Ryan Center, Kingston, RI
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
6:00PM
Media
TV: YurView
Online: ESPN+
Radio: 101.5 FM (B101) or Tune In Radio App
Previews:
Sacred Heart Fan Forum
URI heads back home after yet another loss in Providence to take on the Sacred Heart Pioneers. The Pioneers come to Kingston with a 3-6 record with one of those wins at La Salle to open the season. Sacred Heart is lead by 2 guards, Tyler Thomas & Aaron Clarke. The duo is scoring roughly half of their team’s points. Once again Rhody will have a sizable advantage downlow as Sacred Heart bigs, that see minutes, are between 6-6 & 6-7. As for URI, did Jeremy Sheppard shoot his load during the Georgia St game, because ever since that one he is 3-17 shooting & 0-7 from deep. I really don’t have anything else to say besides just win the game. Finish these 4 remaining OOC games strong & had knows what can happen once conference play starts. URI will probably be favored by double digits. Final score, 77-64 URI. Go Rhody!! PS. For those of you keeping track, former Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine is no longer Sacred Heart’s Athletic Director as he stepped down earlier in the year to run for mayor of Stanford…which he lost last month.
Opponent
Record:
3-6, 0-0 in the Northeast
Last season: 9-9, 9-7 in the Northeast
Rankings (URI):
NCAA NET: 270 (112)*
RPI: 281 (37)
KenPom: 282 (85)
BPI: 251 (76)
Sagarin: 288 (84)
* Denotes last season
Leaders:
Points – Tyler Thomas 19.3 (Jr., G)
Rebounds – Nico Galette 9.5 (Soph., F)
Assists – Aaron Clarke 3.0 (Sr., G) (2.0 TO per game)
Historical
Series: 1-0
H: 1-0, A: 0-0, N: 0-0
Most Recent Matchup: 11/19/05 56-50 W at URI
Most Recent Win Streak: 1 – URI
Match-up Predictor: 88.3 Chance of URI Winning