Rhode Island Starters
Hinton, Crawford, Corey, Cochran, Itejere
Towson Starters
Schmidt, Williamson, Tejada, Samb, Ndefo
How it Happened
Towson's Dylan Williamson had a career night, scoring 25 points to lead Towson (4-2) to a 62-55Â victory over Rhode Island (4-2) in the opening game of the Terry's Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational Adventure Bracket Monday.
Williamson shot 10-of-21 overall and 5-for-9 from 3-point range. When he wasn't scoring, it was Tyler Tejada and Jack Doumbia, Jr. hurting the Rhody defense. Tajeada had 16 points and Doumbia added 15 as the three players combined for 56 of their team's points.
Rhode Island struggled to get its offense going, committing 15 turnovers and shooting 3-of-24 from long range.
Inside the Box Score
- Myles Corey led Rhode Island with 14 points, all of which came in the second half
- Jonah Hinton added 13 points and five rebounds.
- Hinton was 7-for-8 from the line. The rest of the team combined to go 3-for-8 from the stripe.
- Keeyan Itejere had nine points and a team-high nine rebouds.
- Former Ram Abdou Samb played for Towson.
- Another former URI player - Parfait Bitee - is Towson's associate head coach.
- Rhode Island is 0-2 when it turns the ball over 15 or more times, and 4-0 when it turns the ball over 14 times or less.
Up Next
Rhode Island will play the loser of the Liberty-Vermont game on Tuesday at 2:30 p.m.
Â
