Albiani’s Take

Positives: The Rhode Island men’s basketball team’s win over Rider University was a great way to come back from an all-around ugly performance against the University of Maryland. Clearly Maryland is a superior team, but the alleged postgame remarks from head coach Dan Hurley don’t put the Rams in a positive light. This performance helps…

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E.C. Matthews out for the year, tears ACL

  The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team received devastating news that star junior guard E.C. Matthews will miss the entire season after suffering a right knee injury in Friday night’s 65-42 season-opening victory over American University. The injury occurred approximately nine minutes into the 2015 campaign. Over 5,000 students and spectators in the…

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Charise Wilson: The Missing Piece

  Smaller programs like the University of Rhode Island are always fortunate when they are able to land a coveted gem who possess raw talent and can help revive a struggling program and restore a winning culture. That is exactly what sophomore guard Charise Wilson has been doing for the URI women’s basketball team. Wilson,…

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Women’s basketball falls to Syracuse and Marshall

  The University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team lost both games this week against No. 23 Syracuse University on Friday and Marshall University on Wednesday. In the first half of Friday’s game, the Rams struggled against Syracuse’s swarming zone. The Orange cut Rhode Island’s shot clock every possession and forced 17 first-half turnovers. However,…

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The Rams Win Opener, lose to Valpo

  The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team opened up their season with a convincing win over American University, 65-42, on Friday night and a heartbreaking loss against Valparaiso University, , 58-55, on Tuesday morning. On Friday, both teams traded buckets in the first few fast fast-paced minutes of the game, and then each…

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Albiani’s take

Positives: The Rhode Island basketball team’s win over American was exactly how we predicted it with a decent offensive performance, but fantastic defensive performance. Transfer Four McGlynn’s four 3-pointers really stood out. The URI women’s volleyball team’s victory over VCU capped off a successful regular season as they  finished as the third seed in the…

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URI basketball preseason accolades

Women’s basketball Head coach Daynia La-Force led the largest turnaround in the program’s history during her first season as head coach, taking the Rams from 7-23 to 17-13. Rhode Island was predicted to finish eighth in the Atlantic-10 preseason poll, receiving 113 points compared to George Washington University who is the favorite receiving 194 points….

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