SLU Men's Basketball Game Notes & Information
Game 19	#4 Saint Louis (13-5) vs. #5 UMass (8-6)
Date // Time	Friday, March 5 // Noon (CT)
Location	Richmond, Va. (Robins Center)
TV	NBCSN (Todd Harris & David Kaplan)
Radio	KMOX 1120 AM / Radio.com (Bob Ramsey, Earl Austin Jr.)
Live Stats	StatBroadcast
Game Notes	Saint Louis | UMass

Saint Louis opens play in the 2021 Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Basketball Championship on Friday with a quarterfinal round matchup against Massachusetts. Game time is noon (CT).

Billiken Hall of Famers Bob Ramsey and Earl Austin Jr. will call all the action on KMOX 1120 AM. The broadcast will also air on radio.com/kmox. 

The game will be televised on NBCSN. Todd Harris and David Kaplan are on the call.

The Billikens have won two in a row and are the No. 4 seed, resulting in a double-bye. UMass advanced to Friday's quarterfinal round after a 100-66 dismantling of 13-seed Saint Joseph's.

Here are five additional facts in advance of Friday's game against UMass: 

1 // This is the Billikens' second game in a row against UMass. On Monday at Chaifetz Arena, the Billikens defeated UMass 78-57.

2 // The Billikens have won two A-10 Championship titles – in 2013 as the No. 1 seed and in 2019 as the No. 6 seed.

3 // Javonte Perkins averages a team-leading 16.9 ppg. He has led the Billikens in scoring 10 times this season, including ties.

4 // Jordan Goodwin leads the A-10 in rebounding and is the NCAA's top rebounding guard with 10.3 rpg.

5 // The winner of Friday's game advances to the A-10 semifinals at 5 p.m. (CT) on Saturday, where it will face either #9 Duquesne or #1 St. Bonaventure.