Posted By Lynn Worthy, Sun Staff

The college basketball season has reached the point of déjà vu. The UMass Lowell men’s and women’s basketball teams hit their first encore performance against Northeast-10 Conference opponents as they’ll both host Franklin Pierce on Saturday.

Potential changes in roster (injuries), style, bench rotations and starting lineups always make the second meeting of a season interesting. Not to mention the continuation of a chess match between coaching staffs that started months ago.

Here are how the two squads did the first time around against opponents (the women have yet to play Merrimack or Southern New Hampshire and the men haven’t played Southern New Hampshire yet either).

UML Women - The First Time around:

- Franklin Pierce (L) 83-80
- Stonehill (W) 75-73
- Bentley (L) 61-45
- Saint Anselm (W) 67-64
- Assumption (L) 65-54
- St. Michael’s (L) 63-62
- Lemoyne (W) 62-57
- St. Rose (L) 84-79
- Pace (L) 68-54
- Southern Connecticut (W) 81-68
- American International (L) 53-50
- New Haven (L) 66-59

UML Men - The First Time around:

- Franklin Pierce (W) 64-44
- Merrimack (L) 85-79
- Stonehill (W) 66-49
- Bentley (L) 72-64
- Saint Anselm (L) 87-72
- Assumption (W) 74-65
- St. Michael’s (W) 83-47
- Lemoyne (W) 76-65
- St. Rose (W) 81-70
- Pace (W) 71-64
- Southern Connecticut (W) 83-73
- American International (W) 63-58
- New Haven (W) 77-70

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