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 Randle, a 6-2 senior guard who came in averaging 18.9 points, shot
9-for-16 from the floor while the rest of his teammates shot
9-for-37. Anthony Brown added 16 points and Stefan Nastic finished
with 11 rebounds for Stanford (21-13), which will play Vanderbilt on
Tuesday.
E.C. Matthews had 23 points and seven rebounds to lead Rhode Island,
but committed seven of his team’s 15 turnovers. Hassan Martin
contributed 16 points, eight rebounds and four blocked shots for
Rhode Island (23-10), which took 21 free throws compared to 49 for
Stanford.
Rhode Island never led in the game, despite cutting a four-point
halftime deficit to one on three occasions early in the second half.
Matthews had a chance to give the Rams their first lead but his
turnover led to a 3-pointer on the other end by Randle for a 39-35
advantage with 15;13 left and Rhode Island never got closer than
three the rest of the way.
Both teams struggled with their accuracy and were shooting near 20
percent the first 13 minutes. Stanford benefited from more trips to
the free-throw line and two from Brown gave the Cardinal a 23-12
lead with 5:48 left in the first half. Rhode Island went down by as
much as 13 before scoring the final nine points of the opening half
to make it a four-point game at the break.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: This was the first meeting between the teams since
their classic Elite Eight matchup 17 years ago to the day, a game
won by Stanford, which is 4-0 all-time against Rhode Island. …
Randle is 27 points away from passing Todd Lichti as Stanford’s
all-time leading scorer (2,336). ... Stanford improved to 15-5
all-time at the NIT.
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