Saint Louis (5-14, 1-6 A-10) vs. Massachusetts (12-8, 2-5 A-10)
Wednesday, Jan. 25 :: 7 p.m. (CT) :: Chaifetz Arena
TV: FOX Sports Midwest (Dan McLaughlin, Scott Highmark)
Radio: 101.1 FM ESPN (Bob Ramsey, Earl Austin Jr.)
Online: Watch (FOX Sports Go) | Listen (101 ESPN) | Live Stats

SETTING THE SCENE

-- Saint Louis (5-14, 1-6 A-10) welcomes Massachusetts to Chaifetz Arena on Wednesday. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.

-- Wednesday's game will be televised on FOX Sports Midwest, with Dan McLaughlin and Scott Highmark on the call. The game will also be streamed on the FOX Sports GO app and FOXSportsGo.com.

-- Wednesday's radio broadcast will air on 101 ESPN. As always, Billiken Hall of Famer Bob Ramsey provides the play-by-play, while St. Louis American Sports Editor Earl Austin Jr. handles the analysis.

PROMOTIONS

-- Wednesday's game serves as the annual Billiken Blue Out. All fans are encouraged to wear Billiken blue, and the first 1,500 students in attendance will receive a free T-shirt courtesy of Edward Jones.

-- At halftime, SLU student-athletes will be recognized as part of Academic Excellence Night. All student-athletes who achieved a 3.0 GPA or greater the last two semesters will be recognized.

-- Also at halftime, the new Billiken mascot will be introduced. Click here for more information.

THE OPENING TIP

-- SLU head coach Travis Ford faces his former team UMass for the first time in his coaching career. Ford was the head coach of the Minutemen from 2005 to 2008.

-- Saint Louis is coming off a 67-46 loss at first-place Dayton on Sunday. UMass fell 71-68 at home against Fordham in its most recent outing.

-- Junior guard Davell Roby averages 10.4 ppg, including a team-high 10.3 ppg in A-10 games only. In A-10 games only, he leads the league in free-throw percentage (16-of-17, .941) and is sixth in the A-10 in 3-point field-goal percentage (12-of-25, .480).

-- Senior forward Reggie Agbeko scores 9.6 ppg and is tied for third in the Atlantic 10 Conference with 7.7 rpg. His 55.9 percent shooting mark from the field is fifth in the A-10. He has four double-doubles on the season and seven in his career.

-- Senior guard Mike Crawford averages 9.3 ppg. Redshirt freshman forward Elliott Welmer scores 7.4 ppg and is tied for 11th in the league in 3-point FG percentage in A-10 games only (9-of-20, .450).

-- Freshman forward Jalen Johnson has started the last four games and is averaging 10.0 ppg and 5.3 rpg during that stretch. Fellow true freshman Zeke Moore missed the Dayton game due to injury.

-- Redshirt junior guard Aaron Hines has started the last 10 games and is fourth on the Billikens with 8.7 ppg in A-10 play. He is averaging 36.1 mpg in A-10 play, seventh in the league.

-- First-year Billikens head coach Travis Ford is in his 20th season as a collegiate head coach and has a 350-271 career mark.

-- Up next, SLU hits the road to face George Washington on Saturday at 3 p.m. (CT).

LAST TIME OUT

-- Saint Louis fell 67-46 at Dayton on Sunday afternoon.

-- Mike Crawford led the Billikens with 11 points and tied a season high with eight rebounds. Aaron Hines chipped in with nine points. Reggie Agbeko and Davell Roby recorded seven points apiece.

-- The Billikens got off to a fast start, going on top 10-4 a little more than three minutes into the contest. But Dayton would go on a 21-2 rally from that point, and the Flyers took a 31-18 lead into the break.

-- The second half saw the Flyers shoot 50 percent from the field, and they held a comfortable lead throughout en route to the 21-point win.

SCOUTING UMASS    

-- The University of Massachusetts (Amherst, Mass.) enters Wednesday's game with a 12-8 overall record and a 2-5 mark in A-10 play.

-- Three Minutemen average double figures in scoring, led by Donte Clark's 13.8 ppg.

-- Rashaan Holloway and Luwane Pipkins average 11.8 ppg and 10.9 ppg, respectively.

-- Holloway ranks second in the Atlantic 10 with his 63.4 field goal percentage (90-of-142) through games of Jan. 22. He is the Minutemen's top rebounder at 6.2 rpg.

-- Pipkins is second in the A-10 with 2.4 steals per game.

-- The Minutemen are eighth in the league in scoring offense (72.8 ppg) and fifth in the A-10 in scoring defense (69.4 ppg).

-- Head coach Derek Kellogg is 152-127 in nine years at UMass.

-- The Billikens own a 10-5 series lead. Last year, SLU upended UMass 86-75 at the Mullins Center.

SERIES NOTES

This is the 16th overall meeting between the Billikens and Minutemen ... Saint Louis leads the all-time series 10-5 ... the teams played twice prior to the Bills joining the A-10 – in 1995 in St. Louis and in 1998 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Atlanta ... SLU has won three out of the last four, including last year's 86-75 victory at the Mullins Center in Amherst.