Yale at Rhode Island
Monday, Dec. 2 – 7 p.m.
Thomas M. Ryan Center
Kingston, R.I.
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Yale men's basketball wrap its 17-day road stint with a game at the University of Rhode Island on Monday, Dec. 2. The Bulldogs will enter the night with a 4-4 overall record.

Last Time Out

• Yale competed at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off at Mohegan Sun.
• The Bulldogs opened the weekend with a 91-66 victory over Fairfield on Nov. 23 before falling the following night 100-94 to Delaware.
• Against Fairfield, John Poulakidas had a hot hand with a game-high 22 points, shooting 6-for-7 from beyond the arc.
• Against Delaware, five Bulldogs scored in double figures. Nick Townsend had a double-double of 20 points and 10 rebounds. Yale outscored Delaware in the paint 48-24 and had the advantage in second chance points 17-5. They also grabbed 13 points off turnovers compared to Delaware's six.

Bulldog Notes

• Head Coach James Jones picked up his 400^th career win in the Yale's 91-66 showing over Fairfield on Nov. 23. Jones is in his 26^th season with Yale.
• John Poulakidas registered his 1,000^th career point against Delaware.
• Seniors John Poulakidas and Bez Mbeng were named to the 2024-25 Lou Henson Early Season Watch List. The award is presented annually to the top player in mid-major college basketball. Poulakidas and Mbeng are two of six Ivy League players on the list. They join Princeton's Xavian Lee and Caden Pierce, Brown's Kino Lilly, Jr., and Columbia's Geronimo Rubio De La Rosa.
• Three Bulldogs are averaging in double figure points per game as Poulakidas is averaging 20.6, Nick Townsend (13.0), and Bez Mbeng (11.6).
• John Poulakidas has scored in double-figures in every game this season and has hit the 20-point mark in five of those contests.
• Poulakidas is shooting .476 from three-point range (30-63). He is fourth in the nation in total three-pointers made.
• Bez Mbeng is tied for 18^th in NCAA DI in total assists (42).
• As a team, Yale is 16^th in the nation in field goal percentage (50.82).

 
A Look at History Against Rhode Island

• Yale narrowly leads the all-time series with URI, 7-6.
• The first meeting between the pair was in 1925, which saw Yale take the game 26-13.
• The Rams took the last victory in Kingston, 76-72 on Nov. 26, 2023.
• The last time Yale won at the Ryan Center, was a 68-65 victory during the 2011-12 season.

Scouting the Rams

• URI will be coming into the night undefeated and having won their first seven games.
• They are coming off a Thanksgiving tournament that saw them beat Detroit Mercy, 81-75, on Nov. 27 and then UT Arlington, 83-78, on Nov. 28.
• Rhode Island's Javonte Brown is leading the nation in field goal percentage (81.58).
• As a team, the Rams are also first in the nation in field goal percentage (53.87).
• They have five players averaging double figures in points per game.

 
Up Next
The Bulldogs will play their final home game of the calendar year on Saturday, Dec. 7 when they host the University of Vermont. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. from John. J. Lee Amphitheater.