URI Beats Dayton 88-74 for 10th Straight Win, Moves to 7-0 in A-10

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URI Beats Dayton 88-74 for 10th Straight Win, Moves to 7-0 in A-10

Jared Terrell
The URI men’s basketball team won their 10th straight game on Saturday afternoon, beating the Dayton Flyers 88-74 in Ohio.

The win was Rhode Island's eighth straight road win and 15th straight win against A-10 competition dating back to last season. 

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URI improves to 15-3 overall and 7-0 in the A-10.

URI Pulls Away

The Rams trailed Dayton 38-36 with 4:14 left in the first half before the Rams took control.

Sparked by an E.C. Matthews layup and one, the Rams closed the half on a 14-5 run to take a 50-43 lead into the break.

Matthews knocked down a three to extend the Rams lead to ten, 53-43 in the opening minutes of the second half.

Matthews finished the game with 17 points and seven rebounds. 

The Flyers would get within four, 55-51, with 15:58 to play following a Jalen Crutcher layup before Jared Terrell scored five straight points to push Rhode Island’s lead to 60-51 with 15 minutes to go.

Dayton would cut the Rams lead to seven, 64-57, with 11:39 to play before Matthews knocked down two free throws and Fatts Russell hit a three to put the Rams up 69-57 with 9:35 to play.

Russell would knock down a jump shot with 8:49 to play to give URI a commanding 71-57 lead.

Dayton would not get back to within single digits the rest of the way.

Terrell led the Rams with 24 points, marking the eighth time this season he has scored at least 20 points in a game.

Next up

URI returns to action on Wednesday, January 24 when they visit Fordham.

Game time is set for 7 p.m.

URI Rams Basketball 2017-18 Projected Starting Lineup

Guard

E.C. Matthews - Redshirt Senior 

E.C. Matthews returns for his redshirt senior season, now two years removed from ACL surgery. The Rams will need him to regain his form.

Matthews missed a couple of weeks during the preseason with knee tendinitis, but has since returned to practice and did play in URI's "secret scrimmage" against Harvard last week. 

Prior to the start of this season, Matthews was named to the first preseason All-Atlantic 10 team during A-10 Media Day. He is also on the John Wooden Award Watch List. 

Last season, Matthews averaged 15 points per game on 42% shooting from the field. In the A-10 Tournament, Matthews carried the Rams offense scoring 20, 19 and 19 points respectively in the three games to get the Rams the title. 

Guard

Jared Terrell - Senior

Jared Terrell was named to second preseason All-Atlantic 10 team during A-10 Media Day. 

He returns to the Rams after averaging 13 points, three rebounds and one steal per game in 2016-17. 

Terrell will look to build off last season in which he shot 42 % from the field - the highest of his career. 

Guard

Jeff Dowtin - Sophomore

Jeff Dowtin is coming off a freshman season in which he started the final 19 games, including both NCAA Tournament games. 

He averaged six points and two assists in 22 minutes of action per game last season while also recording 17 steals on the year. 

In URI's NCAA Tournament game against Creighton, Dowtin poured in a career-high 23 points on 6 of 8 shooting from the field. 

Forward

Andre Berry - Senior 

In two seasons with the Rams, Andre Berry has played in 30 games, but hasn't started any. 

For his career, Berry has averaged 2.4 points and 1.6 rebounds in an averaged of six minutes per game. 

Center

Cyril Langevine - Sophomore 

Cyril Langevine will make the start at one of the forward positions as the Rams will try to replace Hassan Martin, who they lost to graduation. 

Last season, Langevine played in 35 games and started five games for URI averaging three point, five rebounds, and one block. 

In URI's NCAA game against Oregon, Langevine had a near double-double with nine rebounds and nine points. He also had three steals. 

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