2020-21 Women's Basketball

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

Rhody wins 63-27 Final

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 3 years ago

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 3 years ago

Show'em how its done ladies!

LIRAM · Unread post by **LIRAM** » 3 years ago

Very impressive. That's what you are suppose to do when you are the superior team. Mason played a zone in the first half and Rhody went inside out. Tahane and Foppossi drew doubles and found the open shooters. Vargas and Cairns were on fire. Game Sunday was switched, not playing GW at home instead going to Rose Hill to play Fordham. Last team to beat us!

Really enjoying what this team is doing. Coach bought in a transfer from West Virginia who enrolled for second semester. Giana Hernandez-Boulden, a guard with great size 6' and from a great H.S program-Trenton Catholic. Coach recruited her hard out of H.S and didn't get her but she got her this time. If this team program keeps making progress I can see 1500 -2000 nightly at the Ryan Center post covid.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 3 years ago

Tammi R flat out getting it done what a home run hire

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

We lose to Fordham this Sunday afternoon (56-53)
A very well played game both offensively and defensively
Now 8-3 in A10 play

Maine66 · Unread post by **Maine66** » 3 years ago

Fordham's Anna DeWolfe is from our town in Maine. Think she scored 27 at the game in Kingston and was the leading scorer yesterday. As a sophomore she is playing 40 minutes a game and I believe is the leading scorer in the A10. She lead our team (Greely) to two straight state championships. A true team player with zero ego. Wished she'd gone to URI!

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

DeWolfe had a game high 18 yesterday in 38 minutes
She had 5 Turnovers which is very unlike her as URI played solid defense against her yet she still got her points without forging shooting efficiency.
They played a clip about how much she practices shooting before each game by herself with coaches. She is very dedicated.
Which she had gone to URI.

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 3 years ago

Maine66 wrote: ↑3 years ago Fordham's Anna DeWolfe is from our town in Maine. Think she scored 27 at the game in Kingston and was the leading scorer yesterday. As a sophomore she is playing 40 minutes a game and I believe is the leading scorer in the A10. She lead our team (Greely) to two straight state championships. A true team player with zero ego. Wished she'd gone to URI!

Ha, so from Cumberland! I went to Falmouth....

RhodyMadness072 · Unread post by **RhodyMadness072** » 3 years ago

https://www.si.com/college/syracuse/co ... ode-island

Former Syracuse Assistant Tammi Reiss Leading Turnaround at Rhode Island

Reiss is leading a turnaround as the Rams compete for an Atlantic 10 title.

wpbrown8267 · Unread post by **wpbrown8267** » 3 years ago

RhodyMadness072 wrote: ↑3 years ago https://www.si.com/college/syracuse/co ... ode-island

Former Syracuse Assistant Tammi Reiss Leading Turnaround at Rhode Island

Reiss is leading a turnaround as the Rams compete for an Atlantic 10 title.

Great article and write up on Tammi...think she could handle duties for the mens program as well? I kid but she seriously have these young women locked in, great job

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 3 years ago

Great article Tammi did to the women’s team what DH did to the men’s

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

4 Remaining Scheduled
Games:

Feb 18 Thur @ Duquesne (1-5) (2-8) 6pm
Feb 20 Sat @ St Bonaventure (4-8) (5-10) 2pm
Feb 26 Fri vs Richmond (7-3) (10-5) 4pm Cox/Yurview
Feb 28 Sun vs VCU (7-3) (9-8) 1pm Cox/Yurview

Atlantic 10 NET with remaining opponents in Red
54 Dayton
69 Fordham
78 Saint Louis
84 UMASS
112 URI
117 VCU
139 St Joseph's
142 Richmond
190 George Washington
196 LaSalle
201 St Bonaventure
206 Davidson
214 Duquesne
298 George Mason

RI_Rams · Unread post by **RI_Rams** » 3 years ago

Some winnable games left! Go Lady Rams!

Cameron_Dollar · Unread post by **Cameron_Dollar** » 3 years ago

Another nice road win for the Lady Rams yesterday. This year was to have been the second year of a rebuild and they are solidly in the middle of the pack. Hopefully, they can finish strong and win a game or two in the A10 tournament. Not to look too far into the future, but next year 4 of 5 starters return plus the first two off the bench. I know women's basketball doesn't do it for a lot of people but Coach Reiss has them playing hard. They are fun to watch.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 3 years ago

Congratulations to the women's team for clinching the first winning conference record since 1995-96!

Taking a look at the women's tournament, assuming all current games get played and no more get added to the schedule, every team will have played enough games to be ranked by winning percentage. As a matter of fact, if Duquesne plays at least one of their 3 remaining games that would be the case.

Rhode Island has no chance of passing Dayton or Fordham for the top two spots this year but can do no worse than 7th place. If you had told me we'd have a winning record and would be 3rd to 7th in the conference this season I would have taken it. The end of the season will be very important to see how those five spots shake out.

Friday at noon tied for 4th VCU is at 7th UMass. At 4 as a team tied for 4th we hose 6th Richmond. At 5 3rd St. Louis is at 9th Davidson.
Sunday at 1 we host VCU in a battle of the teams tied for 4th. Also at 1 6th Richmond is at 7th UMass.

If St. Louis wins their game Friday we can't pass them for third place and are locked in fourth to seventh.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

Big win for URI over Richmond today at the Ryan Center

URI was down by 9 points at one point, tied going into the 4th quarter then outscored Richmond 23-9 in the 4th Q.

Tahane with yet another great game 16 points and 14 rebounds - continues to make her case for 1st team A10

Muzet playing better it seems ever game. 12 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists

Freshman Cairns 4-7 on 3FG - her shooting was huge in the 4th Q

URI was 10-18 on 3FGs while Richmond was 10-30
Minutes played:
Tahane - 39
Muzet - 38
Vargas - 36
Foppossi - 35
Cairns - 32 - off the bench
Hendley - 13
Brown - 6
Harvey-Carr - 2

URI goes to (10-4) in Conference Play. Richmond falls to (9-5) - so this was a big game for URI

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

URI (10-4) plays VCU (9-4) at the Ryan Center in their last conference game on Sunday at 1pm ESPN+

VCU (9-4) beat UMASS (6-4) by 3 also tonight at the Ryan Center at 7:30pm ESPN+

Standings as of Friday 6pm
1- Dayton (11-1)
2- St Louis (9-2)
3- Fordham (7-2)
4- URI (10-4) Losses: Game 1 @ UMASS (69-79); Game 4 Fordham (58-64); Game 11 @ Fordham (53-56); Game 12 @ Duquesne (63-71)
5- VCU (10-4)
6- Richmond (9-5)
7- UMASS (6-5)
8- Duquesne (4-6)
9- LaSalle (6-10)
10- Davidson (5-9)
11- St Bonaventure (5-11)
12- St Joseph’s (4-9)
13- George Washington (4-9)
14- George Mason (0-13)

Preseason Coaches Poll:
1- VCU
2- Dayton
3- St Louis
4- Davidson
4- Duquesne
4- Fordham
7- UMASS
8- Richmond
9- George Washington
10- Lasalle
11- URI
12- St Bonaventure
13- St Joseph's
14- George Mason

LIRAM · Unread post by **LIRAM** » 3 years ago

Great 4th quarter. Team is connected and really plays for the Coach and each other. Cairns is such a weapon off the bench, great stroke and so confident. If Tammi can bring in a true lead guard who can defend and play with pace- look out! Tahane and Foppossi are really talented and just play hard! This program is trending up and is going to be fun to watch in the future.

I agree ramster Muzet is solid. Such a glue kid! She does so many things well. There are times she is the best player on the floor.

Thor should try to lock Tammi up and promote this program. It has been dead for so long.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

Thorr was at the game this afternoon showing great enthusiasm and the team left the court for the locker room following the big victory.

Cameron_Dollar · Unread post by **Cameron_Dollar** » 3 years ago

Tammi was his hire. No outside noise. He not only needed to hire a competent coach but also one who could change the culture. She checked all the boxes and has met and exceeded all expectations; and she is only in year 2. That is not the first time that Thorr has cheered wildly as the team has left the floor. He seems to really enjoy their play.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

LIRAM wrote: ↑3 years ago Great 4th quarter. Team is connected and really plays for the Coach and each other. Cairns is such a weapon off the bench, great stroke and so confident. If Tammi can bring in a true lead guard who can defend and play with pace- look out! Tahane and Foppossi are really talented and just play hard! This program is trending up and is going to be fun to watch in the future.

I agree ramster Muzet is solid. Such a glue kid! She does so many things well. There are times she is the best player on the floor.

Thor should try to lock Tammi up and promote this program. It has been dead for so long.

Class 0f 2021 includes Emmi Rinat, Giana Hernandez-Boulden (transfer from West Virginia) and Sophie Phillips. All promising recruits.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 3 years ago

Great to see the team doing well.

A coach on the way up.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

rambone 78 wrote: ↑3 years ago Great to see the team doing well.

A coach on the way up.

Rambone,
for those who think you have to start all over and "woe is us" when you make a coaching change consider this is only Year 2:

URI is knocking on the Door of a first round bye with the #4 seed (depends on Sunday's game with VCU at Ryan Center)

Only Senior Marta Vargas returns as one of the Top 7 "Minutes Played" Players - and Marta only played 9 games last season before injury. All 6 others are new

Tahane averaging 10.4 rpg, 14.5 ppg is on target for 1st team A10. She has 9 double-doubles

Muzet (Grad Transfer Washington State) averaging 8.5 rpg, 9.1 ppg and getting stronger as the season goes on. 34% on 3FG

Foppossi averaging 4.5 rpg, 12.1 ppg

Cairns, a freshman, averaging 4.5 rpg, 12.1 ppg. 2nd most 3FG with 42-99 attempts hitting 42% and 92% FT!!!! Playing 28 mpg - should make all rookie team

Vargas (returning Senior) averaging 8.6 ppg, has taken 108 3FG for 30% leads team in 3FG attempts

Clear evidence that in today's college basketball world that you don't have to go through 3-4 years to "rebuild" with a coaching change. Just the opposite.

Only the 2nd time in A10 history that URI has won 10 or more games in a season. Last time was 13 wins in 1995-96.

This will be the first time since 1995-96 that URI has finished with a winning conference record. Will finish either (10-5) or (11-4) depending on Sunday's huge game with VCU

neil · Unread post by **neil** » 3 years ago

Best of luck this afternoon! Finish strong! Go Rhody!

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

URI 48 VCU 39 at halftime

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 3 years ago

URI will finish in 4th place with a win, 5th with a loss. We'll finish alone in 5th with a Richmond loss against UMass. We'll finish tied with a Richmond win, but will have the tiebreaker over them because we won both of our games against them. Currently up 48-39 at the half. Senior Marta Vargas has 15, redshirt junior Emmanuelle Tahane has 14 and redshirt sophomore Marie-Paule Foppossi has 11

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 3 years ago

Thorr hit a home run with this hire.

Now he will be asked to do it again with a new men's coach.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

Fantastic 87-68 win today over VCU to earn 4th place in the A10 with (11-4) record

Tammi was awesome in the post game interview when asked questions by Stone Freeman

She said that the Pandemic brought the team closer together, actually saying the Pandemic had some advantages to their success.

I liked at the end of the interview she said it was "their" goal to win the A10 Championship - not ours but theirs (the players).

Brian Forster · Unread post by **Brian Forster** » 3 years ago

Wow-I watched a lot of the game.
What a difference b/w Reiss and Cox & Flemings shenanigans!
One question-why do they keep the starters in the whole game ?
is there a strategy behind it??

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

A lot of teams narrow their rotation down to 6 players, or 7.
Tammi brings in freshman Cairns off the bench and she is a phenomenal shooter and she passes the ball well. She typically logs more minutes than the starting point guard.
Tammi does like to play her starters a lot of minutes. It’s what she chooses to do. I’ve always liked the shorter rotations. Who earns those 6-7 spots plays a lot.

neil · Unread post by **neil** » 3 years ago

Tammi - A10 coach of the year?

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 3 years ago

Wow great win this coach is going places I Hope Rhody can keep her

Taylor Swift · Unread post by **Taylor Swift** » 3 years ago

Coach Reiss is absolutely turning this program around. Great for her. She's an asset to the Athletic Department in every way. I would have gone to a ton of woman's games this season if COVID hadn't had other plans for us all.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 3 years ago

All this in just her 2nd year as coach.

That shows how important the right coach is to a program.

It can happen in the men's game too. Maybe it won't take several years to be good again, once a new staff comes on board.

Anybody can pick up transfers nowadays, but getting the right ones is everything.

The "new normal" in college basketball makes it possible.

LIRAM · Unread post by **LIRAM** » 3 years ago

So So impressed with what is going on with this program. Tammi is so impressive and such an asset to our University. Copeland, Cerrato, Elliott and now Tammi are all exceptional leaders. I think Thor made good hires with women's softball and volleyball. Hopefully those programs can turn the corner. This program should be promoted to the fullest extent possible. 1500 to 2000 fans in the Ryan is not out of the question.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 3 years ago

A lot of athletic programs at the University are on the upswing.

Our 2 biggest ones however, are not.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

rambone 78 wrote: ↑3 years ago All this in just her 2nd year as coach.

That shows how important the right coach is to a program.

It can happen in the men's game too. Maybe it won't take several years to be good again, once a new staff comes on board.

Anybody can pick up transfers nowadays, but getting the right ones is everything.

The "new normal" in college basketball makes it possible.

Rambone,
Tammi didn't get this roster based on the "new normal" - no transfer breaks if you will. The transfers sat out their year. She turned this team around after only 1 season. This is just her 2nd year. 4 of 5 starters are transfers. Cairns could easily be a starter playing 28 mpg.
The team has continued to improve all season long. Talented transfers and freshman.

Starting Line Up

Johanna Muzet was a Grad Transfer from Washington State - so eligible immediately

Marie-Paule Foppossi transferred from Syracuse and sat out

Emmanuelle Tahane transferred from Missoui and sat out

Yanni Hendley transferred form Virginia and sat out

Marta Vargas is from Portugal, a Senior, was injured 1/3rd through last season and sat out the rest of the year

Catherine Cairns is a freshman -

Bench

Catherine Cairns is a freshman. 5th on team in minutes played with 28 mpg. 43-102 on 3FG for 42%. 12-13 FT for 92%. She can shoot the lights out and passes very well. Very valuable addition to this team

Kassondra Brown is a sophomore. 12 mpg and 4th in the team in rebounding. Good percentage shooter inside. Important front line player.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

URI was picked 11th of 14 teams preseason coaches poll. Now finished the season in 4th place for the double bye.

No players were picked on the 3 All Conference teams (18 players) or on the All Defensive team

Tammi should hands down get Coach of the Year

Tahane will be 1st team and a candidate for POY

Foppossi and Muzet should be All Conference

Cairns will be all rookie

Tahane:
5th with 15.5 ppg
2nd with 11.1 rebounds/game
1st 61.2% FG
22nd 2.4 assists/game
14th 1.3 steals/game

Foppossi:
10th with 13.5 ppg
12th 46.1% FG
17th 67.3% FT
18th 2.7 assists/game

Muzet:
6th with 8.4 rebounds/game
10th 46.7% FG
21st 33.3% 3FG
14th 3.0 assists/game
3rd 1.8 steals/game

Cairns:
22nd with 10.8 ppg
4th 43.5% 3FG

Vargas
24th 31.7% 3FG`
25th 2.3 assists/game

Hendley
11th 1.4 steals/game

spookydog · Unread post by **spookydog** » 3 years ago

I watched at least pieces of 4 or 5 of their games this season & really liked what I saw by everyone on the team. So impressed with Foppossi.

RhodyMadness072 · Unread post by **RhodyMadness072** » 3 years ago

A10 Women’s Bracket

Rhody plays Friday March 12th at 2pm vs the winner of VCU vs Davidson/St. Bonaventure

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 3 years ago

neil wrote: ↑3 years ago Tammi - A10 coach of the year?

Should certainly be the favorite, but I can't say I'm informed enough to say she'll definitely get it

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 3 years ago

One very impressive thing this weekend, they had the two teams they were tied for 4th with come in to the Ryan Center and they played their best basketball of the season. Coach has them playing their best and peaking at the right time of the year. You love to see it

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 3 years ago

spookydog wrote: ↑3 years ago I watched at least pieces of 4 or 5 of their games this season & really liked what I saw by everyone on the team. So impressed with Foppossi.

They are what a team looks like when they are well coached.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

Unread post by **SGreenwell** » 3 years ago

Tammi Reiss breaking out a Ric Flair GIF is just, wow. Incredible flex, big fan.

Blue Man · Unread post by **Blue Man** » 3 years ago

Are we a women's basketball school now?

Coach of the year, co-player of the year, #4 seed in the A-10 tournament...

Rhodyhooopz · Unread post by **Rhodyhooopz** » 3 years ago

Blue Man wrote: ↑3 years ago Are we a women's basketball school now?

Coach of the year, co-player of the year, #4 seed in the A-10 tournament...

And a big extension. David Cox must be steaming.

Login • Register