Scores

Final

Rhode Island 44

(8-20, 3-12 A 10)

Saint Joseph's 81

(17-11, 8-7 A 10)

7:00 PM ET, March 6, 2013

Michael J. Hagan '85 Arena, Philadelphia, PA

1 2 T
URI 20 2444
JOES 39 4281

Top Performers

Rhode Island: M. Aaman 8 Pts, 9 Reb, 1 Ast, 2 Stl

Saint Joseph's: R. Roberts, Jr. 13 Pts, 11 Reb, 1 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk

Saint Joseph's 81, Rhode Island 44

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA -- C.J. Aiken led four Saint Joseph's players in double figures with 15 points as they beat Rhode Island 81-44 Wednesday night in Atlantic 10 Conference action.

Ronald Roberts scored 13 points, Chris Wilson added 11 and Carl Jones chipped in 10 to help Saint Joseph's (17-11, 8-7) win its sixth straight home game and clinch a berth in next week's Atlantic 10 championship.

On top 14-10 with 10:52 left in the half, the Hawks closed out the period on a 25-10 run to take a 39-20 lead into halftime.

Saint Joseph's led by double figures the entire the second half and was up by as many as 37 points.

The Hawks shot 52.9 percent (27 of 51) compared to Rhode Island's 29 percent (18 of 62) for the game.

Nikola Malesevic and Andre Malone scored 10 points apiece for the Rams (8-20, 3-12), who has now lost four straight.

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Team Stat Comparison

 
URI
JOES
Points 44 81
FG Made-Attempted 18-62 (.290) 27-51 (.529)
3P Made-Attempted 1-20 (.050) 10-28 (.357)
FT Made-Attempted 7-9 (.778) 17-24 (.708)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 21 (0/0) 10 (0/0)
Largest Lead 2 37

Game Leaders

 
URI
JOES
PointsA. Malone 10C. Aiken 15
ReboundsM. Aaman 9R. Roberts, Jr. 11
AssistsM. Powell 4C. Wilson 6
StealsM. Aaman 2C. Jones 1
BlocksJ. Hare 1H. Kanacevic 2
Team Stats: Rhode Island | Saint Joseph's

2012-13 Season

DATEGAMELINKS
» Mar 6, 2013 @JOES 81, URI 44Recap

Next 5 Games

URI
JOES
03/09 MASS 2:00pm
 03/09 @CHAR 7:00pm
03/14 @XAV 6:30pm
03/15 @VCU 6:30pm
03/19 SJU 7:00pm
Complete Schedule: Rhode Island | Saint Joseph's

Atlantic 10 Conference Standings

TEAMCONF W-LTOTAL W-L
#15 Saint Louis13-327-6
#19 Virginia Commonwealth12-426-8
Butler11-526-8
Temple11-523-9
La Salle11-521-9
Massachusetts9-721-11
Charlotte8-821-11
Saint Joseph's8-818-13
Richmond8-818-14
Xavier9-717-14
Dayton7-917-14
St. Bonaventure7-914-15
George Washington7-913-17
Rhode Island3-138-21
Duquesne1-158-22
Fordham3-137-24
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