URI Women’s Basketball Win A-10, Earn Trip to NCAA Tournament
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URI Women’s Basketball Win A-10, Earn Trip to NCAA Tournament
The University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team won the Atlantic-10 conference and an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
The Rams beat George Mason on Sunday, 53-51.
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Brooklyn Gray led the team with 16 points.
URI defense clamped down in the second half. George Mason went more than five minutes without a field goal late in the second half.
Coach Tammi Reiss, the Rams’ most successful coach, has led the program's revitalization over the past seven years.
The Rams have only gone to the Big Dance once before. In 1996, the Rams lost to Oklahoma State 90–82 in the first round.