Box Score #10 Rhode Island Starters
Russell, Walker, Leggett, Martin, Makhel Mitchell
 
Dayton Starters
Chatman, Watson, Crutcher, Blakney, Tshimanga
 
How it Happened
The perimeter shooting of No. 7 Dayton – particularly Ibi Watson – did Rhode Island in as the Rams' season ended with an 84-72 loss in the second round of the Atlantic 10 Championship Thursday.

Rhode Island (10-15) was within one point following an Allen Betrand 3-pointer with 11:15 remaining. However, Dayton (14-8) responded with an 8-0 run to pull back ahead, 64-55 with 8:19 to go, thanks to a Koby Brea 3-pointer.

From there, the Flyers maintained a double-digit for much of the remainder of the game. Watson had a game-high 25 points, including 6-of-11 from 3-point range for Dayton, which advanced to face second-seeded VCU Friday in the quarterfinals.

Inside the Box Score

• Both teams shot 51 percent from the floor. Dayton was 29-of-57, while Rhode Island was 28-of-55.
• The Flyers made 12 3-pointers, while URI had nine. Dayton also was 14-of-19 at the free throw line, compared to 7-of-16 for Rhode Island.
• Junior Malik Martin started in place of an injured Jeremy Sheppard. Martin responded with 17 points on 7-of-11 from the floor.
• Redshirt junior Antwan Walker had 13 points and six rebounds.
• Junior Allen Betrand had 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting before leaving the game with an injury.
• Freshman Ishmael Leggett was the fourth Ram in double figures, scoring 10 points to go with five rebounds.
• Senior Fatts Russell flirted with a triple-double again. He had eight points, nine rebounds and eight assists.
• He finished his career sixth in Rhode Island history with 411, passing URI Hall of Famer Tom Garrick (407 from 1985-88).
• Sophomore Makhel Mitchell had seven points and two rebounds before fouling out.