Rhode Island had 26 turnovers. Forward Yatar Kuyateh paced the Rams with nine points, and freshman center Lyrica Smith and guard Rhonda Pacheco had eight each. Pacheco and Shannon Boor had a pair of triples each. Pearman was pleased with but not misled by her team's modest accomplishments. It was two totally different types of players going against each other.
Tech never let the visitors get into any sort of offensive flow.
The mismatch suggested by the records of the teams going in was apparent from the opening tap. The hapless Rams couldn't even get into their offense for most of the early going. Until that point, Rhode Island had taken four shots and been whistled for two shot-clock violations. Tech used its size mismatches to best advantage on the way to leads it would push to 26 points before the break. Williams and Jones scored a combined 16.