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| Rhody head coach
Cathy Inglese earned her 400th career victory in URI's win at
Albany. |
ALBANY, N.Y. - Rhode Island head coach Cathy
Inglese picked up her 400th career victory as the Rams downed
Albany, 65-60, on Saturday afternoon at SEFCU Arena.
The win, which evened URI's record at 7-7, marked a milestone
for Inglese, who had previously won 273 games at Boston College and
120 at Vermont.
Senior Andrea
Buck led all players with a career-high 17 points on the
afternoon while classmate Lindsay
Harris recorded her fourth-consecutive double-double (13p/13r)
while also adding five steals.
Freshman Ashley
Rivera added 14 points and was a perfect 4-for-4 from long
range while junior Megan
Shoniker rounded out Rhody's double-digit scorers with 10
points.
As a team, Rhode Island shot a season-best 52.2% from the field,
connecting on 24-of-46 attempts while scoring 22 points off of
Albany's 21 turnovers.
Albany (6-6) got off to a quick 8-2 lead after five straight
points by Ebone Henry and a three-point play from Charity
Iromuanya. Harris twice cut the Great Danes' advantage to two
before scoring on a layup to make it a one-point game (15-14) with
12:00 on the clock.
Albany responded with a 6-0 run over the next two minutes to
make the score 21-14 and take its largest lead of the game (seven
points) with just under ten minutes to go. Rhody, however, came
back and put up 11 unanswered points while keeping the Great Danes
off the board for over seven minutes to go up 25-22 before
stretching the lead to four (31-27) at the half.
Rhode Island is now 7-0 this season when leading at
halftime.
Buck went on to net 13 of her game-high 17 points in the second
frame while Rhody connected on 12-of-17 attempts from the line.
The Great Danes were able to tie things up at 35-35 after four
minutes of play but the Rams went on to take their largest lead of
the game (12 points) when a layup by Buck made it 53-41 with 5:34
remaining in the game.
A pair of Albany foul shots cut URI's lead to 62-58 with 20
seconds remaining but the Rams held on for the 65-60 victory.
The Rams return to action on Tuesday, Jan. 5 when they travel to
Worcester, Mass. to take on
