AMHERST, Mass. -- UMass broke Xavier's 9-0 run with a three-pointer by Etienne Brower, but the Musketeers came right back with four more to make it 25-13 with 7:16 left. The Musketeers are frustrating the Minutemen with their defense to this point. Gary Forbes will shoot two free throws after the timeout.

Noteworthy in this game is that each team has several players who didn't start their careers at their current school. UMass had four transfers sit out during Travis Ford's first season, all playing in this game. Forbes transferred from Virginia, while classmates Etienne Brower (Boston University) and Dante Milligan (Pittsburgh) and junior Luke Bonner (West Virginia) also came from another Division I school. Another former Terrier, Tony Gaffney, sat out last season after transferring. Gaffney always had all the potential, but never the consistency. Now he's been reborn in the role of an energy guy off the bench, although he got the start today.

The Musketeers have a couple of notable transfers of their own. C.J. Anderson is originally from Cincinnati, playing high school ball at Winton Woods High School alongside former Miami guard Robert Hite and former Penn State wing DeForrest Riley-Smith. Starting point guard Drew Lavender began his college career at Oklahoma along with high school teammate Brandon Foust, with each transferring a couple of seasons ago. Foust is now at Southeast Missouri State, a team that started strong in the Ohio Valley Conference but has lost six straight games to fall below .500 in the conference.