Box Score

Rhode Island Starters
Diboundje, Estevez, Thomas, Brown, Traore

Victoria Starters
Arnatt, Boag Robinson, Smid, Tesfagiogis

How it Happened
Rhode Island jumped out to a big lead early and then fought off a hard-charging University of Victoria squad to win its second game at the Baha Mar Hoops Summer League 94-85 Wednesday.

The game was close through the first six minutes, as a hoop-and-harm three-point play by Victoria's Shadynn Smid pulled the Vikes within a point at 15-14. From there, Rhode Island went on a 16-0 run that included eight points by David Green. Rhody's lead swelled to as many as 27 points in the opening half behind an efficient offense that saw URI shoot 65.5 percent from the field (19-of-29), 50.0 percent from the arc (6-of-12) and 81.3 percent at the line in the first 20 minutes.

On the other end of the floor, Rhody held Victoria to 37.9 percent from the field, including 4-15 from the arc. The defense effort helped the Rams to a 14-2 advantage in points off turnovers by halftime.

Led by guard Renoldo Robinson (18 points) and forward Ethan Boag (14 points), Victoria made a game of it by scoring 48 points in the second half. Robinson hit a layup and free throw with 2:20 to go to pull the Vikes within five at 90-85. However Jaden House hit a layup with 1:53 to go and Tyonne Farrell drained a pair of free throws with 40 seconds to go to stretch the lead back to nine.

Rhode Island did not allow a point over the final 2:20 as it put the game away.

Inside the Box Score

• As a team, the Rams shot 56.7 percent from the floor, the second straight game above 50.0 percent.
• URI was also 19-for-25 (76.0 percent) at the free throw line.
• Rhode Island's bench scored 55 of the team's 94 points.
• Last summer, Victoria lost to Xavier 80-68 and Penn State 103-77 at Baha Mar.
• Jaden House led five Rams in double figures with 22 points.
• He was 8-for-10 from the floor, 2-of-3 from the arc and 4-of-6 at the stripe. House also three rebounds, three assists, one block and one steal.
• Tyonne Farrell gave the Rams a big boost. In 24 minutes, he was plus-14 while providing 10 points, seven rebounds, three steals and one assist.
• Farrell was perfect shooting, going 3-for-3 from the field and 4-for-4 at the free throw line.
• Javonte Brown was in double figures for the second straight game, scoring 14 points to go with nine rebounds, just missing a double-double.
• Quentin Diboundje sparked Rhody early, scoring 11 points, all of which came in the first half.
• David Green was plus-20 in 16 minutes. He had 10 points and four rebounds.
• Sebastian Thomas had nine points, four assists and one steal.
• Jamarques Lawrence was a team-best plus-21 in 21 minutes. After going scoreless in the first half, he finished with six points, two assists and two steals.
• David Fuchs had seven points and three rebounds.
• Cam Estevez had five points, three rebounds and two assists.

What's Next
Rhode Island will close out the tour with an exhibition game against the Bahamas Select team Thursday, Aug. 8 at 6 p.m.