Rhode Island basketball stuns George Mason in its best win of the season

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – About to be snowed in, Rhode Island basketball fans got in and out of the Ryan Center in time to see their team’s best victory of the season on Saturday.

Continuing their climb out of a rough start to conference play, the Rams beat Atlantic 10 contender George Mason 74-65 at the Ryan Center. The Patriots came in at 18-1 and 6-0 in A-10 play, but their perfect conference mark is no more.

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“It just shows that we stay connected,” URI’s Jahmere Tripp said. “When we lose, we don’t get down. We just do everything we can to make sure the next one’s ours. This is the first team – I’ve been on many teams, losing teams – where we just have great energy in the locker room. We don’t get down, we don’t get mad at each other. It’s showing. We’re not giving up. We’re getting better every game.”

The win capped a strong week for the Rams, who won at Richmond in dramatic fashion on Wednesday. They’ve now won three of four since starting their conference schedule with three straight defeats.

The Rams opened the game on a 17-4 run. They hit a familiar drought later in the half, going 7:29 without a point, but regrouped and got to halftime in a one-point game.

Rhode Island’s Jahmere Tripp scored a career-high 23 points and added seven rebounds in URI’s 74-65 win over A-10 leader George Mason on Saturday at the Ryan Center.

Out of the break, URI scored the first eight points, highlighted by a Tripp dunk. George Mason did not lead in the second half as the Rams avoided the usual dry spells.

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The Patriots had a chance to take the lead in a 60-59 game around the five-minute mark, but URI got a stop, then held the Patriots without a field goal for more than four minutes. In the meantime, the Rams upped the lead to seven and nursed it to the finish line.

Tripp scored a career-high 23 points and added seven rebounds. Tyler Cochran matched a season high with 20 points. Jonah Hinton joined them in double figures with 13.

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