Rhode Island Starters
Phillips, Magassa, Hyman, Touré, Davis

VCU Starters
Te-Biasu, Lewis-Eutsey, Asare, Sotelo, Parham

How it Happened
Rhode Island Women's Basketball trailed for the entirety of its senior night game against VCU on Wednesday at The Ryan Center, falling 69-59.

Rhody (17-13, 9-8 Atlantic 10) made a push in the final 10 minutes, outscoring the visiting Rams (25-4, 14-3 A-10) 20-12 to cut the deficit down to its final 10-point margin but it was the closest that they were able to get. 

URI turned the ball over three times out of the gate, allowing VCU to jump out. Despite the struggle to find any offensive rhythm, the team was only down by six (16-10) at the end of the first quarter. Dee Dee Davis and Mayé Touré accounted for all 10 of Rhode Island's points in that spread. 

The Rams used free throw shooting to stay in it in the second quarter, as Anaelle Dutat hit a pair of shots to bring the team within four at 20-16 with six minutes to go but were otherwise cold shooting-wise, going over three minutes without a field goal. VCU led 39-25 at the break.

Turnovers and scoring droughts continued to affect the home team in the second half, as the visiting Rams eventually stretched their lead to as much as 20. Rhode Island chipped away in the fourth quarter and got within 10 when Teisha Hyman hit a jumpshot with a little over two minutes to go but the Rams were unable to pull off the comeback. 

Inside the Box Score

• Prior to tip-off, head coach Tammi Reiss and her staff honored the team's five seniors: center Tenin Magassa, guard Teisha Hyman, forward Mayé Touré, guard Dee Dee Davis and student manager Joleen Segrain.
• Davis scored a game-high 23 points, had four rebounds, and contributed two steals.
• Touré had 10 points as well as nine rebounds, falling just shy of a double-double.
• Hyman scored 12 points as the third Ram to finish in the double-digits. She also had four rebounds, two assists, and matched her career high with two blocks.
• Magassa shot 4-for-5 from the floor and had three blocks. It was her 10th game this season with three or more stops.
• Guard Ines Debroise tallied a team-high four assists off the bench.
• Thirty six of Rhode Island's 59 points were scored in the paint.
• Rhody was 14-of-16 at the free throw line, finishing with its third-best shooting percentage of the season at .875. 

Up Next
The Rams will close out the regular season on the road at Dayton on Saturday, March 2. Tip-off is set for 12 p.m.