Jan. 16, 2008

Box Score

KINGSTON, R.I. -Senior Safi Mojidi (Silver Spring, Md.) scored a team-best 16 points and junior Tanja Licina (Belgrade, Serbia) recorded a season-high 11 rebounds as the Rhode Island women's basketball team fell to No. 13/13 George Washington, Wednesday night at the Ryan Center.

GW got things started with 6-0 run over the first four minutes and stretched its lead to 10 (16-6) with 5:42 left on the clock. Mojidi then hit a three to spark a Rhody comeback. Redshirt junior Crystal Bellinger (New York, N.Y.) and senior Whitney Hollis (Brooklyn, N.Y.) followed with back-to-back baskets before Mojidi tied things up with another shot from outside the arc.

Sophomore Lindsay Harris (Upper Marlboro, Md.) sank the go-ahead shot for the Rams while the URI defense held the Colonials scoreless until Sarah-Jo Lawrence was fouled with less than a second left on the clock. Lawrence sank both of her free throws, sending Rhode Island into the break with a 22-18 advantage.

The Colonials (14-3, 2-0 Atlantic 10), who failed to connect from the field for the final 5:42 of the half, shot just 21.2% (7-33) and scored a season-low 18 first-half points.

The second half featured seven lead changes with Beck scoring 23 of her career-high 25 points on 8-for-12 shooting with three treys.

With the clock reading 1:24 and URI leading by a point, Beck scored on a one-handed floater to give George Washington a 44-43 lead.

After a turnover by Rhode Island (7-10, 0-2 Atlantic 10), Sarah-Jo Lawrence hit a jump shot but the Rams countered with a driving layup by Bellinger that pulled URI within one (46-45) with 21.2 seconds left.

The win improved George Washington's streak to nine games and 18 consecutive regular-season conference games dating back to the 2005-06 season.

Bellinger finished with a game-high seven assists for the Rams while Mojidi had a game-high four steals. Hollis and GW's Whitney Allen each recorded two blocks.

Rhode Island returns to the Ryan Center to take on St. Bonaventure, Saturday at 2 p.m.

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