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UMass vs. Rhode Island still resonates for Minutemen Cairo McCrory and the UMass men's basketball team will host Rhode Island at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Mullins Center. CHRIS TUCCI/UMASS ATHLETICS Javohn and the UMass men's basketball team will host Rhode Island at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Mullins Center. CHRIS TUCCI/UMASS ATHLETICS Published: 1/12/2021 7:41:26 PM Rhode Island’s last visit to the Mullins Center still stings for the UMass men’s basketball team. Tre Mitchell, riding a then-career high scoring night, blocked Fats Russell’s game-winning layup with 2.2 seconds left. Or so he ...

UMass vs. Rhode Island still resonates for Minutemen Cairo McCrory and the UMass men's basketball team will host Rhode Island at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Mullins Center. CHRIS TUCCI/UMASS ATHLETICS Javohn and the UMass men's basketball team will host Rhode Island at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Mullins Center. CHRIS TUCCI/UMASS ATHLETICS Related stories Rhode Island’s last visit to the Mullins Center still stings for the UMass men’s basketball team. Tre Mitchell, riding a then-career high scoring night, blocked Fats Russell’s game-winning layup with 2.2 seconds left. Or so he thought. Mitchel...

AMHERST, Mass. -- — R onnie DeGray III scored a career-high 21 points and Tre Mitchell made the go-ahead free throws with 33 seconds left in overtime as UMass beat Rhode Island 80-78 on Wednesday night. D.J. Johnson put the Rmas up 78-77 with a 3-pointer with 42 seconds left. Mitchell was fouled on the ensuing possession and made a pair of free throws with 25 seconds to go. Carl Pierre then came up with a steal and was fouled with six seconds left. He only made the second of two free throws but Rhode Island couldn't tie it up at the buzzer. Mitchell had 16 points and four assists for UMass ...

Hyland, VCU host Rhode Island January 7, 2021 GMT Stuart Siegel Center, Richmond, Virginia; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Two guards will be on display as Fatts Russell and Rhode Island will battle Nah’Shon Hyland and VCU. The senior Russell has scored 20 percent of the team’s points this season and is averaging 13.2 over his last five games. Hyland, a sophomore, is averaging 18.2 points over the last five games. SUPER SENIORS: Rhode Island has benefited heavily from its seniors. Russell, Antwan Walker, Jeremy Sheppard and Makhel Mitchell have combined to account for 55 percent of the...

How it Happened Too many turnovers cost Rhode Island, as the Rams fell at Richmond, 80-73 Wednesday night. The Rams (5-6, 2-2 Atlantic 10) gave the ball away on nearly 27 percent of their possessions, committing 19 turnovers in 71 chances with the ball. The result was a 20-8 advantage in points off turnovers for the host Spiders (8-3, 2-1 A-10). The miscues didn’t hurt Rhody early, as the Rams went into halftime down only 35-34.  Jeremy Sheppard hit a 3-pointer to give Rhode Island its first lead of the night on the opening possession of the second half. However, the Rams led for a total ...