RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) – Fatts Russell scored 23 points, drawing his best season, with Rhode Island beating VCU 83-68 on Saturday.
The 1.5m Russel caught nine rebounds and hit 13 of 14 on the free-throw line. Jeremy Sheppard added 20 points and seven rebounds for Rhode Island.
Allen Betrand had 13 points for Rhode Island (6-6, 3-2 Atlantic 10 Conference).
Nah’Shon Hyland had 24 points for VCU (9-3, 2-1), whose streak of seven consecutive wins ended with defeat. KeShawn Curry scored 11 points and Hason Ward had four blocks.
Vince Williams Jr., who was second in the VCU in scoring entering the competition with 11 points per game, missed eight of his attempts to kick.
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