THE BASICS
Rhode Island (2-0) vs. Maine (1-2)
Tip-Off: Tuesday, Nov 10 | 7:00 p.m.
Coverage: Live Stats | ESPN+ | Varsity Network | Game Notes

RHODE ISLAND VS. MAINE - SERIES NOTES

• Rhode Island and Maine are meeting for the 101st time, but it will be the first time in 13 years. 
• The Rams lead the series 86-14.
• URI won the most recent meeting 97-77 on Nov. 18, 2013. That game was the season opener for Rhody.
• Maine has one player scoring in double digits through its first three games. Villiam Garcia Adsten leads the Black Bears in scoring at 10.7 points per game.
• He and Ace Flagg are tied for the team lead with 4.7 rebounds per game.
• Maine has done well to defend the perimeter in the early part of the season. Opponents are just 18-for-70 from 3-point range (.257).
• Rhody is shooting .397 as a team from long range, hitting a combined 23-of-58 through the first two games.
• Maine was picked to finish eighth in the America East preseason poll.

WIDE MARGINS FOR RAMS EARLY ON 

• Rhode Island has won its first two games handily, beating Holy Cross by 44 points in the season opener and then Monmouth by 18 points on Saturday.
• It is Rhode Island's largest margin of victory in back-to-back games since the 2016-17 season, when the Rams won at Saint Louis by 34 points (90-56) on Dec. 30 and then by 30 against Saint Joseph's (88-58) on Jan. 3. 
• URI's average margin of victory through the first week of the season is 31.0 points, the third highest in the Atlantic 10.
• Only Richmond (36.7) and George Washington (33.0) are averaging wider margins entering the week.
• When Rhode Island put up 103 points against Holy Cross, it was the first time in 35 years Rhody topped 100 points in a season opener, dating back to a 102-72 win over Northeastern to begin the 1991-92 season.
• The 44-point victory over Holy Cross last Tuesday was the first 40-point win for the Rams in 10 seasons.
• The last time Rhode Island beat a team by 40 or more points was Nov. 16, 2016, when it defeated Marist 107-75.
• URI scored 58 points in the first half of Tuesday's game against Holy Cross, just the 12th time in program history the Rams have put up 58 or more in a single half.
• The last time was a 58-point half against Fordham in an eventual 101-75 victory on Feb. 20, 2010.
• Rhode Island nearly had its second 50-point half of the season in Saturday's win over Monmouth, netting 48 after halftime.
• URI is averaging 93.5 points per game through its first two games.  

DENIUSAS GIVES RAMS SOLID BIG MAN PRESENCE

• Big man Matas Deniusas has averaged 14.0 points and 7.5 rebounds per game thus far. 
• An efficient offensive player, Deniusas is shooting .571 from the field (8-of-14) while getting to the free throw line regularly.
• He has been to the line a team-high 12 times, making 10 of his 12 attempts (.833).
• Of his 15 rebounds, five have come on the offensive boards so far. 
• The Vilnius, Lithuania native transferred to Rhode Island from UT Martin, where he averaged 12.5 points and 5.2 rebounds per game while being named the Ohio Valley Conference Rookie of the Year last season. 
• Deniusas took visits with Richmond and Minnesota after he entered the portal, and he also heard from Utah.
• Deniusas started all 33 games for the Skyhawks a year ago. 
• He has scored in double digits 26 times in 35 career games.
• Deniusas was an 11-time OVC Rookie of the Week with UT Martin last year.