====== February 18, 2023 - UMass at Rhode Island ======
  * Season: [[season_2022-23|2022-23]]
  * Date: Saturday, February 18, 2023
  * Opponent: [[opponent_rhode_island|Rhode Island]]
  * Start Time: 2:00 PM ET
  * Site: [[wp>Ryan Center]], Kingston RI
  * Special Event: [[Atlantic 10]] conference game
  * Television: [[https://www.espn.com/|ESPNU]]
  * Stream: [[https://plus.espn.com/|ESPN+]]
  * Radio: WEEI (105.5 FM), WCRN (830 AM), WMUA (91.1 FM)
  * Spread: UMass +4((https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401484497))
  * UM injury report: [[fernandes_noah|Noah Fernandes]] out (ankle), [[dominguez_dyondre|Dyondre Dominguez]] (non-COVID illness)((https://twitter.com/P_GraySoares/status/1626998033006174208)), [[Matt Cross]] (MCL)((https://twitter.com/MLBergman_/status/1626294910100946947)), [[Brandon Martin]] (UCL)((https://twitter.com/MLBergman_/status/1626288498754945024))

  * **Result: UMass 69, Rhode Island 45**
  * Attendance: 5,785

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===== Previews =====
  * Game notes: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2023/2/17/mens-basketball-mens-hoops-heads-to-rival-rhode-island-for-saturday-tip-on-espnu|UM]], [[https://gorhody.com/news/2023/2/17/mens-basketball-rams-to-host-umass-honor-legends-saturday.aspx|URI]]
  * Daily Hampshire Gazette: [[https://www.gazettenet.com/UMass-URI-Boys-basketball-preview-49963982|Shorthanded Minutemen prepare to take on URI on Saturday in Kingston]]
  * Mass. Daily Collegian: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2023/02/how-matt-cross-injury-affects-umass-leading-into-rhode-island/|How Matt Cross’ injury affects UMass leading into Rhode Island]]

===== Game Thread =====
See the [[https://www.umasshoops.com/newboard/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16929|UMassHoops.com Message Board thread]] for pre-game and post-game discussion.

===== Recaps =====
  * UM: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2023/2/18/mens-basketball-umass-picks-up-largest-a-10-road-win-since-1996-defeats-rhode-island-69-45|UMass Picks Up Largest A-10 Road Win Since 1996, Defeats Rhode Island 69-45]]
  * URI: [[https://gorhody.com/news/2023/2/18/mens-basketball-shooting-struggles-doom-uri-in-69-45-loss-to-umass.aspx|Shooting Struggles Doom URI in 69-45 loss to UMass]]
  * DHG: [[https://www.gazettenet.com/UMass-basketball-at-rhode-island-a-10-ryan-center-49983879|Minutemen snap 5-game losing streak by blowing away Rhode Island]]
  * MDC: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2023/02/umass-snaps-losing-streak-with-24-point-route-of-rhode-island/|UMass snaps losing streak with 24-point route of Rhode Island]]
  * MDC: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2023/02/umass-freshmen-take-center-stage-in-win-at-rhode-island/|UMass freshmen take center stage in win at Rhode Island]]
  * Good 5 Cent Cigar (Rhody student paper): [[https://rhodycigar.com/2023/02/23/sixth-straight-loss-sees-mens-basketball-fall-to-14th-4-11-in-a-10/|Sixth-straight loss sees men’s basketball fall to 14th, 4-11 in A-10]]

===== Video =====
  * UM highlight clips: [[https://twitter.com/UMassMBB/status/1627030470973063172|Gianni Thompson cleans up Gapare's miss]], [[https://twitter.com/UMassMBB/status/1627044013336584192|Diggins feeds RJ for the jam]], [[https://twitter.com/UMassMBB/status/1627045975952080897|RJ feeds Wildens the alley-oop]]
  * [[https://twitter.com/AdamBernstein18/status/1627054756794605569|Archie Miller post-game]]

===== Box score =====
[[https://umassathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2022-23/rhode-island/boxscore/14521|Standard]], [[http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/index.html?id=428956|StatBroadcast]], [[https://umassathletics.com/documents/2023/2/18/2195886.PDF|PDF]], [[https://gorhody.com/mens-basketball/2022-23/boxscore/vs-massachusetts/10114/pdf|PDF alt]]

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