Rams Advance to WNIT Super Sixteen, Defeat Richmond 74-64
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
The University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team defeated Richmond 74-64 at the Ryan Center.
The Rams move on to the round of 16 in the women’s NIT championship. The Rams are now 26-6 on the season.
Half of URI's field goals came from beyond the arc, as the Rams made 13 3-pointers. Sophie Phillips (3-for-3) and Emmi Rinat (2-for-4) combined for five in the second quarter to spark the Rams. Richmond (21-11) led 23-19 with 7:08 left in the second quarter before Phillips drained her first 3-pointer to start a 15-0 run. Phillips and Rinat scored the first 13 points in the swing before Hawa Komara hit a layup to put the Rams up 34-23. The teams traded baskets over the final three minutes of the quarter, and URI carried a 40-30 lead into the break.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTRichmond went on a run to open the third quarter, using a 9-4 run in the opening three minutes to trim the Rhody advantage to five points. However, Rhode Island responded with 3-pointers from Sayawni Lassiter and Dolly Cairns to start another run. URI outscored the Spiders 16-6 over the final seven minutes of the third, closing with 3-pointers from Rinat and Cairns to build the lead back to 60-45. From there, the lead never left double digits as the Rams moved on to the Super 16.
HIGHLIGHTS
- The 13 3-point shots for Rhode Island tied for the fifth most in a single game in program history.
- It is the sixth time this season URI has made 11 or more 3-pointers in one game, all of which rank in the top 10 team performances in program history.
- Sophomore Sophie Phillips scored a game-high 20 points off the bench, shooting 7-of-10 from the field. She made six 3-pointers, tying her for the second most in a single game in URI history.
- Phillips has 72 3-pointers this season, which is the second most in team history. Charise Wilson made 82 in 2015-16.
- Sophomore Emmi Rinat added 13 points, five assists and four rebounds off the bench.
- URI's bench combined for 41 points.
- Junior Mayé Touré had 11 points, three rebounds and two blocks, giving the Rams a third double-digit scorer.
- Junior Dolly Cairns had eight points and three rebounds.
- Graduate students Sayawni Lassiter and Madison Hattix-Covington each scored seven points.
- Lassiter added five rebounds and four assists.
- Freshman Anaelle Dutat had seven rebounds - five on the offensive end - along with four points.
- Rhode Island outrebounded Richmond 42-22.
- The Rams scored 17 second-chance points on 17 offensive rebounds.
- URI had 21 assists on 26 field goals.
NEXT
Rhode Island will play at Harvard on Thursday, March 23, for a spot in the WNIT Great 8. The game time is 7 p.m.
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