Rhode Island Starters
Kortright, House, Brown, Weston, Green

Saint Louis Starters
Medley, Hughes II, Jimerson, Ezewiro, Hargrove, Jr.

How it Happened 
A back-and-forth shootout did not go Rhode Island's way as the Rams (11-18, 5-11 A-10) fell 94-91 to Saint Louis Saturday evening.

With two minutes to go, Rhody's David Green sank a pair of free throws to tie the score at 85-85. Saint Louis (11-18, 4-12 A-10) Larry Hughes II responded with two free throws of his own, and after a URI turnover, Stef van Brussel scored on an offensive putback to make it a four-point game.

Green hit a 3-pointer to make it 89-88, and van Brussel again scored on a putback to push the lead back to three points. Luis Kortright – who had a monster game for the Rams – made a driving layup to once again pull URI within a point at 91-90.

Hughes was fouled with 26 seconds to go and sank both free throws before Kortright was fouled and went 1-for-2 at the line. Gibson Jimerson (30 points) was fouled with seven seconds to go and went 1-for-2 to make it a three-point game again.

Rhode Island was able to push the ball up the floor and get a look from the top of the key, but the shot fell short.

Inside the Box Score

• The game featured 18 lead changes and 12 ties.
• Guard Luis Kortright scored all 20 of his points in the second half. He also had eight rebounds, eight assists and just one turnover while shooting 8-of-11 from the floor.
• Forward David Green led the Rams with 21 points and was 4-of-9 from the arc.
• Guard Jaden House had 14 points while going 9-for-11 at the line.
• Guard Zek Montgomery had 11 points and six rebounds.
• Guard Cam Estevez scored 10 points, all of which came in the second half. He made all three of his field goal attempts, which were all 3-pointers.
• Forward Tyson Brown had seven points and eight rebounds. Five of his boards came on the offensive glass.
• Forward David Fuchs returned after missing two games with an injury. He came off the bench for the first time and had eight points and five rebounds.
• The benches combined for 61 points, with Saint Louis scoring 32 and Rhody 29.
• Saint Louis had a 27-5 edge in points off turnovers.

What's Next
Rhode Island welcomes George Mason to the Ryan Center Wednesday, March 6. Game time is 7 p.m. on ESPN+.