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2010-11 Rhode Island Men’s Basketball Rhode Island (9-6; 0-1 Atlantic 10) vs. Richmond (13-4; 2-0 Atlantic 10) Game #16: Jan. 13, 2011 • Robins Center (9,017) • Univ. of Richmond, Va. • 7 p.m. Radio: Beltone Hearing Aid Centers Rams Radio Network (B101/101.5 FM) - Steve McDonald, Don Kaull Television: CBS College Sports - Jason Knapp, Pete Gillen Internet: CBSCollegeSports.com (video); Yahoo.com (audio) Follow us on GoRhody.com | facebook.com/URIRunninRams | twitter.com/URIRunninRams 2010-11 Rhode Island Schedule TODAY’S GAME VERSUS RICHMOND Tale of the Tape 9-6 Overall H: 6-1 A: 2-4 N: 1-1 A-10: 0-1 Tonight marks the lone regular season Atlantic 10 matchup Rhode Island Richmond Date Opponent TV Time between Rhode Island and Richmond. The Spiders lead the Overall Record 9-6 13-4 Nov. 8 at #5/4 Pittsburgh (CvC) ESPNU L, 75-83 all-time series, 10-5. Last season, URI dropped a 69-67 Atlantic 10 Record 0-1 2-0 Nov. 16 Brown Cox OL W, 92-67 decision at the Ryan Center on Feb. 10, 2010. Rhody is RPI (RealtimeRPI.com) 74 68 Nov. 19 vs. College of Charleston (CvC) W, 75-66 0-7 at the Robins Center. Last 5 Games 3-2 4-1 Nov. 20 at Toledo (CvC) W, 76-65 Scoring Offense 70.5 72.5 Nov. 21 vs. llinois-Chicago (CvC) L, 68-74 RHODE ISLAND IN THE ATLANTIC 10 Scoring Defense 69.7 60.9 Nov. 24 Drexel Cox OL W, 74-68 Scoring Margin +0.8 +11.6 Since its inaugural season in the conference during the Nov. 27 Davidson Cox OL W, 71-58 FG% .429 .486 Dec. 4 at Providence Cox HD L, 74-87 1980-81 season, Rhode Island has posted a 219-263 (.455) 3-Point FG% .345 .421 Dec. 8 at Northeastern Cox HD W, 79-67 all-time record in Atlantic 10 play. Since the 2006-07 FT% .709 .660 Dec. 11 at Quinnipiac NESN L, 66-73 season, URI is 37-28 (.569) in league play. FG% Defense .444 .393 Dec. 18 New Hampshire Cox OL W, 64-52 3-Pt. FG% Defense .315 .295 Dec. 22 Lafayette Cox OL W, 73-65 Rebounding Off. 34.3 33.1 Dec. 29 Boston College Cox HD W, 67-65 TODAY’S RUNNIN’ RAM FACT YOU CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT Jan. 3 at Florida ESPNU L, 59-84 The two most versatile players in the country may play in Rebounding Def. 37.3 34.9 Jan. 9 Xavier * ESPNU L, 45-72 the state of Rhode Island. Only the Runnin’ Rams’ Delroy Rebounding Margin -3.0 -1.9 Jan. 13 at Richmond * CBS-C 7 p.m. James and Providence’s Marshon Brooks are averaging at Assists 12.1 15.8 Jan. 16 St. Bonaventure * CBS-R 4 p.m. least 18.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.4 steals Turns/TO Margin 12.4/+2.6 121.5/+2.6 Steals 6.7 6.5 Jan. 19 at Saint Joseph’s * Cox HD 7 p.m. per game. Jan. 22 La Salle * Cox OL 2 p.m. Blocks 3.7 4.2 Jan. 26 at Saint Louis * Cox 9 p.m. Jan. 30 at Massachusetts * Cox HD 4 p.m. MALESEVIC: BEST SHOOTER IN NATION Feb. 2 Fordham * Cox OL 7 p.m. Nikola Malesevic is the only player at the NCAA Division I level that is connecting on at least 56.0% of shots from the Feb. 5 at Temple * ESPN2 2 p.m. floor and 55.0% of shots from beyond the arc (min. 55 FGM; 25 3FGM). Feb. 9 Dayton * CBS-R 7 p.m. Feb. 12 Charlotte * Cox 2 p.m. BRRRRRRR... Massachusetts Feb. 19 * Cox 2 p.m. Rhode Island is just seven for its last 50 from beyond the arc. The Rams were 3-of-27 last time out vs. Xavier and Feb. 23 at Duquesne * 7 p.m. Feb. 26 at Fordham * CBS-R 2 p.m. 4-of-23 at Florida on Jan. 3. March 2 George Washington * Cox 7 p.m. March 5 at St. Bonaventure * CBS-R 2 p.m. ...SILVER LINING 2011 Atlantic 10 Championship - Campus Sites, Atlantic City, N.J. Rhody is shooting just under 80.0% from the free throw line over its last three games, connecting on 30-of-38 attempts March 8, 11-13 Cox/CBS-R/CBS-C/CBS TBA from the charity stripe. All times Eastern (ET); Home in bold; Atlantic 10 denoted by * JONES TAKING CARE OF THE ROCK Marquis Jones has committed just seven turnovers over his last seven games. The senior point guard has also dished out 26 total assists (3.71:1 assist/turnover ratio) and is averaging 35.5 minutes per outing. 2010-11 University of Rhode Island Rams At A Glance No. Player Class Pos. Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. Asst. Notes 1 Jamal Wilson Jr. G 6-5 195 2.0 0.0 1.0 Saw 1st action of season vs. Xavier; Cleared medically to practice on Jan. 5 2 Ben Eaves Sr. F 6-7 225 3.9 3.3 0.5 Registered his first collegiate double-double (12 p/10 r) vs. Brown 5 Marquis Jones Sr. G 6-1 200 9.7 3.5 3.6 5th on URI’s career assist list (385); 25:6 assist/turnover over last 6 games 10 Akeem Richmond So. G 6-1 180 10.4 1.6 0.8 Named A-10 Player of the Week (Dec. 27); Leads team with 32 3FG; 11 Levan Shengelia Fr. F 6-9 260 0.0 0.0 0.0 Out indefinitely due to injury (knee) 12 Orion Outerbridge Jr. F 6-9 210 7.0 3.3 0.0 Made return to the Rhody lineup vs. BC - 12 pts., 2 reb., 24 minutes 15 Blake Vedder Fr. C 7-3 230 0.0 0.5 0.0 At 7-3, is the tallest player in URI basketball history 20 Daniel West So. G 6-2 180 4.9 2.3 3.1 10 assists in first game at URI (vs. Pittsburgh); 14 pts vs. Brown 21 Delroy James Sr. F 6-8 220 18.9 7.6 2.1 Five double-doubles this season; 50th URI player to reach 1,000 pt. club 22 Anthony Baskerville Jr. G 5-11 185 0.0 0.0 0.0 Member of URI football team joined Rams in Dec.; Seen action in 3 games 23 Nikola Malesevic So. F 6-7 200 10.5 3.9 0.9 Team leader in FG% (56.3%) and 3FG% (.553) 24 Ryan Brooks So. F 6-8 220 2.9 2.6 0.6 Career high 10 points vs. College of Charleston; versatile, athletic forward 32 Will Martell Sr. C 7-0 245 8.2 5.9 0.5 Six double-digit scoring games; two double-doubles 44 Anthony Malhoit Sr. G 6-3 200 0.3 0.8 0.2 Second-year walk-on has played in 13 games; 5 rebs. at Northeastern OUTERBRIDGE CROSSING Individual Career Totals * URI ONLY Orion Outerbridge made an impact in his return to the Rhode Island lineup. The 6-9 forward was 5-for-6 from the floor, Player G Pts. Reb. Asst. Stl. Blk. scoring 12 points. He also added two rebounds and two blocked shots in 24 minutes of play. He was also the first player James 104 1148 552 164 113 79 to register three dunks in a game for URI since Lamonte Ulmer did so vs. Massachusetts on Feb. 6, 2010. Jones 115 611 228 385 134 16 Martell 98 575 391 52 28 72 Richmond 51 462 86 37 32 2 BARON COACHES 300TH GAME AT RHODE ISLAND Outerbridge 46 250 119 10 8 34 On Jan. 9 vs. Xavier, Jim Baron coached his 300th game as head coach of the Runnin’ Rams. In his 10 years at the helm, Eaves * 70 242 148 20 9 16 Rhode Island is 166-134 - including the program’s most successful four-year stretch, in which URI captured 89 games Malesevic 31 172 66 15 21 10 from 2006-10. Wilson 46 87 58 26 8 3 West 15 74 33 46 16 1 NATIONALLY RANKED NIKOLA Brooks 28 56 43 10 6 13 Malhoit 13 4 11 2 0 0 Nikola Malesevic is ranked sixth nationally in 3-point field goal percentage, through games of Jan. 11. The sophomore Baskerville 3 0 0 0 0 0 forward has connected on 55.3% (26-47) of his shots from beyond the arc. Gary Clark of Wake Forest tops the list Vedder 2 0 1 0 0 0 (63.6%; 28-44). Shengelia 1 0 0 0 0 0 THE DELROY JAMES FACTOR Head Coach Jim Baron Since the 2007-08 season, when Delroy James reaches double-digits in the scoring column, the Runnin’ Rams are 39-17. 10th Season at Rhode Island When James scores 15 points or more, URI is 20-6. B.S, St. Bonaventure (1977); M.S., St. Bonaventure (1988) THE MARQUIS JONES FACTOR Head Coach, St. Francis (Pa.), 1987-92 the Runnin’ Rams 74-71 (.510) Since the 2007-08 season, when Marquis Jones dishes out five or more assists in a single game, • Led SFPA to its only NCAA bid in school history, 1991 are 29-7. This season, Rhody is 4-2 when Jones has at least five helpers. Head Coach, St.