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Cigar Sports MVPs: Spring 2023 Edition

Men’s Basketball: Ishmael Leggett  Leggett’s third season wearing Keaney Blue also served as his most impactful one. The Rams’ leading scorer, Leggett’s 16.1 points per game ranked 7th in the entirety of the Atlantic 10.  Leggett’s three double-doubles went along with two 30-point performances, one of which came at the Cayman Island Classic in November,…

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Baseball opens up home slate with a win, women’s basketball bows out of WNIT – This week in sports

Baseball opened their 2023 home slate with a season-first series sweep vs. Marist over the weekend. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com Women’s Basketball: FINAL (3/23): URI 63-74 Harvard URI women’s basketball closed out their most successful season in program history with a loss in the Super Sixteen of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) vs. Harvard on…

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Women’s basketball pick up their first-ever WNIT win despite season-low shooting

Tenin Magassa put up a team-high 12 points in Friday’s win. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com The Rhode Island Rams women’s basketball team defeated the Boston University Terriers by a score of 46-40 in the first round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) on Friday.  With the victory over the Terriers, the Rams were able to…

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Second-ever postseason win sees women’s basketball through to WNIT Super Sixteen

Sophie Phillips put up a team-high 20 points in Monday’s win, just one point short of her career-high. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com The Rhode Island Rams women’s basketball team defeated the University of Richmond Spiders 74-64 in the second round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) to claim their second postseason victory in program history…

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