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After going down 22-2 to Northwestern & then kind of making a game out of it, Rhody faces Washington St in the consolation game Sunday afternoon to finish up the Hall of Fame tournament. The Rams had their toughest test of the season, so Rhode Island fans have a better sense as to where this team stands on the season. They now take on the Washington State Cougars, who lost to Mississippi St earlier 76-64.

In the Pac12, the Cougars were picked to finish tenth in the preseason polls. Washington State’s coach is Kyle Smith is in his fifth season. Last season they were knocked out of the NIT in the first round against Eastern Washington. On the court, the Cougars are led by redshirt freshman Miles Rice. He is the feel good story for Washington State as he was medically redshirted last season while receiving treatment for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Thankfully he is cleared and in remission this season & since getting back on the court he has been lighting it up. He is currently leading the team in both points and assists. Senior forward Andrej Jakimovski is second on the team in scoring as well as rebounding with 14 & 6.7. Another player to keep an eye on is fifth year senior transfer from Idaho, Isaac Jones. He is averaging just under 14 & 9.

As for the Rams, they really need to rebound after Saturday's game. Speaking of rebounding, they need to do better as they were badly outrebounded against Northwestern. When Barnhizer got his own missed shot in traffic & kicked it out for the dagger three, that was a tough sequence and an epitome of how the game went. They will also need Jaden House to, how should I say this, not do that again. Very difficult game for him as the shots were not falling as he finished 2 for 13.

This is a winnable game on Sunday, they just can’t play like they did first quarter of the game. Now that I think of it, I really didn’t need to type out such an obvious sentence, but I guess there is no turning back now. Ha. To get the win, they will need to slowdown Myles Rice. I watched Saturday’s game & Rice looks like a really good player. If House plays like he did the first 3 games of the season, they will get the win. My prediction, URI 69 – Washington St 65. Go Rhody!!


Opponent
Record:
2-1, 0-0 in the Pac12
17-17, 11-p in the Pac12 (Last Season)

Rankings (URI):
NCAA NET: 79 (263)*
RPI: 94 (249)
KenPom: 82 (163)
BPI: 109 (263)
Sagarin: 74 (229)*
Barttovik: 69 (161)
*Denotes Last Season Rankings

Leaders:
Points – Myles Rice 16.3 (Fr., G)
Rebounds – Isaac Jones 8.7 (Jr., G)
Assists – Myles Rice 2.6 (Fr., G) (3.0 TO per game)

Historical
Series: 1-1
H: 1-0, A: 1-0, N: 0-0
Most Recent Matchup: 12/8/79 84-63 L at Washington St[/url]
Most Recent Win Streak: 1 – Washington St
Match-up Predictor: 73.8% Chance of Washington St Winning

WSU starts 3 forwards:

Cluff 6'11" JR
Jones 6'9" SR
Jakimovski 6'8" SR

2 Guards
Rice 6'3" FR
Yesufer 6' SR

That’s a Big, mature front line, Ramster. Another good test for our front court.

Can our front court bounce back and play better against WASU ?

Jdrums#3 wrote: ↑6 months ago That’s a Big, mature front line, Ramster. Another good test for our front court.

Can our front court bounce back and play better against WASU ?

Bigs gotta toughen up, played way too soft against NW today. Soft hands too, and not in a good way.

They played Miss St tough , going to be a hard game for us

reef wrote: ↑6 months ago They played Miss St tough , going to be a hard game for us

Agree. THIS will be the real test: how we respond to getting punched in the mouth the first quarter of the NW game. Bigs gotta toughen up, they got surprised by the physicality from the jump.

Well, they better toughen up real fast. They were charmin soft the first 12 minutes. Welcome to D1 basketball boys. You have to impose your will on the other team.

Rice played very well in the first game but injured his ankle late. Their other guard played well also. We will be giving up size in the front court again. But Miss St pushed their guys around.

WSU was picked to finish 10th in the Pac12

Don't get off to the worst start imaginable, get House going and we can have a good chance to take this one.

Espn2 shows them doing the game and not espnu and shows our game at 1pm Are we sure we are on at 3:30?

McRam wrote: ↑6 months ago Espn2 shows them doing the game and not espnu and shows our game at 1pm Are we sure we are on at 3:30?

I see EspnU @ 330 pm

I watched the entire WSU/Miss. State game, and they battled top 25 Miss. State almost the entire game.
They have a very big and efficient frontcourt as mentioned above and quick capable guards in Rice and Kansas transfer Yesufu.
All 5 of their starters can go off on us and score double-digits.

We must do a better job on the boards and of course our FT shooting still concerns me.
Yes, we can win this game but can't have lapses again and let the game get away from us.

McRam wrote: ↑6 months ago Espn2 shows them doing the game and not espnu and shows our game at 1pm Are we sure we are on at 3:30?

Gorhody says 330, and that’s the time the PA said yesterday at the arena..

ESPNU is the worst, need extra cable package or another streaming to watch it.

DISH Network still says consolation game at 1:00 on ESPN2 and championship game at 3:30 on ESPNU. But I imagine the GORHODY time is correct.

And probably ESPN does as well...

HOF tip off website says championship game at 1pm, consolation game at 330pm.

Win vs WSU and I’ll be happy. URI dug too deep of a hole yesterday starting off a game like that.

In terms of Sunday’s television coverage of the HOF tip off, the championship game (NW versus Miss State) started at 1pm on ESPN2, and the consolation game (URI versus Wash State) will be at 3:30pm on ESPNU.

If anyone cares to notice, URI women are running #14 NC State out of their own building right now, 23-13 in the 2nd Quarter. You know, the same team that famously beat UConn a week ago to get that #14 ranking.

No biggie. Carry on.

jcru wrote: ↑6 months ago If anyone cares to notice, URI women are running #14 NC State out of their own building right now, 23-13 in the 2nd Quarter. You know, the same team that famously beat UConn a week ago to get that #14 ranking.

No biggie. Carry on.

In no world is a 10 point lead “running someone out of their own building” lol

nit picker lol

jcru wrote: ↑6 months ago If anyone cares to notice, URI women are running #14 NC State out of their own building right now, 23-13 in the 2nd Quarter. You know, the same team that famously beat UConn a week ago to get that #14 ranking.

No biggie. Carry on.

Go Rhody!

Sophie Phillips who was 0 for 100 shooting, gets a 3 before the half. URI 30, NC State 26.

Women's field hockey.

What channel is the game on???

theblueram wrote: ↑6 months ago What channel is the game on???

ESPNU, but there's a field hockey game in overtime.

ESPNU but lacrosse is running late ?

Now on ESPN News

Better start on O so far. The D ? Meh.

Fuchs and Brown need to never drive the ball

What channel on Cox?

Nevermind. I found it

Fuchs not hustling, looks lost out there , sit him

Good lord get Fuchs out of there

Fuchs is having issues

theblueram wrote: ↑6 months ago Fuchs is having issues

3 TO's

Just super weak with the ball

Again

They can mug us but we can't breathe on them

Bilau is about to come back and take everyone’s minutes.

All 3 of these guys have been super unimpressive this weekend

All set on the down low attempts to Brown

CAM!!!!

Get Fuchs out of the game already

Brown, Fuchs and Always are just not ready for this level yet. Be strong with the ball my god.

Fuchs is being out classed. Both yesterday and today. He looks lost out there.

Where did the game go? Lol this channel musical chairs is madness.

Get that URI game back on !

ESPN struggling today..

We were not allowed to see the game there for a minute.

This is rediculous!! Stop this interview now !

TruePoint wrote: ↑6 months ago Where did the game go? Lol this channel musical chairs is madness.

It’s impossible to record anything on ESPN platform.

Back to field hockey!