URI Edges Brown 88-85 in OT
Joe Calabro, GoLocalProv Sports Team
URI Edges Brown 88-85 in OT
"Obviously heck of a game, their players, their coach here, with how hard we both fought in front of a pretty great crowd. I obviously feel great for our guys, being down 15 in the second half and responding the way they did with everything that has been going on, to dig their heals in was just a heck of a win for us," URI head coach Dan Hurley said in his post game press conference.
The win is URI's fourth straight over the Bears.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST"That's a really hard loss, I thought we did some great things for a lot of the game. It came down to second half, just a few key possessions, our inability to really get defensive stops that we needed at critical times, you have to credit University of Rhode Island," Brown head coach Mike Martin said after the game.
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Overtime
`With the game tied at 81 with under 50 seconds to play in the over time period, Four McGlynn drove to the basket and hit a pull up jumper that banked in off the back board to give the Rams an 83-81 lead with 43 seconds to play.
The Bears would get with in one point and would foul Andre Berry and send him to the free throw line. Berry would knock down one of two free throws to give URI a two point cushion.
From there, URI were able to close out the game at the free throw line with Four McGlynn capping off a 7 for 7 night from the charity stripe.
The Come Back
URI trailed by 15 points, 60-45 with 11:46 to play in the game before going on a 24-6 run to take a 69-66 lead with four minutes to play. The lead was URI's first lead since it was 22-20 with just under eight minutes left in the first half.
Brown would take a 70-69 lead with 1:59 to play before regulation ended with the score tied at 74 after a pair of Tavon Blackmon free throws.
The Leaders
The Rams were led by Four McGlynn who poured in a career high 33 points on 10 of 21 shooting from the field.
Cedric Kuakumensah led Brown with 21 points on 7 of 13 shooting from the field.
Next Up
URI begins conference play when they host St. Louis on Saturday, January 2nd. Game time is set for 4:30 p.m.
Brown also returns to action on Saturday when they travel to Maine to take on the Maine Black Bears, game time is set for 2 p.m.
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Five Takeaways From URI's 88-85 Win Over Brown
Steven Spieth
Steven Spieth recorded a double-double in the game with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
Spieth's 13 points came on 4 of 6 shooting from the field and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line. Spieth also had 2 assists.
Hot Shooting
Both teams took turns shooting the lights out in this game.
In the first half, it was the Brown Bears who shot 63% from three-point land and 55% from the field on their way to taking a 37-30 half time lead.
In the second half, it was URI's turn to shoot the lights out. The Rams shot 62 % from three-point land and 58% percent from the field and managed to carry the three-point shooting over to the extra period.
In OT, URI shot 50% from beyond the arc.
Cedric Kuakumensah
Cedric Kuakumensah led Brown with 21 points on 7 of 13 shooting from the field and 7 of 9 from the free throw line.
Kuakumensah also recorded seven blocked shots and pulled down seven rebounds, only two of which came in the second half and over time period.
The seven blocked shots tied a school record for blocks in a game.
2nd Chance points
Despite not having Hassan Martin and Kuran Iverson in the game, URI still out rebounded the bears 41-37 in the game, including 20-11 on the offensive glass.
Earl Watson, who made his first career start, led the Rams with 11 rebounds in the game, three of which game on the offensive end. Jarvis Garrett also contributed three offensive rebounds.
URI's 20 offensive rebounds helped lead to 24 second chance points while Brown's 11 offensive rebounds led to 9 second chance points.
Four McGlynn
The Rams needed Four McGlynn to have a big game given the fact they were so short handed and McGlynn came through in a big way.
Mcglynn poured in a career high 33 points on 10 of 21 shooting from the field, including 6 of 13 from three-point land to lead all scorers and URI's second half come back. Of the 33 points, McGlynn had 23 points in the second half and over time periods.
McGlynn also grabbed six rebounds in the game.
Photo courtesy of URI
