It didn’t take any words for Massachusetts head coach Derek Kellogg to explain his frustration during Wednesday night’s game.

Kellogg let his actions do the talking.

In the midst of an ugly display of basketball from both teams in the second half, Kellogg ripped off his suit jacket sending it airborne behind the bench after Jabarie Hinds was called for shot-clock violation on a corner 3-pointer that would have been good.

Kellogg did his best in an attempt to fire up his team, but his angry tirade wasn’t enough, and the Minutemen fell to Richmond 56-53 on Senior Night at the Mullins Center. Wednesday’s loss marks the fourth loss in the past five games after winning six in a row before the stretch.

“This is the most frustrated I’ve been a while,” Kellogg said. “Things weren’t going exactly the way I would have liked and I kind of wanted to show my displeasure to a bunch of different people.”

UMass (17-13, 10-7 Atlantic 10) went 11 minutes, 55 seconds between field goals in the second half, with its only points coming from six free throws during the stretch. The Minutemen offense went stagnant and had trouble finding Cady Lalanne inside, and missed all seven shot attempts and committed seven turnovers within that span.

“We were so worried about Lalanne, he’s such a great player. We were worried about him in the first half and he was five-for-five, and they were committed to throwing him the ball and we really had so much emphasis on being in and trying to surround him,” Richmond coach Chris Mooney said. “Because they were so committed to throwing it in, helped us disrupt their rhythm.”

Lalanne made his only shot attempt of the second half after scoring 10 points in the first half, finishing with 14 points and 12 rebounds on the night.

The Minutemen made it a one possession game with 1:40 remaining after Donte Clark converted a basket and the and-one free throw attempt to make the score 48-46.

But Kendall Anthony (14 points) responded shortly after with his biggest basket of the night, draining a deep fade-away to put the Spiders ahead 52-46 with 45 seconds remaining.

“Those were the big shots of the game to win it for them. One of them was a pretty tough shot,” Kellogg said. “He’s a good player and I thought he controlled tempo and the game while he was in there. That’s what good point guards do.”

Anthony – who played only 29 minutes due to foul trouble – was one of four Richmond players who scored more than 10 points, as Terry Allen had 13, TJ Cline added 12 and ShawnDre’ Jones finished with 11.

Neither team shot particularly well as the Minutemen were just 2-14 from 3-point range, and Richmond 3-17. UMass committed 17 turnovers to 12 assists on the day and the Spiders converted those turnovers into 15 points.

Hinds shot 1-of-10 from the floor for five points while Trey Davis finished 2-of-9 with six points. Derrick Gordon finished with four points and three turnovers.

The Spiders (18-12, 11-6 A 10) took a 27-25 lead going into the half and led the game for 30:25.

“Yeah. I didn’t want to lose this game, our last game at home,” Lalanne said when asked about his last regular season game at home. “And we were playing for something, too. It was really emotional.”

Esho scores 1,000 in loss

Esho became the 48th player in UMass history to reach the 1,000-point club after making a layup with six seconds remaining in the game. Esho entered the game at 991 career points and achieved the feat with his mother in attendance, her first time at Mullins Center.

Esho joins Lalanne as the second player to achieve the 1,000-point mark this season, as Lalanne did so Feb. 4 in a 78-72 win at Fordham.

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