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

Canisius Starters
Edwards, Evbagharu, Ndjonga, Singleton, Wilmoth

How it Happened
Behind a second half offensive surge, Rhode Island (8-4) overcame a 10-point first half deficit to defeat Canisius (5-7) 62-45 at the Ryan Center on Tuesday night.

Rhode Island outscored the Golden Griffins 40-18 in the second half to help win its second game of the season where it trailed by as many as 10 points. Rhode Island also did so at Yale on Nov. 18. The Rams had trailed 27-17 with 2:33 left in the opening half.

Trailing 27-19 with less than 30 seconds left in the first frame, Jonah Hinton hit a three-point bucket that cut the Canisius lead to five entering halftime.

Rhode Island opened the second half on a 11-3 run forcing a Canisius timeout. The Rams had two three-pointers from Hinton and one from Tyler Cochran during that stretch. With the score 33-30 it was the Rhode Island lead since 13:45 left in the first half.

The Rams continued to improve offensively. Despite having six total made field goals in the opening 20 minutes, Rhode Island hit five of its first eight three-point bids to start the second half, propelling the Rams to a 41-32 lead with 12:40 remaining.

After a Canisius 3-pointer from Anthony Benard with 5:11 to go in the second, the Golden Griffins were within nine. That was the closest the visitors could get. Rhode Island held Canisius to zero field goals during the remainder of the game.

Inside the Box Score

• Rhode Island notched 10 steals. It was the Rams' fifth game this season with 10 or more steals.
• The Rams shot 20 percent from the field in the first half, but improved in the second half and shot 46 percent.
• Rhode Island made 11-of-13 free throw attempts.
• Jonah Hinton finished twith a game-high 20 points. He added eight rebounds, three assists, and a steal.
• Tyler Cochran scored 12 points and 5-of-11 shooting, with four rebounds, four assists, and four steals.
• Myles Corey also had 12 points. He hit 2-of-5 three-point attempts, both of which came in the second half.
• Jahmere Tripp made his first career start at Rhode Island. He had nine points and five rebounds.
• Keeyan Itejere had six points and a game-high 11 rebounds.
• Damone King hit a first-half 3-pointer.

Up Next
Rhode Island hosts Northeastern at the Ryan Center on Monday, Dec. 22 at 7 p.m. The game is available on ESPN+ and the Varsity Network.