Rhode Island Starters
Thomas, Lawrence, Farrell, Green, Brown

Holy Cross Starters
Boston, Green, Warren, Feroah, Nugent

How it Happened
Rhode Island outscored Holy Cross by 27 points over the final 15 minutes of the game to knock off the Crusaders 91-77 Friday night.

The Rams (2-0) trailed 62-49 with 14:58 to go, but a switch to a smaller lineup helped URI defensively. A 23-8 run over the next 10 minutes enable Rhody to pull ahead. A David Green hoop-and-harm off an assist from Sebastian Thomas gave Rhode Island its first lead of the second half 72-70, and the Rams never looked back.

Drissa Traore gave Rhode Island a massive boost off the bench as he played a career-high 23 minutes. While he was on the floor, Rhody outscored Holy Cross (0-2) by 23 points. With the smaller lineup, Rhode Island was able to impact the perimeter shooting of the Crusaders.

After scoring 44 points in the first half behind 9-of-20 shooting from the arc, Holy Cross was limited to 3-of-14 from long range in the second half and it was unable to maintain pace with the Rams.

Inside the Box Score

• Forward David Green led Rhode Island with 25 points. He had 12 in the first half, 13 in the second half.
• Green was very efficient, shooting 8-of-12 from the field, 3-of-5 from the arc and 6-of-6 at the free throw line.
• Center Javonte Brown had 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting and added six rebounds.
• Point guard Sebastian Thomas just missed a double-double, finishing with 10 points, nine assists and four steals.
• Guard Jaden House also was close to a double-double, scoring 17 points to go with a career-high eight rebounds.
• House was electric in the second half, scoring 14 points on 5-of-6 shooting and 4-of-4 at the stripe.
• Forward Drissa Traore had seven points, six rebounds and was 5-for-6 at the free throw line. He was plus-23 in 23 minutes off the bench.
• Rhode Island was 23-of-29 from the free throw line, despite beginning the night 2-for-6.
• Over the first two games, Rhody has scored 57 points on free throws while shooting 81.4 percent from the line.
• The Rams had a 21-1 edge in points off turnovers.
• Rhody committed just eight turnovers on the night.

Up Next
Rhode Island hosts Franklin Pierce Tuesday, Nov. 12 in the Ryan Center. Game time is 7:02 p.m. on ESPN+.