URI Blows 12-Point Lead, Falls to UMass
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URI Blows 12-Point Lead, Falls to UMass
The loss was a major setback for the Rams as they fell to 11th in the conference. The team started 9-0 and has now gone 8-11 since.
URI now falls to 17-11 and 6-10 in the Atlantic 10 — the Rams are 3-7 in their last 10 games.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTUMass outscored the Rams 44-32 in the second half.
The bright spot was David Green, who led the Rams with 30 points.
UMass (12-17, 7-9 A-10) caught fire, scoring 14 unanswered points to take an 81-77 lead with 6:31 remaining. Daniel Sanford-Hankins capped the run with back-to-back 3-pointers. Rhody's scoring drought lasted more than five minutes before Sebastian Thomas hit a fadeaway to make it 81-79.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- The 56 first-half points were a season-high for Rhode Island.
- The 47 points by UMass were the second-highest first-half total by an opponent.
- Rhode Island tied the program record with 16 3-pointers, first set against Saint Joseph's on Jan. 3, 2017.
- Green scored a career-high 30 points and was 8-for-12 from beyond the arc.
- The eight 3-pointers were a career-high and were just one shy of URI's program record. Tyson Wheeler made nine at Saint Joseph's on Jan. 6, 1998.
-It was the ninth time a URI player made eight or more in one game.
- Green also had 10 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season and second in a row.
- Point guard Sebastian Thomas just missed a double-double, finishing with 17 points, nine assists and four rebounds.
- He now has 158 assists on the season, making him the sixth different URI player to eclipse the mark.
- Guard Jamarques Lawrence had 18 points and three assists.
- Rhode Island had 19 assists and just nine turnovers.
- The UMass trio of Rahsool Diggins (29), Jaylen Curry (22) and Daniel Hankins-Sanford (19) combined for 70 of the team's 91 points
NEXT:
Rhode Island travels to Saint Joseph's on Wednesday, March 5. Game time is 7 p.m. on ESPN+.