Edwards leads Providence against Rhode Island after 24-point game

By Canadian Press on December 6, 2025.

Rhode Island Rams (7-2) at Providence Friars (5-4)

Providence, Rhode Island; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Providence takes on Rhode Island after Jason Edwards scored 24 points in Providence’s 94-64 win over the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights.

The Friars have gone 4-0 at home. Providence scores 90.4 points and has outscored opponents by 6.7 points per game.

The Rams are 1-0 on the road. Rhode Island is eighth in the A-10 with 9.9 offensive rebounds per game led by Mouhamed Sow averaging 2.6.

Providence makes 48.3% of its shots from the field this season, which is 7.5 percentage points higher than Rhode Island has allowed to its opponents (40.8%). Rhode Island has shot at a 47.7% rate from the field this season, 5.4 percentage points above the 42.3% shooting opponents of Providence have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Edwards is scoring 19.2 points per game and averaging 3.3 rebounds for the Friars. Stefan Vaaks is averaging 2.7 made 3-pointers.

Jonah Hinton is scoring 15.8 points per game and averaging 2.8 rebounds for the Rams. Tyler Cochran is averaging 14.9 points and 6.4 rebounds.

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

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