E.C. Matthews finished with 18 points and Jared Terrell scored 16 for Rhode Island, which remains unbeaten in the Atlantic 10. Rhode Island (19-3, 11-0 Atlantic 10) dominated the boards and won the rebound battle 47-32.

Justin Tillman went 7-of-16 from the field and led VCU (14-9, 6-4) with 22 points. Sean Mobley added 15 points for VCU, which had its three-game winning streak come to an end and fell to 10-4 at home.

On Tuesday, Rhode Island erased a 13-point deficit against Massachusetts and came away with an 85-83 win. This time, the visitors had a three-point lead at the break before pulling away late in the second half.

Rhode Island got some separation on a 3-pointer by Matthews that provided a 52-45 lead with 16:06 remaining in the game. Rhode Island stayed in control, and a putback by Langevine provided the largest lead at 64-54 with just over eight minutes left.

VCU would not go away, and a dunk by Tillman pulled the hosts to within 71-64 with 4:03 left. Rhode Island had an answer, and a floater by Jeff Dowtin pushed the lead back to nine just over two minutes later.

From there, Rhode Island closed out the game by making 6 of 6 shots from the free throw line in the final 1:15. Fatts Russell finished with 11 points for the visitors.

Rhode Island has now won 11 straight road games against Atlantic 10 opponents.

Stanford Robinson converted a jumper that gave Rhode Island an 18-14 lead with 11:46 left in the first half. VCU tied the game, 22-22, on a layup and free throw by Tillman.

Rhode Island answered with a 9-0 run and led 36-27 with just over four minutes remaining. Mobley answered with a pair of 3-pointers to cut the margin to three less than a minute later.

Terrell scored 12 points, and Rhode Island led 41-38 at the break.

--Field Level Media