GAME DETAILS

Rhode Island 68, Saint Louis 56

Wednesday, January 16, 2019 | 7 p.m. (CST)

Chaifetz Arena | St. Louis, Missouri

THE BASICS

• Jordyn Frantz scored a game-high 18 points and matched her career best of five 3-pointers, but Saint Louis dropped a 68-56 Atlantic 10 Conference decision to Rhode Island Wednesday night at Chaifetz Arena.

• The Billikens fell to 6-11 overall and 1-3 in the A-10. Rhode Island improved to 7-9, 2-2.

FIRST QUARTER

• The Billikens grabbed a 6-0 lead on a pair of Frantz 3-pointers.

• The Rams answered with an 8-0 run to go on top 8-6.

• After Rhode Island used a 7-0 spurt to take a 17-10 advantage, Frantz buried another triple at the buzzer to narrow the margin to four.

SECOND QUARTER

• The Rams pushed the lead back to seven points twice, the second time a 24-17 advantage with 7:15 left.

• A 7-2 run brought the Billikens to within a bucket, 26-24, at the 1:35 mark.

• With SLU trailing 29-24 in the closing moments, Ciaja Harbison drove for a layup to make it 29-26 Rhode Island at the break.

THIRD QUARTER

• A Frantz triple and Harbison's short jumper put Saint Louis back in front, 31-29.

• URI's Nicole Jorgensen sank two from the stripe with 6:22 remaining to give the Rams the lead for good, 33-32. The free throws sparked a 15-6 run that put Rhode Island on top 46-38 at the end of three.

FOURTH QUARTER

• When Frantz connected on a jumper with 4:15 to play, the Rhode Island lead was down to four at 54-50.

• However, that was as close as the Billikens would get. The Rams tallied the next 10 points to take command.

BILLIKEN NOTABLES

• Frantz was 5-of-10 from beyond the arc. She added six rebounds, three steals and two assists to her 18 points.

• Frantz passed Jenny Vliet for 20th place on SLU's career scoring list. She has 1,031 points.

• Harbison tossed in 14 points to go with a game-high seven assists.

• Kendra Wilken scored 12 points – her career best vs. an A-10 opponent – and collected five rebounds, including a game-high-tying three offensive boards.

• Brooke Flowers and Evan Zars had six and five rebounds, respectively.

RHODE ISLAND LEADERS

Elemy Colome, 16 points; Marta Vargas, 15 points; Dina Motrechuk, nine points, seven rebounds, eight blocks; Jalissa Ross, nine points, six rebounds; Maia Moffitt, six rebounds, four steals; Davida Dale, four assists

UP NEXT

The Billikens take on St. Bonaventure Sunday, Jan. 20, in Olean, N.Y. Game time is noon (CST).