MASSACHUSETTS AT MIAMI PREVIEW

Who: Massachusetts (8-3) at Miami (5-6)

When: 7 p.m. today

Where: Millett Hall, Oxford

Radio: 1450, 1230, 980, 101.3

Probable Massachusetts starters: Sampson Carter, 6-8, Sr., F, 6.5; Terrell Vinson, 6-7, Sr., F, 12.6; Raphiael Putney, 6-9, Jr., F, 6.2; Chaz Williams, 5-9, Jr., G, 16.1; Jesse Morgan, 6-5, Jr., G, 15.0

Probable Miami starters: Will Felder, 6-7, Jr., F, 9.4; Quinten Rollins, 6-0, Jr., G, 6.0; Allen Roberts, 6-3, Jr., G, 11.6; Reggie Johnson, 6-1, Fr., G, 10.0; Will Sullivan, 6-3, So., G, 2.9

About Massachusetts: The Minutemen, picked to finish fifth in the Atlantic 10 Conference and riding a five-game winning streak, are 2-0 against the Mid-American Conference this season, beating Ohio 85-76 and Northern Illinois 64-59. UMass is a member of the MAC in football. … Massachusetts is scoring 72.9 points per game and giving up an average of 73.5. All eight of its wins have been by nine points or less. … The Minutemen returned almost their entire roster after going 25-12 and reaching the National Invitation Tournament semifinals in 2011-12. … Cady Lalanne, a 6-foot-9 sophomore, is the top rebounder with a 5.4 average. UMass has seven players averaging at least 3.3 boards per game. … Williams is dishing out 7.1 assists per contest.

About Miami: This will be the RedHawks’ first meeting with UMass. … MU scored a season-high 84 points in its last game against Wilmington and tallied its final points with 6:18 remaining. … Junior forward Jon Harris has scored in double figures the last five games. … Junior center Drew McGhee is 7 of 7 from the field in the last four contests, raising his field-goal percentage to 48.4. … Miami and Buffalo are tied for the MAC lead in 3-point percentage (37.3).

Coach John Cooper on UMass: “An extremely talented team that has a lot of length and is very, very good in transition. They’ve got some guys that can flat-out run the court. They’ll extend the court and use various presses, and they get to the boards. It’s quite evident that we haven’t rebounded the ball well, so we’ve got to handle the boards.”