WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE) — The Black Friday rush started bright and early for some Rhode Island residents following the Thanksgiving holiday.

An estimated 36% of Americans were expected to make a purchase today, with an average of $480 spent overall.

Big malls like Warwick Mall, Emerald Square in Attleboro, and the Wrentham Outlets were open for Black Friday shopping, starting at 6 a.m. and 7 a.m.

Other shopping centers like Garden City in Cranston, and Providence Place Mall opened for shoppers at 8 a.m. and 9 a.m.

Here are the Black Friday store hours for some prominent national chains that may vary by location: 

Best Buy stores: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Dick’s Sporting Goods: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Home Depot and Lowe’s:  6 a.m. to close

JCPenney and Kohl’s: 5 a.m. to close

Macy’s stores: 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Sephora stores: Some will open early and/or stay open late.

Most Target stores: Will open at 6 a.m.

Walmart stores: Will be open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.

ABC6 was live at the Warwick Mall with shoppers who made their way in and out as they grabbed their Black Friday deals. 

Rhode Island notched its seventh straight win of the season, beating Texas-Arlington 83-78 on Thanksgiving Day. The team is off to its best start in 44 years.

The Rams (7-0) defense made three straight stops in the game’s final two minutes, and Sebastian Thomas and Javonte Brown each hit both ends of a 1-and-1 to put URI ahead 81-75. UT Arlington got a 3-pointer from Brody Robinson, but that was all the scoring the Mavericks could muster as Rhody completed a two-game sweep at the Jacksonville (Fla.) Classic. Rhode Island beat Detroit Mercy on Wednesday.

Thomas and Jamarques Lawrence each scored 18 points to lead Rhode Island. Thomas also had four steals and three assists, while Lawrence a career-high seven assists with five rebounds. David Green added 15 points, three rebounds and two assists before fouling out.

The victory set a URI program record by winning its seventh game before the end of November. (The previous high was six wins, when the Rams were 6-3 in 2013-14). The last time URI opened the season 7-0 was 1980-81 under coach Claude English, who led the Rams to a 21-8 record that year and a spot in the National Invitational Tournament.

Rhode Island will be back in action on Monday when it hosts Yale at the Ryan Center at 7 p.m. (ESPN+).

Associated Press

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jamarques Lawrence had 18 points in Rhode Island’s 83-78 win against UT Arlington on Thursday.

Lawrence also contributed five rebounds and seven assists for the Rams (7-0). Sebastian Thomas scored 18 points and added three steals. David Green went 5 of 10 from the field (3 for 6 from 3-point range) to finish with 15 points.

Jaden Wells finished with 18 points, nine rebounds and two steals for the Mavericks (3-5). UT Arlington also got 13 points and three steals from Raysean Seamster. Brody Robinson also had 13 points.

Rhode Island took the lead for good with 11:48 remaining in the second half on a 3-pointer from Green to make it a 56-53 game.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.