SLU Men's Basketball Game Notes & Information
Game No. 24	Saint Louis (15-8, 7-3 A-10) vs. Rhode Island (8-14, 4-6 A-10)
Date // Time	Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023 // 8 p.m. CT
Location	St. Louis, Mo. (Chaifetz Arena)
Radio	KMOX 1120 AM (Bob Ramsey, Earl Austin Jr.)
TV	CBS Sports Network (John Sadak, Avery Johnson)
Tickets	Available here
Live Stats	StatBroadcast
Game Notes	Saint Louis
Series	URI leads 13-10

QUICK PREVIEW 
 
Saint Louis, which enters the week in second place in the Atlantic 10 Conference, plays host to the Rhode Island Rams on Tuesday night.
 
The Billikens are 15-8 overall and 7-3 in the A-10. They are looking to snap a two-game skid. Rhode Island has yet to win on the road and come to St. Louis with an 8-14 overall record and a 4-6 league mark.
 
FOLLOW THE ACTION 
 
Tuesday's game is the second game of a doubleheader on CBS Sports Network. John Sadak and Avery Johnson are on the call. Tipoff is scheduled for 8:07 p.m. CT, but could tip as late as 8:12 p.m. depending on the length of the first game – Dayton at VCU.

The radio broadcast will air on the home for the Billikens, KMOX 1120 AM. As always, Billiken Hall of Famers Bob Ramsey and Earl Austin Jr. will be on the call.
  
FIVE FACTS
 
1 // Yuri Collins continues to hold the overwhelming lead in the NCAA in assists (224) and assists per game (10.2). He needs five more assists to become the A-10 all-time leader in career assists.
 
2 // Gibson Jimerson and Erwin Claggett are the only Billikens in school history with 200+ 3-pointers made in a career AND a career 3-point field goal percentage better than 40 percent.
 
3 // Francis Okoro is second in the A-10 in rebounding with 8.7 ppg. His career FG percentage of .586 (211-360) is second all-time in school history.
 
4 // Saint Louis has won 10+ home games in a season for the seventh consecutive year. The Billikens are 88-28 (.759) in home games in the Travis Ford era the last seven years.
 
5 // Saint Louis leads the A-10 in scoring offense (75.7 ppg). The Bills also lead the conference in rebounding (39.3 rpg) and assists (16.3 apg).
 
ABOUT RHODE ISLAND
 
The Rhode Island Rams come to St. Louis 8-14 overall and 4-6 in league play. They are coming off a 64-50 loss against Saint Joseph's on Feb. 1.
 
Three of the Rams' conference wins have come against teams with winning A-10 records in Fordham, St. Bonaventure and Dayton. Rhode Island has yet to win on the road, going 0-7 in road games away from the Ryan Center.
 
Ishmael Leggett and Brayon Freeman lead the Rams' offense with 16.0 ppg and 14.5 ppg, respectively. Leggett is seventh in the Atlantic 10 in scoring, and his 97 free throws made rank second in the A-10. Leggett was a perfect 11-11 from the charity stripe in the Rams' win against Dayton earlier this season.
 
Malik Martin leads Rhode Island in rebounding with 6.5 rpg. Jalen Carey and Alex Tchikou have a team-best 15 blocked shots for the year. Freeman and Sebastian Thomas have distributed a team-best 58 assists.
 
The Rams rank third in the Atlantic 10 in free throws made per game (15.7), and they are third in the league in free-throw percentage (.739). Rhode Island is averaging 12.8 fastbreak points per game this season, second in the A-10 to the Billikens' 12.9.
 
Head coach Archie Miller is in his first season at the helm of Rhode Island. He returns to the A-10 after spending four years at Indiana. Miller was head coach at Dayton from 2011-17, leading the Flyers to four straight NCAA appearances from 2014-17, including a run to the Elite 8 in 2014. 
 
THE SAINT LOUIS-RHODE ISLAND SERIES
 
This will be the 24th meeting all-time between the Billikens and Rhode Island in a series that began when SLU joined the A-10 in 2005-06.
 
SLU has won three in a row and four out of the last five against the Rams. Rhode Island had a stretch from 2010-2018 where it won 10 out of 11 in the series, which included five wins at Chaifetz Arena during that span.
 
Current URI coach Archie Miller went 8-3 against SLU during his stint at Dayton from 2011-16. He was 4-2 at Chaifetz Arena with Dayton, which includes a current four-game winning streak.

POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCE
 
The postgame press conference will be streamed live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFZP-kZAzHI
 
UP NEXT
 
The Billikens head to Dayton, Ohio, to face the Dayton Flyers at UD Arena on Friday. Game time on ESPN2 is 7pm CT/8pm ET.