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MBB Preview: BIllikens, Rams Meet Saturday in Rhode Island

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SLU Men's Basketball Game Notes & Information
Game No. 29 Saint Louis (10-18, 3-12 A-10) vs. Rhode Island (11-17, 5-10 A-10)
Date // Time Saturday, March 2, 2024 // 3 p.m. (CST)
Location Kingston, R.I. (Ryan Center)
TV CBS Sports Network (Fran Charles, Pete Gillen)
Radio 97.1 FM (Bob Ramsey, Earl Austin Jr.)
Live Stats StatBroadcast
Series History URI leads 13-11
Game Notes Saint Louis

WHAT'S ON TAP?

  • Saint Louis (10-18, 3-12 A-10) heads to Kingston, Rhode Island, to face the Rhode Island Rams (11-17, 5-10 A-10) at the Ryan Center on Saturday afternoon. Game time is 3 p.m. CT/4 p.m. ET.
  • Next up, SLU returns home to face Dayton Tuesday, March 5. Billiken seniors Terrence Hargrove Jr., Gibson Jimerson and Michael Meadows Jr. will be honored following the game for Senior Night. The Bills close out the regular season on Saturday, March 9, at St. Bonaventure. 
  • Saturday's game will be televised on CBS Sports Network. Fran Charles and Pete Gillen will be calling the action.
  • The radio broadcast on Saturday can be found on 97.1 FM as there is a programming conflict on KMOX. Billiken Hall of Famers and longtime SLU men's basketball radio partners Bob Ramsey and Earl Austin Jr. will the call the action for all SLU games, both at home and on the road.
ABOUT THE BILLIKENS
  • The Billikens are coming off an 80-64 loss to first-place Richmond on Wednesday night at Chaifetz Arena.
  • Two Billikens achieved milestones on their home court in the Richmond game. Gibson Jimerson became the program's all-time leader in career 3-pointers (297 and counting...), while Terrence Hargrove Jr. became the 37th Billiken in school history to reach 1,000 career points.
  • The Bills are averaging 74.3 ppg in A-10 play. Their 96 points in the win against GW Feb. 24 matched the most they have ever scored in an A-10 home game. The 102 points scored by the Bills at La Salle Feb. 7 were a school record for SLU in A-10 play.
  • In addition to becoming SLU's all-time 3-point leader on Wednesday, Gibson Jimerson broke into SLU's top-five for career scoring. He's currently at 1,708 career points.
  • Terrence Hargrove Jr. has at least one 3-pointer in 13 consecutive games.
  • Bradley Ezewiro had a double-double with 17 points and a career-high 11 rebounds in the game against Richmond.
  • Djordje Curcic, who had seen an uptick in playing time in place of the injured Sincere Parker, is out for the season after suffering a broken foot Wednesday against Richmond.
  • The Billikens' nine different starting lineup combinations are the most during the Travis Ford era at SLU.
LAST TIME OUT         
  • Gibson Jimerson scored 21 points and broke Erwin Claggett's Saint Louis career record for 3-point field goals, but first-place Richmond defeated the Billikens 80-64 Wednesday night in an Atlantic 10 Conference game at Chaifetz Arena.
  • Jimerson, who was 4-of-6 from beyond the arc, has 297 treys in his SLU career. Claggett held the previous mark of 295.
  • Jimerson also passed Scott Highmark for fifth place on the Bills' career points list. He has 1,708 points in a Saint Louis uniform.
  • Terrence Hargrove Jr. scored nine points, including his 1,000th point as a Billiken. He is the 37th Billiken to reach 1,000 points in a SLU career.
  • Bradley Ezewiro posted a double-double of 17 points and a career- and game-high 11 rebounds, and he added a career-high four assists and a career-high-tying three blocks. Larry Hughes II scored 11 points to go with five rebounds and four assists. Cian Medley collected five assists.
ABOUT THE RAMS    
  • The University of Rhode Island Rams (Kingston, R.I.) enter Saturday's game 11-17 overall and 5-10 in Atlantic 10 play.
  • The Rams started the A-10 season 3-0, but they are currently on a five-game slide. They are still alive for a bye in the A-10 Men's Basketball Championship.
  • Jaden House is the Rams' leading scorer at 14.6 ppg. The transfer from High Point is the only Ram who has started every game.
  • David Green averages 14.0 ppg. Luis Kortright and Zek Montgomery are on the verge of double figures as they average 9.9 ppg and 9.7 ppg, respectively.
  • Rhode Island leading rebounder David Fuchs (6.9 rpg) has missed the last couple of games due to an injury.
  • Head coach Archie Miller is in his second season at the helm of Rhode Island, his second stint in the A-10. Prior to 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.
SERIES HISTORY        
  • This is the 25th meeting all-time between the Billikens and Rams.
  • Rhode Island leads the series 13-11, but SLU has won four in a row, including the last two games played at the Ryan Center.
LAST TIME VS. THE RAMS     
  • Gibson Jimerson scored a game-high 24 points, including the deciding 3-pointer in the final minute, and Yuri Collins broke the Atlantic 10 Conference career assists record in Saint Louis' 76-71 victory over Rhode Island Feb. 7, 2023, at Chaifetz Arena.
  • Jimerson's 24 points came on 8-of-15 shooting from the field and 6-of-11 shooting from 3-point range. He buried the go-ahead 3-pointer for the Billikens with 31 seconds left, which gave SLU the lead for good.
  • Collins finished with 15 points and eight assists, and in doing so became the A-10's all-time career assists leader, surpassing Jacob Gilyard's 783 career assists he accumulated during his career at Richmond.
  • In the last Billikens' game at the Ryan Center on March 2, 2022, Jimerson drilled five 3-pointers in helping the Bills to an 80-74 win.
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