Matthews Injured, URI Cruises Past Richmond 85-67 for 16th Straight Win
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
EC Matthews heading to the locker room. Talented PG has had a plethora of injuries in his career, hoping it's nothing serious @BillKoch25 @BarstoolReags pic.twitter.com/TprYbJpf2j
— Chris Grenham (@chrisgrenham) February 14, 2018
University of Rhode Island senior E.C. Matthews injured his knee in the final minute of the first half of the Rams 85-67 win over Richmond on Tuesday night at the Ryan Center.
The win is Rhode Island’s 16th straight and improves them to 21-3 overall and 13-0 in the A-10.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe streak is tied with Cincinnati for the longest active winning streak in the country.
Eastern Tennessee State’s winning streak came to an end on Monday night.
Matthews Injury
With 53 seconds to play in the half, Matthews was going for the ball when he got tangled up with Richmond’s Grant Golden and appeared to bang his knee on the court.
Matthews stayed down on the court for a short time before being helped off.
He did not return to the game and will be re-evaluated on Wednesday, according to the University.
Earlier this season, Matthews missed nearly six weeks with a broken wrist which he suffered against Nevada.
16 Straight Wins for URI
After leading by six, 35-29, at the half, the Rams led 44-49 with 14:51 to play after Richmond’s Jacob Gilyard got a three to go.
From that point, URI took control of the game.
Sparked by back-to-back threes from Jared Terrell and Fatts Russel, Rhode Island went on a 13-1 run to take a 62-45 lead with 11:52 to play.
Richmond would not get closer than 15 points the rest of the way.
Terrell led the Rams with 17 points on 6 of 13 shooting from the field, while Cyril Langevin followed up with 15 points off the bench.
Russell added 14 points off the bench.
Next up
URI returns to action on Friday, February 16 when they visit St. Bonaventure.
Game time is set for 7 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN 2.
Holy moly, this was a thing of beauty!! Incredible ball movement the whole way down the court, ending in a dunk by Cyril Langevine! #SCtop10 @ESPNAssignDesk take note!!! pic.twitter.com/4EhGPKz2XK
— Rhody MBB (@RhodyMBB) February 14, 2018
E.C. Matthews (knee) will not return tonight for Rhode Island, per a school spokesman. Will be re-evaluated tomorrow.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) February 14, 2018
NCAA season-best 16-game winning streak vs.
— Atlantic10Conference (@atlantic10) February 14, 2018
School record 7-game #A10MBB winning streak
A-10 @ESPN Friday Night Showcase on ESPN2 is going to be AWESOME@RhodyMBB at @BonniesMBB
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