RHODE ISLAND vs. MAINE
(6-1, 0-0 A-10) | (3-5, 0-0 America East)
Sunday, Dec. 4 at 1:00 p.m.
The Ryan Center (Kingston, R.I.)
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RHODE ISLAND VS. MAINE - SERIES NOTES
- The all-time series between Maine and Rhode Island is split 13-13.Â
- Rhody won the last meeting between the two schools, as the Rams escaped with a 45-44 victory on the road. Junior Dolly Cairns led the Rams with a team-high 14 points.Â
- The last win for Maine in the series was Dec. 11, 2020 in Kingston (61-47).
- The Black Bears enter Sunday's game on a two-game skid. Maine fell to Princeton 65-51 last Friday after dropping to No. 23 Gonzaga 62-43 on Nov. 28.Â
- Maine is 1-2 on the road this season while the Rams look to remain undefeated at home (4-0).
SHOW NO QUIT
- Rhode Island has showed no quit in their first seven games of the season.
- In every game this year, the Rams have outscored their opponent in the fourth quarter.Â
- After shooting 33.3 percent in the third quarter last time out against Buffalo, the Rams went 7-of-14 from the floor in the final period en route to their sixth straight win.
SIX STRAIGHT WWWWWWINS
- After a successful trip down at the UCF Thanksgiving Classic, the Rams brought their winning ways back to Kingston to defeat Buffalo at the Ryan Center.Â
- The Rams have now won six straight after dropping their season opener at Harvard.
- Last season, head coach Tammi Reiss led the Rams to a 7-0 start, and a 13-game win streak later in the year. Both were program firsts.
- Reiss has now had four consecutive seasons stringing together a win streak of at least four games. She's just the second head coach to accomplish the feat, and the first since Nancy Langham did so 1977-78 through 1980-81.Â
NEWCOMERS NOT NEW TO THIS
- Rhode Island has three true freshmen this season, although all three have professional levels of international experience.
- Freshmen Anete Adler, Ines Debroise, and Anaelle Dutat have all represented their home countries in the FIBA League.
- Adler is the first native of Estonia to be enrolled at the University of Rhode Island.
- Debroise and Dutat are both from France, and were recruited by associate head coach Adeniyi Amadou.
- Debroise played in France with the team Charnay Basket Bourgogne alongside former Ram Johanna Muzet.
HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT
- The Rams are ranked first in the Atlantic 10 in field goal percentage, shooting 46.5 percent from the floor to rank 32nd nationally.
- Last time out in the win over Buffalo, Rhody had its best performance from the floor, shooting a season-best 53.7 percent (29-of-54).
- Rhode Island opened the game against the Bulls shooting 11-of-17 (64.7) and five Rams connecting from beyond the arc.
- Junior Mayé Touré leads the Rams and sits second in the conference with a field goal percentage of 58.1 (50-of-86). Â
- Touré is sixth in the Atlantic 10 with her 16.0 points per game average.
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