Daniel Rivera scored 23 points as UMass beat Dayton 76-72 on Wednesday night. Rivera added 12 rebounds and three steals for the Minutemen (6-10, 1-2 Atlantic 10 Conference). Rahsool Diggins scored 18 points while going 6 of 20 from the floor,

Rivera 8-13 7-8 23, Abdelgowad 1-1 0-0 2, Curry 1-2 0-0 2, Diggins 6-20 3-3 18, Ndjigue 2-6 2-2 6, Worthy 7-11 4-4 18, Hankins-Sanford 0-2 0-0 0, Doumbia 1-3 3-3 5, Guerengomba 1-2 0-0 2, Muhammad 0-0 0-0 0, Watson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-60 19-20 76.

Dayton makes 41.6% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.9 percentage points higher than UMass has allowed to its opponents (38.7%). UMass averages 5.6 made 3-pointe

Daniel Rivera, Rahsool Diggins and Marqui Worthy combined for 59 of UMass’ 76 points as the Minutemen got their first conference win of the season against Dayton.

Dayton takes on the UMass Minutemen after Nate Santos scored 23 points in the Flyers' 82-62 loss to the George Washington Revolutionaries.