Jan 8, 2003
Box Score
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Dustin Hellenga scored 19 points and was one of four
players in double figures as Rhode Island defeated Yale 81-69 Wednesday night.
Lazare Adingono added 14 points, Dawan Robinson had 13 and Brian Woodward
scored 12 for the Rams (8-4), who matched their season total for wins from last
season.
T.J. McHugh and Chris Leanza led Yale (5-6) with 16 points each. Edwin
Draughan had 13 for the Bulldogs, who have lost four straight.
Yale scored the game's first 12 points, but Rhode Island answered with a
19-6 run to take a 19-18 lead with 7:34 left in the first half.
Yale's last lead of the game was 25-24 with 4:15 remaining in the first
half. But the Rams closed the first half with a 14-9 run, capped by a Jamal
Wise jumper with four seconds left.
Leanza started the second half with a three-pointer to pull the Bulldogs
within one, but they never got any closer.
Rhode Island shot 49.1 percent (28-of-57) from the field and outrebounded
Yale 44-31.
Yale was playing its first home game after opening the season with 10 games
away from home.
