In the history of the building now known as the Izod Center there have been many forgettable moments for the home team, and Saturday it was Fordham's turn as they played their final game of the season at the cavernous arena. Delroy James scored a game-high 29 points to go along with eight rebounds and every Rhode Island (18-10, 9-5) player who saw time scored as Jim Baron's team whipped Fordham 90-58. As a result URI remains in the conversation for fourth place in the Atlantic 10, which comes with the reward of a first round bye in the upcoming Atlantic 10 Tournament. There are no such worries for Fordham (6-20, 0-14), whose loss combined with Saint Joseph's win over St. Bonaventure guaranteed another season without a conference tournament appearance. Brenton Butler led four Fordham players in double figures with 12 points.

Fordham never led and truth be told never had a chance as URI scored the game's first 10 points by the 16:19 mark. James scored six of those points with eight coming from the Rhode Island frontcourt (Will Martell scored two) before a Branden Frazier jumper temporarily stopped the bleeding with 15:47 remaining. Five straight points from Butler foliowing a Nikola Malesevic layup cut the URI lead to 12-7 but all that seemed to do was get the Ocean State Rams upset. Rhode Island answered with a 13-0 run aided by two turnovers and four missed shots including a Kervin Bristol missed dunk. Chris Gaston's layup with 10:55 left in the half made the score 25-9, and his next hoop less than two minutes later made the score 30-11. URI would go into the locker room leading 46-19 as they shot 57.1% from the field and whipped Fordham 25-13 on the glass.