THE BASICS
Lafayette (1-3) at Rhode Island (3-0)
Tip-Off: Wednesday, Nov. 20, 7:02 p.m. EST
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RHODE ISLAND VS. LAFAYETTE - SERIES NOTES

• Rhode Island and Lafayette are meeting for the fourth time.
• The Rams have won each of the previous three meetings, though the teams have not met since Dec. 22, 2010, a 73-65 victory in which URI made 14 3-point baskets.
• The three previous meetings are spaced out through the years. The first game in the series was played on Dec. 30, 1977, a 64-60 Rhody win.
• The second meeting was on Dec. 4, 1982, a 92-56 win.
• Lafayette is playing its second Atlantic 10 team of the young season. The Leopards fell to La Salle 81-60 on Nov. 9.
• Devin Hines leads Lafayette in scoring at 13.3 points per game.

RAMS LOOKING FOR FOURTH STRAIGHT WIN 

• Rhode Island is aiming to open the season 4-0 for the first time since the 2016-17 season.
• That season, the Rams began with wins over Dartmouth, Marist, Brown and Cincinnati.
• Dating back to the 1948-49 season (77 seasons), the Rams have started 4-0 or better 12 times.
• The best over that span was 7-0, which happened in both 1976-77 and 1980-81.
• The best start in program history was a 13-0 start in 1938-39 under Frank Keaney. 
• Keaney started 5-0 or better 13 times from 1920-1948.

BALANCED ATTACK BODES WELL

• Rhode Island has four players averaging 14.0 points per game or more.
• Jaden House is leading the way with 18.0 per game after netting 21 last time out against Franklin Pierce.
• David Green is providing 16.7 points per game, while Javonte Brown is scoring 15.0 per game. 
• Sebastian Thomas is the fourth double-digit scorer at 14.0 per game.
• Five players have already scored 18+ in a game. 
• Green had 25 against Holy Cross, and House had 21 against Franklin Pierce.
• Brown, Thomas and Jamarques Lawrence each have an 18-point performance to their credit.