FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 7, 2004

2003-04 Rhode Island College

Men’s Basketball Score Report

Providence, RI

1

2

Final

UMass-Boston (5-16, 1-9)

21

35

56

Rhode Island College (9-12, 5-5)

37

34

71

 Durgin leads Anchormen over Beacons

            Providence, RI—Rhode Island College led from the start en route to a 71-56 victory over visiting Little East Conference foe UMass-Boston. With the victory, the Anchormen improve to 9-12 overall and 5-5 in conference play as the Beacons fall to 5-16 overall and 1-9 in the LEC.

RIC freshman guard Kinsey Durgin (Greenwood, ME) led the Anchormen with 18 points while also contributing four rebounds and five assists. The other Anchorman scoring in double figures was senior guard Kamran Alemdar (Stockholm, Sweden) who had 16 points, five rebounds and four assists. Also with a well-rounded game was freshman center Kevin Zalucki (Enfield, CT) who had eight points and seven rebounds.

UMB junior guard Roger Perry (Roxbury, MA) had a game-high 19 points, while freshman guard Tony Barros (Dorchester, MA) tallied a double-double, scoring 14 points and grabbing ten rebounds in a losing effort.

The win snapped completed a season-sweep of the Beacons. RIC also extends its home court winning streak to four consecutive victories at The Murray Center this winter.

In upcoming action, RIC will host UMass-Dartmouth on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m. UMB will play at Southern Maine on Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m.

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