George Washington University Athletics
Wednesday, January 12
Washington, DC
7 PM
George Washington University
7-8,0-2Atlantic 10
42
vs
73
Rhode Island
11-3,1-0Atlantic 10
1
2
3
4
F
Rhode Island
22
17
23
11
73
George Washington
8
11
10
13
42
Shorthanded GW Succumbs to URI, 73-42
1/12/2022 9:22:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Gingras and Laureano lead GW in scoring during the effort
WASHINGTON- Looking for its first win of the Atlantic 10 season and the 2022 calendar year, the George Washington women's basketball team came off a one-game pause, after Saturday's scheduled game at Dayton was postponed, to host the Rhode Island Rams at the Charles E. Smith Center. However, it was a squad limited by health and safety protocols that took the floor and disappointingly for the GW faithful, the home team just couldn't keep up with the streaking Rams in a 73-42 defeat.
Rhode Island also saw its last game postponed but entered healthy and on a three-game winning streak, boasting four double-digit scorers paced by Emmanuelle Tahane's 14.6 points per game. Tahane had 11 points by halftime on 5-of-6 shooting as Rhode Island built a 22-8 lead after the first quarter that grew to a 20-point margin at halftime (39-19) and never looked back.
With the limited roster and Mayowa Taiwo picking up three first half fouls, a slew in the Buff and Blue got a good chance at experience. Leila Patel drew her first career start in her GW debut and hit two three-pointers for the GW cause, walk-on sophomore Piper Macke played a career-high 9:35 and scored a pair, while first-year walk-on Maxine Engel saw more valuable court time in her 20:44 of action and contributed four points. Eight found the scoring column for the hosts, led by matching nine-point outings from Sheslanie Laureano and Aurea Gingras. Gingras also enjoyed a game-high tying four assists.
Dez Elmore double-doubled to lead the visitors with 18 points and 10 rebounds, while Tahane and Dolly Cairns finished with 14.
Up next for GW is a trip to Olean, NY to meet St. Bonaventure Saturday at 2pm on ESPN+.
Rhode Island also saw its last game postponed but entered healthy and on a three-game winning streak, boasting four double-digit scorers paced by Emmanuelle Tahane's 14.6 points per game. Tahane had 11 points by halftime on 5-of-6 shooting as Rhode Island built a 22-8 lead after the first quarter that grew to a 20-point margin at halftime (39-19) and never looked back.
With the limited roster and Mayowa Taiwo picking up three first half fouls, a slew in the Buff and Blue got a good chance at experience. Leila Patel drew her first career start in her GW debut and hit two three-pointers for the GW cause, walk-on sophomore Piper Macke played a career-high 9:35 and scored a pair, while first-year walk-on Maxine Engel saw more valuable court time in her 20:44 of action and contributed four points. Eight found the scoring column for the hosts, led by matching nine-point outings from Sheslanie Laureano and Aurea Gingras. Gingras also enjoyed a game-high tying four assists.
Dez Elmore double-doubled to lead the visitors with 18 points and 10 rebounds, while Tahane and Dolly Cairns finished with 14.
Up next for GW is a trip to Olean, NY to meet St. Bonaventure Saturday at 2pm on ESPN+.
Team Stats
URI
GWU
FG%
.508
.291
3FG%
.364
.211
FT%
.583
.600
RB
47
28
TO
14
16
STL
11
7
Game Leaders
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
6
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
5
FGM
1
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Players Mentioned
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