Rhode Island Starters
Cairns, Hattix-Covington, Lassiter, Squires, Toure

St. Bonaventure Starter
Laccen, Lops, Napper, Dziezgowski, Oppenheimer

How It Happened
Rhode Island won its seventh straight game, coasting to a 74-57 road victory over St. Bonaventure Sunday afternoon.

It was over early, as Rhode Island (16-3, 7-0 Atlantic 10) opened the game with a 9-3 run and never relented. Seven different Rams scored in the first quarter as Rhody established a 23-9 lead by the end of the period. Freshman Ines Debroise had eight points and Sayawni Lassiter added five as the URI point guards outscored St. Bonaventure in the first quarter.

A sloppy second quarter for the Rams allowed St. Bonaventure (4-18, 1-6 A-10) to cut the lead to seven points at one point, but a pair of Dolly Cairns 3-pointers extended the lead back to double digits before the half. A Hawa Komara layup put Rhody up 34-22 as the teams went in to the break.

Rhode Island was sharp to start the second half, scoring 15 points in the opening four minutes of the third quarter. Cairns hit a pair of 3-pointers, Lassiter drained one of her own and Madison Hattix-Covington completed a three-point play with the hoop-and-harm as the Rams pushed their lead to 50-31.

The result was never in doubt. Rhody got the lead to as many as 23 points and coasted to its fifth straight double-digit victory.

Inside the Box Score

• Rhode Island has 16 wins in back-to-back seasons for the first time since the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons, when it went 16-15 and 16-13 in the two years.
• The Rams need four more wins this season to record back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time in program history.
• Eleven different Rams got in the scoring column.
• Rhode Island dominated the glass, outrebounding the Bonnies, 37-23.
• The Rams were 9-for-22 (40.9 percent) from 3-point range. Through 19 games, Rhode Island has 163 3-pointers on the season. URI is already just 45 away from the single-season program record of 208 set in 2015-16.
• Junior Dolly Cairns had 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting from the arc.
• With 130 career 3-pointers, Cairns is alone in fifth place in program history. Next on the list is current URI associate head coach Megan Shoniker, who had 158 from 2007-11.
• Graduate student Madison Hattix-Covington had 12 points and five rebounds.
• Freshman Ines Debroise scored a career-high 12 points to go with four assists and two rebounds.
• It was her second career game scoring in double figures. The first came when she had 11 in the season opener against Harvard.
• Graduate student Sayawni Lassiter had eight points and four assists.
• Despite being limited to 15 minutes by foul trouble, junior Mayé Touré had eight points and six rebounds.
• Graduate student Emma Squires had seven points and three rebounds.
• Redshirt freshman Hawa Komara had a career-high five points with five rebounds and two steals.
• Freshman Anaelle Dutat continued to shine in her Dennis Rodman-style role, finished with seven rebounds and two points.
• Dutat is averaging 6.2 rebounds in 18.8 minutes per game off the bench.
• Freshman Anete Adler had four points, one rebound and one block in three minutes.
• Rhode Island's bench contributed 27 points.
• The Rams did not allow any fastbreak points, outscoring St. Bonaventure 10-0 in transition.

What's Next
Rhode Island stays on the road for a game at George Mason on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Game time is 7 p.m. on ESPN+.