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NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA — Visiting Rhode Island College led virtually the entire game and held off a late rally to defeat the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s men’s basketball team, 55-52, in the championship game of the Little East Conference Tournament at the Tripp Athletic Center Saturday.

The Anchormen, who took the lead for good on a three-pointer by freshman guard Anthony Fortes (East Providence, RI) in the second minute of the game, held the Corsairs to 26.7 per cent from the field in building a 30-24 halftime lead.

A layup by junior forward Zerimar Ramirez (Pawtucket, RI) with 8:26 remaining gave the Anchormen a 45-37 advantage. The Corsairs rallied, with freshman Brandon Stephens’ (Dorchester, MA/Newton North HS) three-pointer cutting the gap to 49-46 with 2:18 to play, and another three-pointer by senior guard A.J. Tavares (New Bedford, MA/New Bedford HS) reducing the lead to 51-49 with 57 seconds remaining. But junior guard Bobby Bailey (Fall River, MA/Durfee HS) drove for a layup with 25 seconds left, Tavares missed from three-point range with 12 seconds remaining, and junior guard Cameron Stewart (Newport, RI) made two free throws with eight seconds left before Corsair sophomore forward Matt Walker (Brockton, MA/Brockton HS) hit a three-pointer just before time expired.

“We didn’t shoot the ball well, but RIC’s defense had something to do with it,” said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Brian Baptiste. “They were the better team today, and they deserved to win. We didn’t shoot free throws well, and you’re not going to win many tight games when you don’t shoot free throws better than we did.”

Senior center Dan Holbrook (Lexington, MA/Lexington HS/Westfield State) led the Corsairs with a double double, scoring 16 points and grabbing 13 rebounds. Stephens added 12 points. Bailey and Fortes each scored 14 points to lead Rhode Island College. Junior forward Kaseem Johnson (New Haven, CT) grabbed eight rebounds as the Anchormen out rebounded the Corsairs, 38-36 and won despite committing 28 turnovers. UMass Dartmouth was held to 32.8 per cent from the field for the game and made eight of 18 free throws. Bailey was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.

UMass Dartmouth dropped to 25-3 with the defeat, while the Anchormen improved to 22-6 with the victory. The Anchormen earned the Little East Conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championships. The Corsairs will await a possible at-large bid. The field will be announced Monday.

UMASSDARTMOUTH BASKETBALL

Press release submitted by Mass-Dartmouth on Mar 01 2008 at 09:14 PM

Newspaper Box Score:

Rhode Island College vs UMass Dartmouth
03/01/08 5:00 P.M. at TRIPP ATHLETIC CENTER
At TRIPP ATHLETIC CENTER
RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE 55, UMASS DARTMOUTH 52
RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE (22-6)
Anthony Fortes 6-9 0-0 14; Bobby Bailey 7-14 0-1 14; Tirrell Hill 3-6 2-2 9;
Kaseem Johnson 3-4 1-3 7; Zerimar Ramirez 1-3 3-4 5; Antone Gray 1-6 2-2 4;
Cameron Stewart 0-5 2-2 2; Darius Debnam 0-0 0-0 0; Wil Lyons 0-1 0-0 0;
Kevin Williams 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-48 10-14 55.
UMASS DARTMOUTH (25-3)
Dan Holbrook 7-12 2-2 16; Brandon Stephens 4-12 2-3 12; Matt Walker 2-2 2-2
8; Reece Freeman 3-8 0-2 6; Tyler Turtoro 1-3 0-0 3; A.J. Tavares 1-11 0-0
3; Cory Tynes 0-6 2-2 2; Jeff Macchi 1-3 0-5 2; Dan Boyce 0-0 0-2 0; Chuck
Nicholson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-58 8-18 52.
Rhode Island College.......... 30 25 - 55
UMass Dartmouth............... 24 28 - 52
3-point goals--Rhode Island College 3-12 (Anthony Fortes 2-4; Tirrell Hill
1-2; Cameron Stewart 0-3; Bobby Bailey 0-3), UMass Dartmouth 6-19 (Matt
Walker 2-2; Brandon Stephens 2-6; Tyler Turtoro 1-3; A.J. Tavares 1-6; Jeff
Macchi 0-1; Reece Freeman 0-1). Fouled out--Rhode Island College-None, UMass
Dartmouth-None. Rebounds--Rhode Island College 38 (Kaseem Johnson 8), UMass
Dartmouth 36 (Dan Holbrook 13). Assists--Rhode Island College 8 (Bobby
Bailey 5), UMass Dartmouth 11 (Cory Tynes 3). Total fouls--Rhode Island
College 21, UMass Dartmouth 18. Technical fouls--Rhode Island College-None,
UMass Dartmouth-None. Attendance-1900.

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