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December 18, 2020 11:10 pm After a hot start, Rhode Island went ice cold as it dropped its third straight game, falling to Davidson, 67-58, in the Atlantic 10 opener for both teams Friday night. Junior Malik Martin got off to a scorching start, hitting his first three shots, all from 3-point range. His torrid shooting helped the Rams (3-5, 0-1 A-10) jump out to a 13-8 lead by the first media timeout. Rhode Island made seven of its first eight shots from the field, pulling ahead 19-13 after a short jumper from Jermaine Harris. Davidson (4-3, 1-0 A-10) chipped away, eventually taking the lead a...
The game marked the first Atlantic 10 Conference matchup of the season for both teams. Malik Martin scored a career-high 20 points for the Rams (3-5). Makhel Mitchell added 12 points. Fatts Russell had six assists. ------ ------
Western Kentucky Starters How it Happened A game of runs did not end in Rhode Island’s favor, as the Rams fell, 68-65, at Western Kentucky Sunday afternoon. Western Kentucky (5-2) scored the first nine points of the game as Rhode Island (3-4) missed its first six shots and had four turnovers in the opening 5:22. D.J. Johnson hit a 3-pointer 5:37 into the game to get the Rams in the board, though Western Kentucky responded with a bucket to open an 11-3 lead. After starting 1-of-10 from the floor, the Rams hit eight of their next 11 shots. Fatts Russell got Rhode Island going with a steal and...
Pregame analysis and predictions of the Rhode Island Rams vs. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers NCAAM game to be played on December 13, 2020 on ESPN.