URI Edges Brown 88-85 in OT
Thursday, December 31, 2015
The URI Rams (8-5) defeated the (4-8) Brown University Bears 88-85 in over time at the Pizzitola Center on Wednesday night in an epic battle. The win is URI's fourth straight win over the Bears.
"Obviously heck of a game, their players, their coach here, with how hard we both fought in front of a pretty great crowd. I obviously feel great for our guys, being down 15 in the second half and responding the way they did with everything that has been going on, to dig their heals in was just a heck of a win for us," URI head coach Dan Hurley said in his post game press conference.
The win is URI's fourth straight over the Bears.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST"That's a really hard loss, I thought we did some great things for a lot of the game. It came down to second half, just a few key possessions, our inability to really get defensive stops that we needed at critical times, you have to credit University of Rhode Island," Brown head coach Mike Martin said after the game.
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Overtime
`With the game tied at 81 with under 50 seconds to play in the over time period, Four McGlynn drove to the basket and hit a pull up jumper that banked in off the back board to give the Rams an 83-81 lead with 43 seconds to play.
The Bears would get with in one point and would foul Andre Berry and send him to the free throw line. Berry would knock down one of two free throws to give URI a two point cushion.
From there, URI were able to close out the game at the free throw line with Four McGlynn capping off a 7 for 7 night from the charity stripe.
The Come Back
URI trailed by 15 points, 60-45 with 11:46 to play in the game before going on a 24-6 run to take a 69-66 lead with four minutes to play. The lead was URI's first lead since it was 22-20 with just under eight minutes left in the first half.
Brown would take a 70-69 lead with 1:59 to play before regulation ended with the score tied at 74 after a pair of Tavon Blackmon free throws.
The Leaders
The Rams were led by Four McGlynn who poured in a career high 33 points on 10 of 21 shooting from the field.
Cedric Kuakumensah led Brown with 21 points on 7 of 13 shooting from the field.
Next Up
URI begins conference play when they host St. Louis on Saturday, January 2nd. Game time is set for 4:30 p.m.
Brown also returns to action on Saturday when they travel to Maine to take on the Maine Black Bears, game time is set for 2 p.m.
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