RHODE ISLAND vs. SACRED HEART
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Tuesday, Nov. 7 at 6:00 p.m.
The Ryan Center (Kingston, R.I.)

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RHODE ISLAND VS. SACRED HEART - SERIES NOTES

• Rhode Island women's basketball opens up the 2023-24 season hosting reigning NEC champions and preseason NEC favorites Sacred Heart on Tuesday at the Ryan Center.
• A year ago, Sacred Heart made history as the first NEC team to win a NCAA Tournament game after defeating Southern in the NCAA First Four.
• The Pioneers return all six of its top minute earners from a season ago.
• Sacred Heart sophomore Ny'Ceara Pryor was the first NEC player to win Player, Defensive and Rookie of the Year in the same season. A 2023-24 Preseason All-NEC Team honoree, Pryor led the conference in points (17.8), assists (4.3) and steals per game (3.7), with her steals per game and 122 steals overall steals leading the nation.
• The Rams and SHU meet for the fourth game in the all-time series. 
• Rhody is 3-0 all-time against Sacred Heart.
• It's the first meeting between the teams since Rhody won 62-50 at the Ryan Center on Dec. 20, 2008.

DROP THE BANNER

• Rhode Island women's basketball will be celebrating their 2022-23 Atlantic 10 Regular Season Championship on Tuesday.
• Prior to the game, the Championship banner will be revealed at the Ryan Center.
• The first 500 fans in attendance will received a replica banner.

STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM, NOW THEY'RE HERE

• Rhode Island was picked as the Atlantic 10 Preseason favorite with 218 points and 12 first-place votes, it was announced on Oct. 26. 
• The Rams, coming off a share of the first 2022-23 A-10 Regular Season Championship in program history, also had four players featured on the Preseason All-Conference Teams.
• Head coach Tammi Reiss enters year five at the helm, fresh off a 2022-23 Coach of the Year nod.
• It was the second time in three years Reiss was named the league's COY.
• In Reiss' first year in Kingston, Rhody was selected to finish 12th in the league. Now in year five, Reiss has led the Rams to a preseason No. 1 pick.