#17 URI Falls to St. Joe’s 78-48 in Final Home Game of Season
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
The University of Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team lost its first home game of the season, in its last home game of the season, falling to the Saint Joseph's Hawks 78-48 at The Ryan Center on Tuesday night.
A win would have given Rhode Island an undefeated home record for the first time since 1944-45.
The loss drops the Rams to 23-5 on the season and 15-2 overall.
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Stanford Robinson knocked down a three just minutes into the game to give the Rams a 7-5 lead with 17 minutes to go.
From that point, it was all Saint Joe’s.
The Hawks would go on an 18-3 run to take a 24-10 lead following a layup by James Demery with 7:35 to play.
Rhode Island would get as close as 12 points, 26-14, before the Hawks would take a 35-16 lead into the break.
The Rams shot just 19% from the field in the first half and were 1 for 15 from three.
The second half presented more of the same for URI.
The Hawks outscored Rhode Island 19-5 in the opening seven minutes to take a 54-21 lead.
The Hawks would cruise to the win.
URI was led by Jared Terrell, who poured in 19 points on 7 of 16 shooting from the field, E.C. Matthews followed up with 13 points.
No other URI player had more than five points.
For the game, Rhode Island shot just 28% from the field and 10% from three.
Next Up
URI wraps up their regular season on Friday, March 2 when they visit Davidson.
Game time is set for 7 p.m.
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