Rhode Island Starters
Hinton, Crawford, Corey, Cochran, Itejere

Temple Starters
Griffiths, Ford, Tobiason, Mason, Durodola

How It Happened
Rhode Island shot its way past Temple 90-75 to win the fifth-place game at the Terry's Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational Wednesday night.

The Rams (6-2) made a season-high 12 3-pointers - seven of which were by Jonah Hinton - and shot a season-best 55.2 percent from the field overall. In the second half, URI scored 49 points as it steadily pulled away from Temple (4-3).

Hinton (25 points) and Tyler Cochran (20 points) led an offense that reached 90 points for the second time this season.

Inside the Box Score

• Rhode Island had 19 assists while turning the ball over a season-low six times.
• Both teams were hot offensively in the first half. URI shot 50 percent 15-of-30 (50.0 percent), while Temple was 12-of-25 (48.0 percent).
• In the second half, Rhody heated up even more, shooting 60.7 percent (17-of-28).
• The last time URI beat Temple twice in a row was 2004-05 and 2005-06, the final two seasons for legendary coach John Chaney.
• Jonah Hinton had a career-high 25 points while hitting 7-of-10 from 3-point range before fouling out.
• He is the first Ram with seven 3-pointers in a game since Ishmael Leggett against Tulane on Nov. 22, 2022.
• Tyler Cochran had a season-high 20 points to go with nine rebounds, four assists and three steals.
• Jahmere Tripp had 14 points and six rebounds. He was 5-of-7 from the field.
• Keeyan Itejere had 10 points, four blocked shots and four rebounds.
• Damone King provided a season-high seven points in 12 minutes off the bench.
• RJ Johnson had four points, five assists and three rebounds while leading the team with a plus-18 in 25 minutes off the bench.
• Rhody had a 40-26 edge in the paint and a 16-6 advantage in points off turnovers.

Up Next
Rhode Island returns home to host Brown on Tuesday, Dec. 2. The game will stream on ESPN+ and the Varsity Network.