A strong second-half surge by visiting Rhode Island helped the Rams get past Saint Joseph's men's basketball team, 71-61, on Wednesday evening at Hagan Arena.

How It Happened
• The Hawks ran out to an early 8-2 lead, but Rhode Island answered to take their first lead, 15-14.
• Behind a 9-2 run, Rhode Island opened its biggest lead of the period, 26-19, on a free throw by Cyril Langevine.
• The Hawks scored nine of the final 10 points of the half, as Ryan Daly pushed his team's lead to 35-29 on a three-pointer with just seconds to go before the buzzer.
• A three-pointer by Anthony Longpré gave Saint Joseph's its biggest lead of the game, 47-37, with 17:01 left in the second half.
• Down 53-46, Rhode Island used a 25-3 run over an 11-minute span to pull away for good and as it opened a 71-56 lead with 1:17 remaining.

Inside The Boxscore
• The Hawks finished the game shooting 37.1 percent from the floor (23-of-62), but shot only 28.1 percent (9-of-32) in the second half.
• Rhode Island, which was held to 28.2 percent shooting in the first half, hit 18-of-32 from the field in the second half (56.3 percent) to finish the night 29-of-71 for 40.8 percent.
• Daly reached the 20-point mark for the 11th time this season as he finished with 21 points and added seven rebounds and three assists.
• Anthony Longpré finished with eight points and added a season-best 11 rebounds and a team-best four assists.

Next Up
The Hawks (3-14, 0-5 Atlantic 10) return to Big 5 action this Saturday as Saint Joseph's heads to the Palestra for a 2 p.m. tip with Penn.

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