From preferred walk-on status to earning a scholarship, they don’t make success stories any sweeter or more satisfying than Malik Gavek’s.
(It was) an opportunity for us as a team to grow and connect, not just on the floor but off the floor. Be around each other more ... get a feel about aspects of guys that you may not have known before.
The annual intrastate rivalry returns to the Ryan Center as Providence College and The University of Rhode Island ready for battle on Saturday, December 3rd at 5:00pm.
A proud University of Rhode Island basketball alum who broadened his post-Kingston horizons by stamping his passport all over the world, now calls the gym of the all-girls Catholic school in East Providence his winter home.
"(Coach Miller and staff have) helped me become a more complete player on both sides of the ball .... They’ve instilled confidence in me to be able to rally the guys together when things aren’t going well."
Rhode Island (3-7) welcomes searing hot UMass-Lowell (11-1) to the Ryan Center for a Tuesday night tilt. The Riverhawks are winners of nine straight.
We have experience with these types of games now so hopefully we can start to close them out more often.
They are starting to believe and starting to understand a little bit more. But I also think they’re learning that what it takes to win high-level, Atlantic 10, Division I games is hard.
Rhode Island continues along in its rebuild season after welcoming Archie Miller to Kingston last spring. Let's answer a few questions from Rhody Nation on the state of the team?
It’s been an up-and-down season so far… and to come out and beat the supposed top team in your conference (Dayton) at home ... is huge.
