URI Rolls La Salle 79-62 Behind Garrett & Terrell
Joe Calabro, GoLocalProv Sports Team
URI Rolls La Salle 79-62 Behind Garrett & Terrell
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With the game tied at 29 at the half, the Rams opened the second half on a 14-2 run, capped off by a Jared Terrell three-pointer to put Rhody up 44-31 with 15 minutes to play.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTAfter that, La Salle would get as close as ten on two separate occasions, the last one coming at 59-49 with 7:37 to play, but would never get any closer.
The Leaders
URI was led by Jarvis Garrett who poured in a season high 26 points in the game.
Jared Terrell followed up with 22 points of his own.
Next up
The Rams return to action on Tuesday, February 9 when they host George Mason at the Ryan Center. Tip off is set for 7 p.m.
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5 Takeaways From URI's 79-62 Win Over La Salle
Four McGlynn
Four McGlynn played 21 minutes and recored two points, both on free throws, while going 0 for 4 from the field.
McGlynn has failed to reach double figures in 5 of URI's last 6 games and has gone without making a shot in two of the last three.
Points in the Paint
URI was pretty much able to get whatever they wanted in the paint as they were totally dominant in that category.
The Rams put up 34 points in the paint compared to just 20 for La Salle.
The easy baskets helped URI shoot 54 % from the field in the game.
Jared Terrell
Jared Terrell was the second player scoring in the 20s for URI. Terrell netted 22 points on 7 of 14 shooting from the field, including 4 of 8 from three-point land.
Terrell also grabbed 4 rebounds, dished out 4 assists and had 2 steals in the game for URI.
Points off Turnovers
The Rams forced La Salle into 18 turnovers, eight of which were URI steals, and converted those turnovers into 33 points on the offensive end.
URI turned the ball over 14 times, resulting in 16 La Salle points.
Jarvis Garrett
In his first game back from injury, Garrett, wearing full head head gear, poured in a season high 26 points on 11 of 19 shooting from the field. Garrett also grabbed 5 rebounds, dished out 3 assists and recorded 3 steals in the game.
Garrett has reached double figures in 9 straight games for URI.
