After starting the season 5-1, UMass Lowell dropped to 5-5, with an 89-75 loss to Brown on Saturday.
River Hawks junior guard Ryan Jones scored a co-game-high 20 points, but it wasn’t enough as UML sent Brown to the free throw line 29 times, and it converted on 25 of its attempts.
Final
1 | 2 | T | |
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UML (5-5) | 36 | 39 | 75 |
BRWN (5-5) | 42 | 47 | 89 |
12 makes from the charity stripe in the first half helped propel the Bears to a 42-36 lead at the break.
UML sliced its deficit to four on two separate occasions early in the second half, only to have Brandon Anderson counter both runs with a pair of free throw makes.
The Bears led by as much as 19 down the stretch.
UML, which dropped to 0-4 on the road, returns home against Boston University (4-4) on Wednesday at 5 p.m.