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CCRI women win 12th of 13

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Posted 1/24/23

The good times continue to roll for the Community College of Rhode Island women’s basketball team, which started a new win streak Saturday with an 88-50 home win over UConn Avery Point and …

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CCRI women win 12th of 13

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The good times continue to roll for the Community College of Rhode Island women’s basketball team, which started a new win streak Saturday with an 88-50 home win over UConn Avery Point and remained No. 4 in the most recent NJCAA Division III national poll for the fifth consecutive week.

 At 16-2, the Knights boast the third-best win percentage (.889) among the nation’s ranked teams, trailing only No. 1 Rochester, No. 3 Minnesota West, and No. 5 Fulton-Montgomery. CCRI has won back-to-back games since a January 17 loss to D-II Union that snapped its season-best 10-game win streak.

 Against UConn, four Knights reached double figures, led by sophomore guard Michelle Moreno (Providence, RI), who recorded a triple-double with 12 points, 11 rebounds, and 14 assists.

Sophomore guard Elizabeth Bruno (Providence, RI) continued her phenomenal 2022-23 season with a team-high 28 points on 10-of-13 shooting from the field, including a remarkable 8-of-9 from three-point range. Sophomore center Maggie Schwab (Narragansett, RI) connected on 11-of-15 shots and finished with 23 points and 10 rebounds for another double-double and sophomore guard Chloe Rayko (Coventry, RI) added 19 points.

 The Knights have the week off before beginning a four-game road trip Saturday at 1 pm against Southern Maine Community College.

Newcomer Elvin Mbengi (Providence, RI) scored 20 points in his season debut Saturday as the Community College of Rhode Island men’s basketball won for the third time in four games with a 102-57 home win over UConn Avery Point.

Mbengi, a 6-foot-5 freshman forward who joined the team in early January, shot 8-of-19 from the field, including three three-pointers, and also hauled in 11 rebounds in his CCRI debut.

The Knights won back-to-back games for the first time all season under first-year head coach Marcus Douthit and have won three of four overall to improve to 8-10.

Sophomore guard RJ Pina (Providence, RI) finished with 16 points in the win over the Pointers with five assists and four rebounds and sophomores Connor Warner (Westerly, RI) and Tyler Lima (Pawtucket, RI) each finished with 14 points off the bench.

Two weeks after making his season debut on January 6, freshman forward Bereket Janat (Westerly, RI) scored in double figures for the fourth time in six games with 13 points in addition to seven rebounds.

The Knights hit the road for five in a row, beginning tomorrow at 6 pm against Quinsigamond Community College.

  CCRI offers seven varsity athletics programs competing in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and boasts an academic support program for all student-athletes. For more information, visit ccri.edu/athl or follow CCRI Athletics on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook at @CCRIAthletics.


About CCRI

The Community College of Rhode Island, New England’s largest community college, enrolls nearly 20,000 students in credit-bearing programs and an additional 8,500 individuals in workforce development programs and adult education courses annually. CCRI also provides transportation education and certification to 14,000 Rhode Islanders each year. Classes and programs are offered at CCRI’s full-service campuses in Warwick, Lincoln, Providence and Newport, online and in partnership with the Westerly Education Center. For more information, visit www.ccri.edu.

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