Date: Sunday, Feb. 8
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Reilly Center | St. Bonaventure, N.Y.
Records:
St. Bonaventure: 12-11 (2-8 A-10) | Rhode Island: 13-8 (5-4 A-10)
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The Starting Five
1. The St. Bonaventure women's basketball team returns home to the Reilly Center to face Rhode Island as it is looking for a much needed win. The Bonnies are coming off a three-point loss at Fordham on Thursday night.
2. Coach Crowley and the Bonnies have had Rhode Island's number in recent years. St. Bonaventure has won its last six against the Rams. Sunday's meeting will be the 49th contest between the two programs, SBU holds a 25-23 advantage all-time.
3. Sophomore guard Imani Outlaw and freshman forward Miranda Drummond shined off the bench at Fordham. The two combined for all 23 bench points for the Bonnies. Outlaw had a career high 14 points, while Drummond added nine.
4. Leading the Brown and White in the scoring department is junior forward Katie Healy as she averages 13.9 points per game. Healy also leads the Bonnies in total rebounds (141), assists (57), blocks (26) and is second on the team in steals with 26.
5. Gabby Richmond followed her double-double performance with a 10 point and six rebounds at Fordham on Thursday.
Scouting The Rams
• The Rhode Island Rams are coming off a 70-58 win against UMass.
• The Rams are 5-4 in A-10 play and 2-2 on the road in conference games.
• Rhody won seven consecutive games from November 28 through December 21, 2014. The winning streak pre-conference play helped propel them to the 13-8 overall record they sit at now.
• Rhode Island is led offensively by freshman Charise Wilson with 16.8 points per game. She has upped that average to 17.3 points per game in conference play, which is third in the A-10.
• In the win against UMass, Wilson scored a season-high 33 points, which was the first 30+ point performance for URI and just the fifth by any player in the conference so far this season.
• Conference opponents out-rebound Rhody by 8.4 boards per game, the most in the A-10.
• A large part of Rhode Island's conference-play rebounding production comes from Tayra Melendez and Sydney Lewis who both average more than seven boards per game.
• The Rams have stolen the second-most balls in conference play with 10.2 steals per game.
• Three Rams occupy the top 15 conference-play steals category: Wilson, 2.6 steals per game; Symone Bullard, 2.1; Melendez, 1.9.
• Through conference play, Wilson, Bullard and Dominique Ward have hardly come off the court for coach Daynia La-Force, as the trio is all averaging more than 33 minutes played per game.
• Coach La-Force is one of two head coaches in the Atlantic 10 serving their first year in the position.
Last Time They Met: St. Bonaventure 63, Rhode Island 55
St. Bonaventure defeated Rhode Island 63-55 on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 at the Ryan Center. Four Bonnies finished in double-digits in the scoring department in the win for the Brown and White. The Bonnies led wire-to-wire to defeat the Rams by eight points. Guards Emily Michael and Chelsea Bowker led St. Bonaventure with 14 points apiece.
The Outlaw Known As Imani
Imani Outlaw has been a fixture coming off the bench for Head Coach Jim Crowley in her first two seasons. Her offensive production has been on and off, however, her defensive capabilities give the Bonnies a boost off the bench night-in and night-out. In St. Bonaventure's last game on the road against Fordham, Outlaw was a complete player, pouring in 14 points and adding three rebounds, assists, and steals.
