La Salle Explorers at Rhode Island Rams
· NCAA Men's Basketball
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
47 - 59
47 - 59
Rhode Island leads early, beats La Salle 59-47
The Rams (12-5, 4-2 Atlantic 10) held La Salle to just seven points over a 13:38 stretch in the opening half, and led by 11 points at the break. While Rhode Island outscored the Explorers by just one point in the second half, La Salle was unable to recover from the early deficit and Rhode Island never gave up its double-digit lead.
Biruta was a perfect 6-of-6 shooting from the floor and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line. E.C. Matthews added 13 points, including all of the Rams' three 3-pointers.
Jerrell Wright scored 18 points to lead La Salle (10-9, 2-4) and Steve Zack added 10 rebounds.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 47 - 59 |
| 2nd 0:35 | T.J. Buchanan Defensive Rebound. | 47 - 59 |
| 2nd 0:35 | Khalid Lewis missed Free Throw. | 47 - 59 |
| 2nd 0:35 | Foul on Hassan Martin. | 47 - 59 |
| 2nd 0:43 | La Salle Offensive Rebound. | 47 - 59 |
Statistics
 LAS |
 URI |
|
|---|---|---|
| 21-64 | FG | 21-41 |
| 33 | Field Goal % | 51 |
| 2-9 | 3PT | 3-9 |
| 22 | Three Point % | 33 |
| 3-6 | FT | 14-23 |
| 50 | Free Throw % | 61 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 12 | Offensive Rebounds | 4 |
| 21 | Defensive Rebounds | 33 |
| 10 | Assists | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 11 | Total Turnovers | 18 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 17 | Points Off Turnovers | 12 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 4 |
| 30 | Points in Paint | 30 |
| 16 | Fouls | 14 |
Game Information
Venue: Thomas M. Ryan Center
Location: Kingston, RI
Attendance: 4,481 | Capacity:
Location: Kingston, RI
Attendance: 4,481 | Capacity:
2025-26 Atlantic 10 Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Louis | 15-3 | - | 29-6 |
| VCU | 15-3 | - | 28-8 |
| Saint Joseph's | 13-5 | 2 | 24-12 |
| Dayton | 12-6 | 3 | 25-12 |
| George Mason | 11-7 | 4 | 23-10 |
| Davidson | 10-8 | 5 | 20-14 |
| Duquesne | 9-9 | 6 | 18-15 |
| George Washington | 8-10 | 7 | 19-16 |
| Fordham | 8-10 | 7 | 17-15 |
| Rhode Island | 7-11 | 8 | 16-16 |
| Richmond | 5-13 | 10 | 15-17 |
| La Salle | 5-13 | 10 | 9-23 |
| St. Bonaventure | 4-14 | 11 | 17-17 |
| Loyola Chicago | 4-14 | 11 | 9-24 |