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Preview: Fordham at URI

3:32 PM Fri, Feb 23, 2007 |
Mike McDermott    Email

FORDHAM Ht. PPG RPG
Kevin Anderson 6-3 3.4 2.6
Marcus Stout 6-4 14.9 3.2
Bryant Dunston 6-8 14.0 7.0
Sebastian Greene 6-8 9.8 5.6
Michael Binns 6-7 4.4 3.4
Key reserves:
Brenton Butler 6-2 9.5 2.7
Chris Bethel 6-5 5.3 2.4
Herb Tanner 6-4 1.6 0.7

URI Ht. PPG RPG
Parfait Bitee 6-2 7.3 3.1
Jimmy Baron 6-2 15.1 2.2
Darrell Harris 6-10 7.3 3.8
Kahiem Seawright 6-8 10.8 7.5
Will Daniels 6-8 17.0 5.6
Key reserves:
Joe Mbang 6-7 9.0 4.4
Keith Cothran 6-4 6.3 2.5
Lamonte Ulmer 6-6 3.9 2.9

THE SCOUTING REPORT
FORDHAM (14-11, 7-6 in the Atlantic 10): The Rams from the Bronx need one more win to clinch the school's first winning season since 1991-92. The team also is bidding to match the school record of nine A-10 victories it had last season. . . Dunston, who has hurt URI badly throughout his career, had 29 points in the first meeting with URI, including all but two Fordham had in the second half. . . Butler, a freshman, comes in off career high 28 points in victory over Duquesne Wednesday. . . The team is 10-2 when it commits fewer turnovers than its opponent. . . Team is holding opponents to 62 points per game over its last 10 starts.
URI (17-11, 10-4): Rhody closes out its home season. It is 11-3 at the Ryan Center, the fourth time in its five years in the building it has won at least 10 times. . . The shooters obviously love Ryan. The team is shooting 49.2 percent overall and 42.1 percent on 3-pointers at home. . . The 45 points URI scored in the first game against Fordham is 11 fewer than the team has scored in any other game. . . Daniels needs 37 points to reach 1,000 for his career. . . Bitee is in shooting slump. Beginning with the game at Fordham, he is 6-for-37 from the field in the last six games. . . . With is five-for-five from foul line at Xavier, Baron is back up to 90.3 percent from the stripe.

EXTRA POINTS
WHERE : Ryan Center, 2 p.m. SERIES: URI leads, 25-21. FIRST MEETING: URI won, 45-44. RADIO: WHJJ (920) and WJZS-FM (99.7).
- PAUL KENYON

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varhody said:

Time to stay in the top four in the a-10 and get the first round bye




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