The Atlantic-10: a conference filled to the brim with buzzer beater finishes, high intensity play and paradoxical upsets. Every Week, The Good Five Cent Cigar sports staff will vote on these teams to generate a power ranking of the conference’s basketball programs. Here are the women’s basketball rankings as of Jan. 29. 15th Place: St….
The University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team made a couple of statements this past week, winning both of their games by double digits. First, they defeated the University of Massachusetts at home, before going on the road to get a win over George Washington University. In a battle between the two teams who finished…
On Feb. 19, 2022, fifth-year Emma Squires led the University of Richmond Spiders with 27 points in a close 69-66 loss to the University of Rhode Island. Two months later, on April 25, Squires became a Ram herself, transferring to Kingston, Rhode Island for her graduate season. The 2021-22 Atlantic 10 Sixth Woman of the…
Former Atlantic 10 Sixth Woman of the Year at Dayton, fourth-year women’s basketball center Tenin Magassa is now taking advantage of her time with the University of Rhode Island. Magassa’s journey began in Morsang-Sur-Orge, France. She prioritized basketball from an early point in her life, dedicating herself to the game and putting in hard work….
For the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team, a turbulent week that began with a “devastating” loss was closely followed by their first ranked win in program history, but ultimately ended in defeat to their in-state rivals. The week started with a 61-59 loss to Quinnipiac University on Thursday, in a game that came…
The bright lights of the Las Vegas Strip were not too much for the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team to handle, as the Rams swept a pair of games against Youngstown State and University of Portland at the Las Vegas Holiday Classic last weekend. The first contest against Youngstown State on Friday was…
Following a 51-point win against Sacred Heart to open up the season, the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team beat UMass Lowell River Hawks on Friday night, before falling to the Maine Black Bears on Tuesday. Against the River Hawks, the Rams sprinted out to a quick 12-0 lead in the first four minutes…
In front of their freshly-unveiled Atlantic-10 co-championship banner on Tuesday, the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team cruised to a 91-40 win over the Sacred Heart Pioneers in their season opener. The win marked the first time the Rams had exceeded the 90-point mark since the 2021-22 season. Led by fourth-years Tenin Magassa and…
The 2022-23 season for the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team was a season of high flying success and record breaking results, only to end up in several shortcomings come the end of March. On Feb. 25, the team clinched an Atlantic-10 regular season co-championship, the first in program history. However, when the Rams…
Anaelle Dutat recorded four points, 11 rebounds, five assists and three steals in 31 minutes off the bench in Thursday’s loss. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com The University of Rhode Island women’s basketball teams traveled to Cambridge on Thursday for their first-ever Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) Super Sixteen appearance, where a loss against Harvard officially brought…