Rams Look For Third Straight Win Against Wagner Tuesday

Rhode Island and Wagner have met one time previously.
Wagner defeated the Rams 63-61 on Dec. 17, 2005.
Tuesday's game will be the second for Rhode Island against a Northeast Conference opponent this season. The Rams defeated Central Connecticut State 81-70 in their season opener.
Wagner will be facing an Atlantic 10 team for the second time. The Seahawks fell at Fordham 68-64 in overtime in its season opener.
Rhode Island and Wagner are the two programs that Dan Hurley coached before he went to Connecticut, where he won a national title last season.
Hurley coached the Seahawks from 2010-12 and URI from 2012-18.
Wagner won last game, defeating Division II Molloy 83-48 Thursday night.

SCORING OUTBURSTS SPARK 2-0 START

Rhode Island has scored 174 points in the first two games of the season, as the Rams beat Central Connecticut State 81-70 and Fairfield 93-80.
It is the most points URI has scored in the first two games of the season since the start of the 2016-17 season.
That year, Rhody scored 191 points in the first two games, opening with an 84-61 win over Dartmouth and a 107-65 victory over Marist.
URI is averaging 87.0 points per game, which ranks 77th in the nation after the first week of the season.
A year ago, the Rams averaged 66.0 points per game, which ranked 308th in the country.

HOUSE EFFICIENT GETTING HIS BUCKETS

Guard Jaden House was highly efficient in scoring 22 points on 9-of-11 shooting in Thursday's win over Fairfield.
It was the 14th time in program history a player has shot .818 or better on at least 10 shot attempts.
The last to do so was Jeff Dowtin, who was 9-for-11 against Alabama on Nov. 15, 2009.
Dowtin and Cyril Langevine are the only players in team history to shoot .818 or better in a game more than once.
In addition to the Alabama game, Dowtin was 9-for-11 against Dayton on Feb. 24, 2018.
Langevine was .909 (10-for-11) against Massachusetts on March 9, 2019 and .900 (9-for-10) against La Salle on March 14, 2019.
The only Rhode Island player to be perfect on 10 or more shot attempts in a game was URI Hall of Famer Kenny Green, who was 10-for-10 against George Washington on Jan. 18, 1988.

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