5 Takeaways From URI's 85-57 Win Over Saint Louis
Joe Calabro, GoLocalProv Sports Team
5 Takeaways From URI's 85-57 Win Over Saint Louis
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URI opened up the game by taking an 18-3 lead in the first six minutes of action helped by Nicola Akele's two three-pointers.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTSaint Louis cut their deficit to eight, 28-20, with 6:26 to play in the half but URI would close the half on a 14-4 run, topped off by a Jared Terrell jumper to take a 42-24 lead at the half.
In the second half of action, URI shot 51% from the field cruised to a conference opening win.
The Leaders
URI was led by Four McGlynn for the second straight game. McGlynn netted 16 points on 4 of 14 shooting from the field, including 4 of 12 from beyond the arc.
Earl Watson followed up with 14 points on 6 of 6 shooting from the field.
Next Up
URI returns to action on Tuesday, January 5 when they host Richmond. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU.
Tip off is set for 7 p.m.
See the Five Takeaways Slideshow Below.
5 Takeaways From URI's 85-57 Win Over Saint Louis
Kuran Iverson .
After missing the game against Brown, Kuran Iverson returned to the line up but came off the bench.
In that role, Iverson poured in 12 points on 4 of 6 shooting from the field in 21 minutes of action.
Iverson also grabbed 8 rebounds and recorded 2 blocks.
Turnovers
Coach Hurley has to be happy with the Rams only turning the ball over 6 times in the game and allowing only 3 points off of thos turnovers.
As conference play rolls on, URI can't afford to give teams extra possessions.
Needless to say, this was a good start.
Earl Watson
Earl Watson once again got the start in place of Hassan Martin and had a nice game for URI.
Watson poured in 14 points on 6 of 6 shooting from the field in 20 minutes of action.
Watson also grabbed 5 rebounds and recroded 1 blocked shot.
2nd Chance Points
The URI Rams dominated the offensive glass and because of that ended up with 21 second chance points compared to Saint Louis' 2.
The Rams grabbed 13 offensive rebounds, led by Kuran Iverson who had 5.
Four McGlynn
For the second straight game, Four McGlynn led the URI attack pouring in 16 points on 4 of 14 shooting from the field, all four of his makes were from three-point land.
Prior to the game against Brown, McGlynn was in a stretch of 10 for 46 shooting from the three in the previous six games.
It appears he is out of his funk and playing with confidence.
A good sign for URI.
