Ryan Center, Kingston, RI
Saturday, January 16, 2021
2:00PM
Media
TV: NBCSN
Online: NBCSN
Radio: 101.5 FM (B101) or Tune In Radio App
Previews:
George Mason’s Fan Forum
Rhody heads home to the Ryan Center after a disappointing 1-2 road trip. As everyone who follows this team is painfully aware of, turnovers are killing their chances of winning games. Over their last 5 games they are averaging almost 20 TOs per contest. That is appalling, especially for a guard-oriented team. The only person I trust with the ball is Fatts right now and even he is averaging over 3 TOs per game in A10 play. I think I yell “Hold on to the fucking ball” or “WTF kind of pass was that” at the tv at least 4 or 5 times a game these days. Ahhh, good times. I would like to say that this next game against George Mason gives URI a chance to get things back in order, but who the hell knows this season. Rhody has won 6 of the last 7 against the Patriots & hopefully they will continue this run against them. Mason did win in Amherst even with shooting 61% from the line & turning the ball over 19 times. Weird, that kind of box score looks vaguely familiar except they got the W. The Patriots are coming off a decimation of La Salle by 30+ so they may be coming in to Kingston riding high. George Mason are led by Jordan Miller, but the team spreads out their scoring with 5 players in double digits. Somehow Rhody has a better shooting percentage in all aspects (FG%, FT%, 3P%) but URI turns the ball over more (no surprise there). Other than the FT shooting, was extremely pleased with Makhel’s last game. Hopefully he can keep that up when he goes up against Josh Oduro, who has improved quite a bit from his freshman to sophomore year. My prediction, URI wins 74-70 & they “only” turn the ball over 17 times. Wear a Mask & Go Rhody!
Opponent
Record:
6-5, 2-3 in the Atlantic 10
Last season: 17-15, 5-13 in the Atlantic 10
Rankings (URI):
RPI: 149 (91)
KenPom: 137 (69)
NCAA NET: 163 (74)
BPI: 159 (70)
Sagarin: 165 (72)
Leaders:
Points – Jordan Miller 14.6 (Jr., G)
Rebounds – AJ Wilson 6.0 (Sr., F)
Assists – Xavier Johnson 2.4 (Soph., G) (1.4 TO per game)
Historical
Series: 6-4
H: 3-3, A: 3-1, N: 0-1
Most Recent Matchup: 1/28/20 78-64 W at George Mason
Most Recent Win Streak: 1 – URI
Match-up Predictor: 82.1% Chance of URI Winning