive rebound
18:47		Josh Cohen personal foul
18:30		Jhamir Brickus misses three point jump shot
18:28		Matt Cross defensive rebound
18:12	+2	Matt Cross makes two point layup	45-53
17:50		Khalil Brantley misses two point jump shot
17:48		Khalil Brantley offensive rebound
17:43	+2	Rokas Jocius makes two point jump shot (Khalil Brantley assists)	45-55
17:25	+3	Jayden Ndjigue makes three point jump shot (Josh Cohen assists)	48-55
16:58	+2	Rokas Jocius makes two point layup (Jhamir Brickus assists)	48-57
16:47		Rahsool Diggins misses two point jump shot
16:45		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi defensive rebound
16:39		Daeshon Shepherd misses two point layup
16:37		Jayden Ndjigue defensive rebound
16:32	+2	Keon Thompson makes two point pullup jump shot	50-57
16:17		Rahsool Diggins blocks Khalil Brantley's two point layup
16:15		Josh Cohen defensive rebound
16:03		Rahsool Diggins misses two point jump shot
16:01		Khalil Brantley defensive rebound
15:51	+2	Jhamir Brickus makes two point jump shot	50-59
15:35		Josh Cohen misses two point jump shot
15:33		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi defensive rebound
15:07		Khalil Brantley misses three point jump shot
15:05		Rahsool Diggins defensive rebound
14:52		TV timeout
14:35		Matt Cross misses two point jump shot
14:33		Rokas Jocius defensive rebound
14:27		Jhamir Brickus misses three point jump shot
14:25		Rokas Jocius offensive rebound
14:18	+3	Anwar Gill makes three point jump shot (Jhamir Brickus assists)	50-62
14:02		Keon Thompson misses three point jump shot
14:00		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi defensive rebound
13:45		Khalil Brantley misses two point stepback jump shot
13:43		Jayden Ndjigue defensive rebound
13:32		Khalil Brantley personal foul
13:30		Jayden Ndjigue turnover (bad pass) (Jhamir Brickus steals)
13:24	+2	Jhamir Brickus makes two point layup	50-64
13:07	+2	Rahsool Diggins makes two point layup	52-64
13:07		Anwar Gill shooting foul (Rahsool Diggins draws the foul)
13:07	+1	Rahsool Diggins makes regular free throw 1 of 1	53-64
12:42		Khalil Brantley misses two point layup
12:40		Anwar Gill offensive rebound
12:40		Daniel Hankins-Sanford shooting foul (Anwar Gill draws the foul)
12:40	+1	Anwar Gill makes regular free throw 1 of 2	53-65
12:40	+1	Anwar Gill makes regular free throw 2 of 2	53-66
12:14		Jaylen Curry misses three point jump shot
12:12		Jhamir Brickus defensive rebound
12:10		Jhamir Brickus turnover (bad pass)
11:49		Rahsool Diggins misses two point jump shot
11:47		Khalil Brantley defensive rebound
11:47		Jump ball. (Explorers gains possession)
11:47		TV timeout
11:34		Khalil Brantley misses three point jump shot
11:32		Daniel Hankins-Sanford defensive rebound
11:22		Robert Davis Jr. misses three point jump shot
11:20		Rokas Jocius defensive rebound
11:04	+2	Rokas Jocius makes two point hook shot (Khalil Brantley assists)	53-68
10:51		Rahsool Diggins misses three point jump shot
10:49		Khalil Brantley defensive rebound
10:23	+3	Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi makes three point jump shot (Daeshon Shepherd assists)	53-71
9:58		Khalil Brantley personal foul
9:44	+2	Josh Cohen makes two point layup (Rahsool Diggins assists)	55-71
9:20		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi misses two point layup
9:18		Jaylen Curry defensive rebound
9:06	+2	Robert Davis Jr. makes two point pullup jump shot	57-71
8:38		Khalil Brantley turnover (out of bounds)
8:16		Khalil Brantley shooting foul (Jaylen Curry draws the foul)
8:16	+1	Jaylen Curry makes regular free throw 1 of 3	58-71
8:16	+1	Jaylen Curry makes regular free throw 2 of 3	59-71
8:16		Jaylen Curry misses regular free throw 3 of 3
8:16		Rokas Jocius defensive rebound
7:53		Jhamir Brickus misses two point floating jump shot
7:51		Josh Cohen defensive rebound
7:33		Keon Thompson misses three point jump shot
7:31		Josh Cohen offensive rebound
7:31		Rokas Jocius shooting foul (Josh Cohen draws the foul)
7:31		TV timeout
7:31		Josh Cohen misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:31	+1	Josh Cohen makes regular free throw 2 of 2	60-71
7:14		Keon Thompson shooting foul (Anwar Gill draws the foul)
7:13	+1	Anwar Gill makes regular free throw 1 of 2	60-72
7:13		Anwar Gill misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:13		Josh Cohen defensive rebound
6:51		Josh Cohen misses three point jump shot
6:49		Anwar Gill defensive rebound
6:29		Anwar Gill turnover (lost ball) (Matt Cross steals)
6:29		Jhamir Brickus shooting foul (Rahsool Diggins draws the foul)
6:29		Rahsool Diggins misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:29	+1	Rahsool Diggins makes regular free throw 2 of 2	61-72
5:57		Daeshon Shepherd turnover (bad pass)
5:44		Matt Cross misses three point jump shot
5:42		Jayden Ndjigue offensive rebound
5:37	+2	Josh Cohen makes two point hook shot (Rahsool Diggins assists)	63-72
5:37		Explorers 30 second timeout
5:37		TV timeout
5:27		Anwar Gill turnover (bad pass) (Matt Cross steals)
5:25		Anwar Gill shooting foul (Keon Thompson draws the foul)
5:25	+1	Keon Thompson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	64-72
5:25	+1	Keon Thompson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-72
5:02	+2	Khalil Brantley makes two point pullup jump shot (Jhamir Brickus assists)	65-74
4:39		Rokas Jocius personal foul
4:39	+1	Josh Cohen makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-74
4:39	+1	Josh Cohen makes regular free throw 2 of 2	67-74
4:09		Khalil Brantley misses two point jump shot
4:07		Rokas Jocius offensive rebound
4:06	+2	Rokas Jocius makes two point layup	67-76
4:06		Daniel Hankins-Sanford shooting foul (Rokas Jocius draws the foul)
4:06		Rokas Jocius misses regular free throw 1 of 1
4:06		Matt Cross defensive rebound
3:45		Jaylen Curry misses three point jump shot
3:43		Jhamir Brickus defensive rebound
3:17		Rokas Jocius turnover (lost ball) (Daniel Hankins-Sanford steals)
3:17		Rokas Jocius personal foul
3:16		TV timeout
3:16	+1	Daniel Hankins-Sanford makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-76
3:16	+1	Daniel Hankins-Sanford makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-76
2:48	+2	Anwar Gill makes two point layup (Khalil Brantley assists)	69-78
2:28	+2	Matt Cross makes two point hook shot	71-78
2:28		Daeshon Shepherd shooting foul (Matt Cross draws the foul)
2:28	+1	Matt Cross makes regular free throw 1 of 1	72-78
2:04		Keon Thompson personal foul
1:51		Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi misses three point jump shot
1:49		Josh Cohen defensive rebound
1:29	+3	Rahsool Diggins makes three point jump shot (Keon Thompson assists)	75-78
1:27		Minutemen 60 second timeout
0:58		Daeshon Shepherd misses three point jump shot
0:56		Matt Cross defensive rebound
0:39		Matt Cross misses two point jump shot
0:37		Minutemen offensive rebound
0:27		Rahsool Diggins misses three point jump shot
0:25		Daeshon Shepherd defensive rebound
0:25		Matt Cross personal foul
0:23		Keon Thompson personal foul (Khalil Brantley draws the foul)
0:23		Khalil Brantley misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:23		Daniel Hankins-Sanford defensive rebound
0:14		Matt Cross misses three point jump shot
0:12		Daeshon Shepherd defensive rebound
0:09		Robert Davis Jr. personal foul (Jhamir Brickus draws the foul)
0:09	+1	Jhamir Brickus makes regular free throw 1 of 2	75-79
0:09	+1	Jhamir Brickus makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-80
0:09		Minutemen 30 second timeout
0:05	+3	Robert Davis Jr. makes three point jump shot (Jaylen Curry assists)	78-80
0:05		Minutemen 30 second timeout
0:04		Rahsool Diggins personal foul
0:04	+1	Jhamir Brickus makes regular free throw 1 of 2	78-81
0:04	+1	Jhamir Brickus makes regular free throw 2 of 2	78-82
0:01	+3	Jaylen Curry makes three point jump shot	81-82
0:00		End of period

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Jaylen Curry makes three point jump shot