Nov. 14, 2008
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KINGSTON, R.I. - Three Rams reached double figures in scoring as the Rhode Island men's basketball team (1-0) defeated Brown 76-74 Friday night in its home-opener at the Ryan Center.
URI's win over BU improves the Rams to 90-12 in home openers and 82-20 in season openers. Friday's night contest marked the 12th time URI has faced Brown in its season-opening game. The Rams own a 10-2 record in those games.
"It was dogfight of a game," URI head coach Jim Baron said. "We learned a lot about our team today. "(Will) Martell did a great job off the bench. Sometimes we are going to go small and quick. When you make shots that slows us down as a team."
Senior guard Jimmy Baron (East Greenwich, R.I.) led all URI scorers with 17 points. All of Baron's 17 points came in the final 20 minutes.
"It was a tale of two halves," Jimmy Baron said. "I tried to go to other parts of my game rather then just jacking up my 3-point shots."
Junior Keith Cothran (New Haven, Conn.) and senior Kahiem Seawright (Uniondale, N.Y.) also reach double-figures as they scored 16 and 15 points, respectively.
Six other URI players made their way into the scorebook as the Rams held a 14-9 advantage in bench scoring.
The Rams shot just 39.1 percent from the field (25-of-64), but took care of the ball as they totaled just three turnovers. URI forced the Bears into 10 turnovers. The last time URI had less than 10 turnovers was back on Feb. 2, 2008 against Dayton.
URI trailed 33-29 at the half after shooting 31.6 percent from the field.
Brown held a 64-59 lead with 6:44 to go in the game, but URI would claw its way back into the lead thanks to a 12-1 run, which saw the Rams hold the Bears without a field goal for over five minutes, giving the Rams a 71-65 lead. Baron scored eight points during that stretch, including a pair of 3-pointers.
Brown's Matt Mullery led the Bears with a game-high 22 points.
The Rams return to action on Sunday afternoon as they head to Durham, N.C. to take on Duke. The game will be nationally televised on ESPNU beginning at 4:30 p.m. It is Rhody's first trip to Cameron Indoor Stadium and the first regular season meeting between the Rams and Blue Devils.
