URI Blown Out by Dayton 75-59, Fall Out of 1st Place
Wednesday, March 04, 2015
The URI Rams (20-8,12-5 A-10) fell 75-59 on the road to the (23-6,13-4 A-10) Dayton Flyers on Tuesday night in Ohio. The loss drops the Rams out of first place in the A-10 and is their third conference road loss of the season.
See the five takeaways slideshow below.
URI led 20-18 with nine minutes left to play in the half before the Dayton Flyers closed the period on an 18-8 run to take a 36-28 lead into the locker room.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe Flyers opened the second half on a 7-2 run to go up 43-30 after a Kendall Pollard free throw with 16 minutes left to play.
URI cut their deficit to six points, 49-43, after a Biggie Minnis layup with 11 minutes left but URI would not get any closer the rest of the way.
E.C. Matthews led URI with 18 points while Hassan Martin followed up with 14 of his own.
Dayton was led by Jordan Sibert who poured in a game high 21 while Dyshawn Pierre netted 19 points to help keep the Flyers in first place.
The Rams return home on Saturday when they host St. Joseph's in the final home game of the regular season. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m.
For a further look at the URI loss, see the five takeaways slideshow below.
Related Slideshow: Five Takeaways From URI’s 75-59 Loss to Dayton
The URI Rams (20-8,12-5 A-10) fell 75-59 on the road to the (23-6,13-4 A-10) Dayton Flyers on Tuesday night in Ohio.
Here are five takeaways from the game.
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