THE BASICS
Rhode Island vs. Southern New Hampshire
Tip-Off: Tuesday, Oct. 27, 7:00 p.m.
Coverage: Live Stats | Game Notes

RHODE ISLAND VS. SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE - SERIES NOTES

• Rhode Island and Southern New Hampshire have never met in an official NCAA basketball contest.
• Southern New Hampshire competes in the Northeast 10 Conference and is an NCAA Division II program.
• Rhode Island will face American International during the regular season on Nov. 25. American International also is a member of the NE10.
• Last season, Southern N.H. was 15-14 overall and reached the semifinals of the NE-10 Championship.
• In the opening round, Southern New Hampshire upset No. 2 seed Bentley 96-93 in double overtime behind a program-record 48 points from Jojo Wallace, who is now on the Sacred Heart roster. 
• Southern New Hampshire head coach Jack Perri is in his eighth season with the Penmen and had an overall record of 122-80. He was the head coach at LIU and went 77-79 from 2012-17. Perri spent one season as the head coach at Rhode Island College, going 20-9 in 2004-05.

• Tuesday's exhibition is Rhody's final preseason competition before the Rams host Holy Cross in the season opener on Nov. 3.
• In the first preseason game, URI lost at Massachusetts, 81-68.
• Jason Fontenet II showed the versatility in his game. The UC Santa Barbara transfer had 18 points, six rebounds and three assists.
• Jahmere Tripp had 13 points and four boards.
• Barrett Loer was the third Ram in double digits, scoring 11 points while shooting 3-of-6 from long range.
• As a team, the Rams had 15 assists with just 11 turnovers.
• Jaen Chatman had six points and five assists.
• Jonah Hinton had a team-high eight rebounds.

WILLIAMSON IS ON POINT 

• Towson transfer Dylan Williamson figures to step into the point guard role for Rhode Island this season.
• The fifth-year player was a CAA Third Team All-Conference selection last season, averaging 14.6 points, 3.4 assists and 2.5 rebounds while leading Towson to a 19-win season. 
• He earned all-conference recognition in each of his three seasons with the Tigers, making the league's all-rookie team in 2023-24 and earning second team all-conference honors the following season. 
• Williamson is a 1,000-point scorer with 1,326 points to his credit. 
• A career 37.1 percent 3-point shooter, he has made 172 treys over the last two seasons, topping 80 makes from long range in back-to-back seasons. 
• He led Towson to 61 wins over the last three seasons, with at least 19 victories all three years. He scored 25 points in Towson's victory over URI at the Terry's Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational last November.