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

Fordham Starters
Reaves, Greene, Schulte, Jacobs, O'Toole

How it Happened
Offensive woes plagued Rhode Island as it dropped the regular-season finale at Fordham 61-49 Saturday afternoon.

Jahmere Tripp had his offense going early for Rhode Island (16-15, 7-11 Atlantic 10). He hit a pair of 3-pointers and added a hoop-and-harm three-point play to help Rhode Island build a 20-10 lead just 12 minutes into the game.

Fordham (17-14, 8-10 A-10) used a 10-0 to tie it 23-23. A Tyler Cochran 3-pointer and an RJ Johnson jumper at the buzzer helped Rhody take a 28-25 lead into halftime.

In the second half, Fordham held URI to 21 points on 7-of-26 shooting from the field. Rhody could not get to the basket and was forced to settle for outside looks. Rhode Island was 2-for-14 from the perimeter after halftime.

The duo of DeJour Reaves (17 points) and Rikus Schulte (14 points, 13 rebounds) was too much for URI. The hosts took the lead for good on a Reaves jumper that made the score 41-40 with 10:43 to go. Fordham used the shot to start an 11-2 run, and URI could not mount a rally.

Inside the Box Score

• Rhode Island will be the 10th seed in the Atlantic 10 Championship. The full bracket will be released later tonight.
• Though the teams combined for 33 turnovers, there were only 10 fastbreak points in the game.
• Jahmere Tripp led Rhode Island with 18 points to go with five rebounds.
• He had 14 points in the first half.
• Tyler Cochran added 12 points, eight rebounds and four steals.
• He is three steals shy of the program's single-season record of 88 steals set by Tom Garrick.
• Jonah Hinton chipped in nine points.

Up Next
Rhode Island will play at the 2026 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship in Pittsburgh. The official bracket will be released by the conference Saturday evening.