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Here’s how Rhode Island women’s basketball opened the A-10 Tournament with a win on Thursday
Watch Sophia Vital’s final shot lead URI women’s basketball over UMass
Sophia Vital goes strong to the basket in the final minute to score what proves to be the game-winner as URI beats UMass 60-58 Wednesday night.
HENRICO, Va. — With Rhode Island struggling on offense Thursday in the Atlantic 10 women’s basketball tournament, the Rams turned to defense for a 52-41 victory over George Washington University.
It was that defense that helped turn a two-point halftime lead to a five-point advantage after three quarters despite not making a field goal. They did, however, make nine of 11 free throws and hold the Revolutionaries to six points in those 10 minutes. The win means a 1:30 p.m. tipoff on Friday against No. 4 St. Joseph’s, a team URI defeated last month.
“You don’t see it very often,” URI coach Tammi Reiss said of not making a field goal in a quarter, although she thinks her team has done it this season. “We hang our hat on defensive. We’re not built as this great offensive team.”
The reason the Rams (17-15 and the fifth seed) increased the lead is because they held the Revolutionaries (13-18, the 12th seed) scoreless for the final 5:15 of the quarter, taking a 38-33 lead after three. The Rams continued that strong defense into the fourth quarter, holding the Revolutionaries scoreless for another 2:01.
“We’re not the best offensive team in the league, but we are a very good defensive team,” Reiss said. “We win games when we defend and rebound. And the difference today, they did that. They stayed locked in no matter how they were shooting, no matter what happened.”
Harsimran “Honey” Kaur, the Rams’ 6-foot-4-inch senior center, had 12 points and 11 rebounds, and junior guard Ines Debroise added 11 points and three assists. Anaelle Dutat, a 6-foot junior forward who leads the Rams with 8 rebounds a game, had 10 to go with six points. Sophia Vital, a sophomore guard, added nine points.
Makayla Andrews had 14 points for GWU, and Kamari Sims added 11.
For the game, URI was 13 for 62 from the field (21%), including 0 for 15 in that third quarter. The Rams, however, held GWU to 30% shooting (15 for 50). The Rams had 18 offensive rebounds, committed a season-low six turnovers to GWU’s 18, and made 21 of 26 free throws (80.8%) while the Revolutionaries went 6 for 12 from the line (50%).
The free throws surprised Reiss.
“You’ll never see that stat for us,” she said. “We will never shoot more free throws than our opponent. We just don’t.”
The two teams met just five days prior, with GWU winning, 54-46, at URI in the regular-season finale. Reiss set three goals for her team in the rematch: Take care of the basketball, force turnovers and limit GWU to 50 points.
“We hit all three game goals today,” she said. “When we do two of three, we always win. When we do one of three or none like we did against GW last game, we don’t win basketball games.”
After GWU tied the game at 33 at 5:15 of the third quarter, URI scored the next eight points for a 41-33 lead with 8:22 to go in the game. GWU responded with basket in the paint and a pair of free throws, but Kaur hit two from the line for a 43-37 lead with 5:50 left. A 3-pointer from senior guard Sophia Phillips (six points) extended the lead to 46-37 with 4:28 left, all but icing the game.
Kaur said she and her teammates didn’t get discouraged when struggling to score. They kept “the main thing the main thing.”
“Defense and rebounding was the main thing for us coming back from the last game,” she said, referring to the loss to GWU.
Debroise said the key was making sure the offense didn’t dictate the defense. They concentrated on getting stops on the defensive end and rebounding.
“We find ways to score,” she said. “If we’re not shooting well or making every shot, we find a way to score and get the win.”
The reward for the win, which snapped a two-game losing streak, is a quarterfinal matchup Friday against third-seeded St. Joseph’s. The teams met once in the regular season, with the Rams prevailing, 70-65, on Feb. 19.
Reiss likes her team’s chances if they hit those goals again.
“That’s what I’m most proud of,” Reiss said. “The team was locked into our game plan, and they executed it for 40 minutes.”
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The herbicide treatments target specific invasive aquatic plants, including variable water milfoil, fanwort, water chestnut, sacred lotus, and various algae species, according to the release.
Rhode Island
R.I. leading multi-state lawsuit against Trump administration housing policy – The Boston Globe
Rhode Island and other states had recently won a ruling against HUD’s attempt to overhaul a federal homelessness grant program in fiscal year 2025.
US District Court Judge Mary S. McElroy found that HUD acted arbitrarily and capriciously in imposing illegal conditions on billions of dollars in funding for the Continuum of Care program, through which HUD distributes billions of dollars to state, local, and nonprofit agencies to support housing and services for people facing homelessness.
For more than two decades, HUD had followed a “Housing First” model, which prioritizes rapid placement in permanent housing without requiring people to first meet conditions such as sobriety or a minimum income threshold.
However, on June 1, the Trump administration moved forward with new rules for fiscal year 2026 that seek to re-implement a cap on permanent housing. The new Notices of Funding Opportunity will set aside $1.3 billion for transitional housing and supportive service-only grants — which the coalition of states say will have the effect of capping permanent housing projects at about 68 percent of the funds.
HUD Secretary Scott Turner announced the new terms on June 1, saying the old model didn’t work.
“The ‘housing first’ experiment failed Americans by warehousing the vulnerable without results. This ideology promised to end homelessness. Instead, billions of taxpayer dollars were spent while homelessness increased to record levels,” Turner said in a statement. “Housing alone will not solve a crisis driven by addiction and mental illness. Under President Trump’s leadership, HUD is making necessary reforms to put recovery first.”
HUD said that the new Notice of Funding Opportunity for $4.04 billion through the Continuum of Care homelessness assistance program would support organizations that facilitate treatment and recovery and “prohibit funding the widespread use of illicit drugs and distribution of paraphernalia.”
The lawsuit alleges that the new conditions will mean a large number of permanent housing projects funded by the Continuum of Care program will lose funding, which will lead to people being evicted, placing further strain on state and local governments.
“Instead of investing in programs that help people stay safe and housed, the Trump Administration has embraced policies that risk trapping people in poverty and punishing them for being poor,” the 44-page lawsuit alleges.
The shift threatens housing for at least 97,000 residents of CoC-funded permanent housing across the country according to the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
The states argue that HUD’s actions violate the Administrative Procedure Act for failing to proceed with notice-and-comment rulemaking, and for being arbitrary and capricious. They ask the court to declare that the challenged conditions are illegal and to block HUD from implementing them.
Along with Neronha, attorneys general from all New England states except for New Hampshire have joined the lawsuit. The coalition also includes attorneys general from Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia, as well as the governors of Kentucky and Pennsylvania.
Amanda Milkovits can be reached at amanda.milkovits@globe.com. Follow her @AmandaMilkovits.
(WJAR) — Thirty-two years ago was the commissioning of a Navy submarine named after the Ocean State.
Maria Stephanos was on board the USS Rhode Island on July 9, 1994.
Rhode Island was the Navy’s 15th Trident class ballistic submarine.
It was commissioned in Newport and was the first to be christened in its namesake state.
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