DUKE BEATS URI
Sunday, March 18, 2018
Duke wins 87-62 and the pain continues for Rhode Island. The Duke pain. It started in 1978 when Duke was the beneficiary of a terrible call on Irv Chapman and escaped with a 63-62 win over Rhody in 1978.
This year's loss is another dagger just like the 1988 Rhode Island loss to Duke by one point.
Duke Takes Control in 1st Half
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTURI’s E.C. Matthews knocked down a jump shot with 12:16 to play in the half to give the Rams an 11-10 lead, but from there Duke would take over.
Duke would convert nine straight shots en route to a 23-5 run capped off by a Grayson Allen three and a Marvin Bagley layup to take a 33-16 lead with 6:52 to play.
The Rams would cut the lead to 12, 37-25, on a jump shot by Jeff Dowtin with 4:06 to play, before the Blue Devils would push their lead back up to 15.
Duke would close the half on a three by Trevon Duval as the Blue Devils would take a 45-28 lead into the break.
Duke opened the second half on an 11-5 run to take a 56-33 lead with under 16 minutes to play.
They would cruise to the win.
End of an Era
For Rhode Island, the loss means the college careers of Matthews, Jared Terrell, Stanford Robinson, Jarvis Garrett and Andre Berry come to an end.
Matthews finished off his career by leading URI with 23 points in the game, while Terrell followed up with 10.
The senior class led the Rams to 91 wins, an A-10 Championship, and back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances.
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