Gazette Net: The University of Massachusetts entered this summer hoping to add at least one big man to the program. The mission appears to have been accomplished as Rashaan Holloway, a 6-foot-9, 285-pound big man from Elmer, N.J., committed after making an unofficial visit to Amherst earlier this month.

Holloway, who attends Schalick High School, made his announcement via Twitter on Monday: “UMass it is.”

Holloway chose UMass over offers from Seton Hall, La Salle, Temple and Drexel. Minnesota was also showing interest.

He joins a freshman class that includes Donte Clark, a guard from North Carolina who is sitting out this season as a nonqualifier. UMass has one scholarship remaining for the 2014 recruiting class.

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