The men’s basketball team won 68-66 against Saint Louis University yesterday. The final Friday Night Spides marked the Spiders’ 19th victory of the season on senior night.
UR closes out its four-game non-conference home stretch and will begin conference play next week.
As of Jan. 12, the team is 5-3 overall on the season and 2-1 in Atlantic 10 play, with an 80-78 win against the Duquesne Dukes on Jan. 10.
The Spiders led the game for more than 36 minutes; the team spent only 43 seconds trailing behind Rhode Island throughout the entire game.
The Spiders move to 3-3 as they enter conference play at the start of the new year.
Outside of regularly scheduled practices, each player spends time working on individual skills in preparation for the upcoming season.
Despite the postponement of the football season, the Spiders find themselves looking to make a comeback against their biggest rival yet: COVID-19.
