Women’s Basketball Heads to URI for Third Annual Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown University women's basketball heads to the University of Rhode Island's Ryan Center for the third annual Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament from Dec. 1-2 as the Bears open play at the event against Bryant University on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 2:00 p.m.

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THIRD ANNUAL OCEAN STATE TIP-OFF
The third annual Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament is set for the Ryan Center at the University of Rhode Island from Dec. 1-2. In Saturday's semifinals, URI will host Providence at noon before Brown takes on Bryant at 2:00 p.m. On Sunday, the consolation game will take place at noon prior to the championship game at 2:00 p.m. The Bears have earned the team title in each of the first two years of the event.

Saturday, Dec. 1
Noon: Providence at Rhode Island
2:00 PM: Bryant vs. Brown

Sunday, Dec. 2
Noon: Consolation Game
2:00 PM: Championship Game

BACK-TO-BACK OCEAN STATE TIP-OFF CHAMPIONSHIPS
Brown won its second straight Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament title in 2017 as the Bears defeated host Providence College in the semifinals (Dec. 2), 64-59, and topped Bryant University, 72-60, in the championship game (Dec. 3). Guard Justine Gaziano '20 (Natick, Mass.) earned Tournament MVP honors while guard Taylor Will '19 (Arlington Heights, Ill.) gained All-Tournament Team accolades. The Bears won the inaugural event in 2016 behind victories over Rhode Island in the semifinals and Providence in the championship game. Since the start of the 2015-16 season, Brown has posted an 8-2 record against Division I opponents from the state of Rhode Island.

GAZIANO GOES OVER 1,000
Junior guard Justine Gaziano (Natick, Mass.) scored her 1,000^th career point against Bucknell (Nov. 25). She became the 21^st 1,000-point scorer in program history and the sixth Bear to score 1,000 points prior to her senior year. She scored her 1,000^th point in her 58^th career game and netted her 1,000^th career point at the 7:05 mark of the second quarter. She became the first Bear to score her 1,000^th career point at the Pizzitola Sports Center since Jordin Alexander '16 hit the mark against Columbia on Mar. 4, 2016. For the second straight year, a Bear scored her 1,000^th career point against a Patriot League opponent. Last season, senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) netted her 1,000^th career point at Colgate on Dec. 10, 2017.

2K TEAMMATES
Senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) and junior guard Justine Gaziano (Natick, Mass.) stand as the only two active career 1,000-point scorers in the Ivy League. Mehta (1,464 points) and Gaziano (1,021 points) represent the sixth pair of teammates in program history to play contemporaneously as 1,000-point scorers. The duo is the first to accomplish the feat since Sarah Hayes '06 and Colleen Kelly '06 played together as 1,000-point scorers in the 2005-06 season.

NCAA PERSPECTIVE
Senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) leads the NCAA in total points (174), field goals made (63), field goal attempts (145), and minutes played (314), while ranking fourth in steals (28), 13^th in assists (37), and 14^th in 3-pointers made (21). Junior guard Justine Gaziano (Natick, Mass.) stands second in the nation in points (159), second in field goals made (62), third in field goal attempts (134), and second in minutes played (303). Among NCAA active career leaders, Mehta ranks 21^st in 3-pointers made (217), 29^th in points (1,464), and 25^th in points per game (16.3) among active 1,000-point scorers while Gaziano sits 12^th in points per game (17.3) among active 1,000-point scorers. Brown stands as one of three schools in the country – along with Notre Dame and Oregon – to carry two 1,000-point scorers that have averaged 15.0 points per game or better during their careers.

FROM DOWNTOWN
Senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) scored a career-high 34 points on 12-of-20 field goals and 6-of-9 3-pointers at Holy Cross (Nov. 18). She scored over 30 points for the third time in her career and went over 20 points for the 24^th time. She tied her career high with 12 field goals made and connected on five or more 3-pointers in a game for the 14^th time in her career. Earlier in November, she became the third student-athlete in program history and 11^th student-athlete in Ivy League history to make 200 career 3-pointers with a pair of triples at Boston University (Nov. 12).

RECORDS WATCH
Senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) continues to make her way up the charts in the Brown record book. Mehta currently ranks fourth at Brown in career points (1,464), second in career 3-pointers made (217), and fifth in career field goals made (537). She stands seventh in Ivy League history in 3-pointers made. Junior guard Justine Gaziano (Natick, Mass.) stands 18^th at Brown in career points (1,021) and ninth in career 3-pointers (99) while senior forward Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec) sits seventh in 3-pointers (109). Steeves has 977 career points entering the weekend.

TURKEY TIP-OFF
Senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) earned All-Tournament Team honors at the 2018 Brown University Turkey Tip-Off. She led the tournament in points per game (22.0), field goals made per game (8.7), assists per game (4.3), steals per game (3.7), and minutes per game (37.7). In the Bears' finale at the event, Mehta scored 29 points – connecting on 12-of-22 field goals and a trio of 3-pointers – and added six steals and six rebounds against Bucknell (Nov. 25).

FAB FOUR
The four members of Brown's senior class – Mary Butler (Bangor, Maine), Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.), Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec), and Taylor Will (Arlington Heights, Ill.) – have combined for 350 games played, 259 games started, 3,482 points, 1,265 field goals made, 382 3-pointers made, 557 free throws made, 1,628 rebounds, 625 assists, 423 steals, 140 blocks, and 9,094 minutes played over their careers.

FOUR OF A KIND WITH AN ACE
Over the course of their careers, the quintet of seniors Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.), Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec), Taylor Will (Arlington Heights, Ill.), and Mary Butler (Bangor, Maine) and junior guard Justine Gaziano (Natick, Mass.) has combined for 409 games played, 315 games started, 4,487 points, 1,630 field goals made, 481 3-pointers made, 753 free throws made, 1,851 rebounds, 701 assists, 465 steals, 154 blocks, and 11,075 minutes played. As a unit, the group has started eight of nine games this season and has made 19 starts together all-time. Each member of the group ranks in the top 20 in the NCAA this season for minutes played, including Mehta (314 minutes, first), Gaziano (303, second), Steeves (278, fourth), Butler (269, seventh), Will (251, 17^th).

PERIMETER DUO
Brown carries two of the Ivy League's top three scorers in senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) and junior guard Justine Gaziano (Natick, Mass.). Mehta ranks second in the Ivy League in points per game (19.3) while Gaziano stands third in the conference with 17.7 points per game. Combined, the pair has accounted for 128 career double-figure scoring games and 48 games with 20 or more points. This season they have combined for 17 double-figure scoring games and seven games with 20 or more points. Last season, the duo combined for 22 20-point games, helping Brown post a 20-point scorer in 23 of 27 games, including six contests with two 20-point scorers.

MEHTA DATA
Senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) ranks second in the Ivy League in points per game (19.3), first in steals per game (3.1), first in field goals made (63), fourth in minutes per game (34.9), fourth in assists per game (4.1), and fifth in 3-pointers made per game (2.3). She averaged 25.0 points per game over a four-game span from Nov. 18-25. Mehta scored a career-high 34 points, hitting 12-of-20 field goals and 6-of-9 3-pointers at Holy Cross (Nov. 18). At the Turkey Tip-Off, she scored 29 points on 12-of-22 shooting with six steals and six rebounds vs. Bucknell (Nov. 25), posted 19 points and six assists vs. Fairfield (Nov. 23), and netted 18 points vs. Massachusetts (Nov. 24). She opened the year with 16 points and 10 rebounds vs. CCSU (Nov. 6) for her eighth career double-double. Mehta netted 23 points with seven rebounds at Boston University (Nov. 12) and compiled 13 points and six rebounds vs. UNH (Nov. 15). She approached a triple-double with 10 points, eight boards, and a career-high seven assists vs. JWU (Nov. 27). Last season, she ranked second in the Ivy League in points per game (18.5), second in 3-pointers made per game (2.8), and third in steals per game (2.2). Last year in Ivy League play, she averaged 17.4 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. For her career, she has scored in double figures 76 times, netted 20 or more points 25 times, eclipsed 30 points three times, and totaled eight double-doubles. A 2017-18 Academic All-Ivy selection, she has earned Second Team All-Ivy accolades in each of the last two years and collected Ivy League All-Tournament Team honors in 2016-17. She unanimously won the Ivy League Rookie of the Year award in 2015-16.

GAZIANO THE GO-TO
Junior guard Justine Gaziano (Natick, Mass.) ranks third in the Ivy League in points per game (17.7) and second in field goals made (62). She posted her second career double-double with a season-high 29 points and 11 rebounds vs. UNH (Nov. 15) and notched her third career double-double with 14 points and 10 boards vs. JWU (Nov. 27). Gaziano netted 23 points on 8-of-15 shooting with six rebounds at Holy Cross (Nov. 18). She netted 21 points and scored her 1,000^th career point against Bucknell (Nov. 25). She opened the year with 27 points and eight rebounds vs. CCSU (Nov. 6) and netted 15 points vs. Massachusetts (Nov. 24). Last year, Gaziano ranked third in the Ivy League in points per game (17.9), first in free throw percentage (87.2), fifth in 3-pointers per game (1.9), and third in field goal percentage (48.6). In Ivy League play last winter, she scored 17.5 points per game, shot 49.4 percent from the field, and 44.6 percent from downtown. For her career, Gaziano has scored in double figures in each of 52 games, netted 20 or more points 23 times, and eclipsed 30 points three times. She has earned All-Ivy honors in each of her first two seasons, taking Honorable Mention in 2017-18 and Second Team in 2016-17.

WILL POWER
Senior guard Taylor Will (Arlington Heights, Ill.) has averaged 11.1 points and 4.3 rebounds per game, while ranking second in the Ivy League in steals per game (2.5) this season. Will has scored in double figures in each of her last five games played and has averaged 13.6 points per game over that span. At the Turkey Tip-Off, she scored a season-high 17 points on 6-of-7 shooting vs. Bucknell (Nov. 25) and posted 12 points against both Fairfield (Nov. 23) and Massachusetts (Nov. 24). She netted 15 points with six rebounds at Holy Cross. Will scored 12 points and hit 2-of-5 3-pointers vs. UNH (Nov. 15) after charting eight points and seven rebounds at Bryant (Nov. 8). She returned to the Brown lineup in the season opener vs. CCSU (Nov. 6) after missing the majority of last season due to a knee injury she sustained on Dec. 22, 2017. In the opener, she posted nine points and a career-high seven steals vs. CCSU (Nov. 6). Through Brown's first 11 games last year, Will ranked fifth in the Ivy League with 17.0 points per game, fifth in field goal percentage (48.3), fourth in assists per game (3.9), third in steals per game (2.6), and fourth in free throw percentage (77.6). She scored in double figures in all 11 games in which she played last season and netted over 20 points in each of three games. For her career, she has scored in double figures 36 times and netted 20 or more points six times. She took a major step forward in her development from her freshman to her sophomore season pushing her scoring from 1.7 points per game as a rookie to 12.3 points per game as a sophomore – an increase of 10.6 points per game.

STEEVES ANCHORS FRONTCOURT
Senior forward Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec) has averaged 8.7 points and 6.7 rebounds per game on the year. Steeves posted her first double-double of the season on 14 points and 10 rebounds against Fairfield (Nov. 23) and notched her second double-double on 18 points and 15 boards vs. JWU (Nov. 27). She scored 14 points with eight rebounds vs. UNH (Nov. 15), totaled eight points and six boards at Holy Cross (Nov. 18), and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds at Bryant (Nov. 8). She scored 11.1 points per game last season, while ranking second in the Ivy League in defensive rebounds per game (6.4) and seventh in rebounds per game (7.4). In Ivy play last year, she averaged 9.4 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. For her career, she has totaled 17 double-doubles, scored in double figures 48 times, and eclipsed 20 points six times. She returns as one of the Bears' most experienced frontcourt players and earned a spot on the Ivy League All-Tournament Team in 2016-17.

BREAD AND BUTLER
Senior forward Mary Butler (Bangor, Maine) has played in all 94 games since the start of the 2015-16 season, the only Bear to do so. She has averaged 4.0 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists per game, and 29.9 minutes per game this season. Butler ranks fourth in the Ivy League in blocks per game (1.0). She led the Turkey Tip-Off in blocks per game (1.7) and scored eight points vs. Fairfield (Nov. 23). She opened the year with eight rebounds, five points, and four assists vs. CCSU (Nov. 6) and totaled six points and six boards at Holy Cross (Nov. 18). Last winter she averaged 3.2 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 15.6 minutes per game for the season. In Ivy play a year ago, Butler posted 3.2 points and 3.6 rebounds per game in 16.6 minutes per contest. She adds to Brown's experience in the frontcourt and earned Ocean State Tip-Off All-Tournament Team honors as a sophomore.

GREEN AT THE FIVE
Junior Haley Green (Salem, Va.) has provided the Bears a presence at center, averaging 3.1 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 11.8 minutes per game on the year. Green made her first career start vs. JWU (Nov. 27) and posted eight points on 4-of-5 shooting with five rebounds. She tallied six points and three rebounds at Boston University (Nov. 12) and grabbed five boards at Holy Cross (Nov. 18).

MULLIN FROM DISTANCE
Freshman guard Maddie Mullin (Wellesley, Mass.) came off the bench against Johnson & Wales (Nov. 27) and connected on 5-of-10 shots from behind the 3-point line, scoring 15 points for her first career game in double figures.

PRESEASON PREDICTIONS
Brown was selected to finish fifth in the 2018-19 Ivy League Women's Basketball Preseason Media Poll. Defending league champion Princeton took the top spot in the poll with 14 first-place votes and 133 total points. Penn followed in second with two first-place votes and 107 total points while Harvard (one first-place vote, 104 points) and Yale (89 points) rounded out the top half of the poll. Brown (66), Dartmouth (55), Columbia (30), and Cornell (28) filled out the fifth through eighth slots, in order.

VETERAN FEEL
Brown returns 87 percent of its scoring and 76 percent of its rebounding from a season ago as the Bears bring back seven of their top eight scorers and six of their top seven rebounders from last season.

BACK-TO-BACK ALL-IVY HONOREES
Last winter guard Shayna Mehta '19 (San Francisco, Calif.) earned Second Team All-Ivy, and guard Justine Gaziano '20 (Natick, Mass.) gained Honorable Mention All-Ivy, becoming the first pair of Brown teammates to garner All-Ivy in back-to-back seasons since Sarah Hayes '06 and Holly Robertson '05 both collected All-Ivy accolades in the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons. Both Mehta and Gaziano earned Second Team All-Ivy in the 2016-17 season. At the end of the 2017-18 regular season, Mehta ranked second in the Ivy League in points per game (18.5), second in 3-pointers made per game (2.8), and third in steals per game (2.2) while Gaziano ranked third in the Ancient Eight in points per game (17.9), first in free throw percentage (.872), third in field goal percentage (.486), and fifth in 3-pointers per game (1.9).

THREE STRAIGHT WINNING SEASONS
After going 15-13 overall in 2015-16, 17-13 in 2016-17, and 15-12 in 2017-18, Brown posted three straight winning seasons for the first time since registering four straight seasons above .500 from 2002-06.

ON THE FAST BREAK
As a team last year, Brown led the Ivy League in points per game (75.3), while ranking second in 3-point field goals made per game (8.1), defensive rebounds per game (29.1), and blocks per game (5.37). The Bears scored at least 70 points in 19 games and eclipsed 80 points 11 times. This season, Brown ranks second in the Ancient Eight with 69.6 points per game and has scored 70 or more points in four of its last six games.

START YOUR ENGINES
Brown opened its 46^th season of women's basketball on Nov. 6, and the Bears have now registered a 20-26 record all-time in season openers. Brown has won its last five openers and six of its last seven season debuts. Beginning last year with a 12-1 record, Brown established its best start in program history through 13 games. At 10-1 through 11 games, the Bears began 2015-16 with their best start since 1973-74. Brown opened the 2015-16 season at 5-0 for the first time in school history before falling at Manhattan.

NON-CONFERENCE WINS
The Bears notched a 12-1 mark in non-conference contests in 2017-18, tying for the second-most non-conference wins in school history and giving the Bears double-digit non-league wins for the sixth time. In 2016-17, the team tallied a 10-6 non-conference record as Brown posted its fifth-most non-conference wins in program history. With a 12-2 mark in non-conference contests in 2015-16, Brown finished second in program history for non-conference victories in a season. The Bears went 13-2 in non-league games in 1974-75 and notched 11 such wins in 1973-74 and 1975-76.

MEHTA ECLIPSES 1,000 POINTS
Senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) became the 20^th 1,000-point scorer in program history and the fifth student-athlete in program history to score 1,000 points before her senior year with a 28-point effort at Colgate on Dec. 10, 2017. She netted her 1,000^th point on a corner 3-pointer with 6:14 to play against the Raiders. She became the program's first 1,000-point scorer since Jordin Alexander '16, and the program's first player to score 1,000 points before her senior year since Vita Redding '99.

REACHING TRIPLE DIGITS
Brown set a program record for points against a Division I opponent in its 102-77 win over Sacred Heart on Dec. 6, 2017. The Bears scored over 100 points against a Division I team for the first time in school history. Brown crossed the century mark for the first time in a 114-28 win over Division III Mount Ida on Nov. 19, 2015 and reached the plateau in a 100-79 win over Johnson & Wales on Jan. 5, 2018. The Bears' previous scoring high against a Division I opponent came in a 98-88 win over Princeton on Jan. 13, 2017. Against SHU, Brown trailed 32-13 at the 8:29 mark of the second quarter before outscoring the Pioneers, 89-45, over the remainder of the game.

MEHTA ON THE MARK
Guard Shayna Mehta '19 (San Francisco, Calif.) scored a then career-high 33 points and set a single-game program record with nine made 3-pointers in the Bears' game against No. 20 California on Nov. 19, 2017. Mehta hit 9-of-15 shots from 3-point distance and earned Ivy League Player of the Week honors on Nov. 20. She came within one 3-pointer of tying the Ivy League record for made 3-pointers in a single game and posted her second career game with 30 or more points.

HISTORY MADE BEYOND THE ARC
Against No. 20 California on Nov. 19, 2017, Brown set single-game program records for 3-pointers made (16) and 3-pointers attempted (41), shooting 39.0 percent from distance in the contest. In the first quarter alone, the Bears connected on 7-of-17 shots (41.2 percent) from behind the arc.

DOMINIQUE DISTRIBUTES
Sophomore guard Dominique Leonidas (Stone Mountain, Ga.) stepped up her level of play during Ivy League competition last year as she posted 5.9 points, 2.0 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 20.0 minutes per game. Overall for her rookie season, she averaged 17.6 minutes, 4.1 points, 2.5 assists, and 2.2 rebounds per game. During a three-game span from Feb. 10-17, Leonidas tallied 15.3 points per game and shot 63.3 percent (19-of-30) from the floor.

NON-LEAGUE WINNING STREAK
During non-league play last winter, Brown went on a 10-game winning streak from Nov. 24 to Jan. 5, marking the second double-digit win streak in program history. The Bears posted one other double-digit win streak during a school-record 13-game stretch from Jan. 23 to Mar. 5 during the 1992-93 season.

STEEVES SCORES SECOND-MOST POINTS
Forward Erika Steeves '19 (Montreal, Quebec) scored 38 points – the second-highest single-game total in school history – in Brown's 100-79 win over Johnson & Wales on Jan. 5, 2018. She netted 8-of-10 shots from 3-point distance, marking the second-most made 3-pointers in a game in program history. Her 14 made field goals tied for the fourth most in a contest in the Brown record book. Her 38-point effort helped the Bears score 100 or more points for the second time on the season and for the third time in program history.

SUMMER WELL SPENT
During the summer of 2018, junior guard Justine Gaziano (Natick, Mass.) spent 30 days in Samoa through a Brown University Royce Sport and Society Fellowship. During her time in Samoa, Gaziano explored the athletic experiences of a select group of high performing female athletes with an emphasis on how sociocultural attitudes towards female athletes have impacted their experiences. Also this past summer, sophomores McKenna Dale (Storrs, Conn.) and Dominique Leonidas (Stone Mountain, Ga.) and assistant coach Sara Binkhorst volunteered in Kenya with the non-profit Play BOLD, assisting with sport clinics, classroom education, and infrastructural projects. In the summer of 2017, senior forward Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec) spent 23 days traveling through China, studying the market for amateur and professional basketball there through a Royce Fellowship for Sport and Society while during that same summer senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) spent 18 days in Chennai, India with Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy, using basketball as a vehicle to impact the education rates of marginalized communities there.

THE SPLASH SISTERS
The Bears feature the first pair of Indian American sisters to play NCAA Division I basketball for the same team in senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) and freshman guard Nina Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.). The sisters have their own Instagram account – brownsplashsisters – in homage the "Splash Brothers" duo of Steph Curry and Klay Thompson from the Mehtas' hometown NBA team, the Golden State Warriors.

STEEVES EARNS COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT AGAIN
Senior forward Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec) has gained CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District accolades in each of the last two seasons as a sophomore and junior. In order to earn CoSIDA Academic All-District honors, a student-athlete must participate as a starter or an important reserve, have reached sophomore academic standing, and maintain at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average.

BEARS SIGN ELLIE LEO THROUGH TEAM IMPACT
Brown officially signed Ellie Leo, then a 12-year-old, seventh grade student from Norton, Mass., to its roster through a Team IMPACT Cystic Fibrosis Project "Draft Day" Sponsored by Vertex Pharmaceuticals on Nov. 30, 2017. As part of a ceremony in the Pizzitola Sports Center's Joukowsky Room, Ellie – a high honors student who loves gymnastics, basketball, and art – signed an official Letter of Intent before her family and friends and received an authentic team jersey from the Bears.

STEEVES NORTH OF THE BORDER
Senior forward Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec) took part in a pair of camps with Canada Basketball's Women's National Team in the summer of 2017. Steeves competed in the program's Assessment Camp from May 12-22 in Edmonton, Alberta and in the organization's Development Team Tryouts from July 29 to August 8 in Toronto, Ontario.

THE CAPTAINS
The four members of Brown's senior class – forward Mary Butler (Bangor, Maine), guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.), forward Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec), and guard Taylor Will (Arlington Heights, Ill.) will serve the Bears as captains during the 2018-19 season. Steeves returns for her second year as a captain for the Bears.

CLASS OF 2022
Brown welcomes six freshmen to its roster for the upcoming season in a Class of 2022 that includes forward/center Elle Baker (Scottsdale, Ariz.), guard Traiva Breedlove (Rochester, N.Y.), forward Ashley Ducharme (Milton, Mass.), guard/forward Alana Kelley (Phoeniz, Ariz.), guard Nina Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) – senior guard Shayna Mehta's younger sister – and Maddie Mullin (Wellesley, Mass.).

STAFF CHANGES
Brown head coach Sarah Behn has brought three new staff members to the program for the 2018-19 season. The Bears feature two new assistant coaches in Eddie Benton – a former assistant coach at Cincinnati and Duquesne – and Kanika Cummings – a former assistant coach at Connecticut College – in addition to a new operations coordinator in Olivia Healy – a former standout student-athlete at Richmond and New Hampshire.

THE BRYANT SERIES HISTORY
Brown and Bryant have met 12 times with the Bears holding a 7-5 edge in the all-time series. Brown is 3-2 at home, 3-3 on the road, and 1-0 at neutral sites in the series. In the 2017-18 season, the Bears defeated the Bulldogs twice, including a victory in the championship game of the Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament.

THE PROVIDENCE SERIES HISTORY
The Bears and Providence College have met 28 times with PC leading the series, 19-9. Brown is 6-9 at home and 3-10 on the road in the series. In Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament play, the Bears beat the Friars in the semifinals in 2017, 64-59, and earned a 77-70 win in the championship game in 2016.

THE RHODE ISLAND SERIES HISTORY
Brown and the University of Rhode Island have met 38 times on the hardwood with the Bears trailing in the all-time series, 14-24. The Bears have notched an 11-10 record at home and a 3-14 mark on the road in the series. Brown has won six of the last seven meetings including a 76-65 decision in the semifinals of the 2016 Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament.

SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
Bryant enters the weekend with a 2-4 overall record and an 0-4 mark in its last four outings, including close setbacks to Boston University (67-65) and New Hampshire (79-74). Sydney Holloway is averaging a double-double behind 19.2 points and 11.8 rebounds per game. Haley Connors and Hannah Scanlan have added 12.7 and 10.8 points per game respectively.

SCOUTING THE FRIARS
Providence carries a 3-2 record into the weekend behind a three-game winning streak. The Friars have topped Sacred Heart (62-52), Boston College (61-57), and Yale (59-42) in their last three outings. Jovana Nogic leads the team with 12.6 points per game and has scored 1,303 career points with 243 career made 3-pointers, ranking 13^th among NCAA active career leaders. Chanell Williams has added 11.0 points per game.

SCOUTING THE RAMS
Rhode Island brings a 3-2 record into the weekend with a win over North Dakota (77-63) and loss at Holy Cross (73-65) in its last two outings. Elemy Colome leads the Rams with 16.2 points per game while Nicole Jorgensen has posted a team-high 7.6 rebounds per game alongside 10.4 points per game. Davida Dale has chipped in 13.8 points per game.

UP NEXT
After concluding play at the Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament, Brown plays at Maine on Saturday, Dec. 8 at 1:00 p.m. (ESPN+).

THIRD ANNUAL IVY LEAGUE TOURNAMENT
Brown will look to compete at the third annual Ivy League Tournament, which is set to take place at Yale University's John J. Lee Amphitheater in New Haven, Conn., from Mar. 16-17, 2019. Semifinals for the tournament will take place at 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Mar. 16 on ESPN3, and the final for the tournament will tip off at 4:00 p.m. on Mar. 17 on ESPNU.

TICKETS!
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Traiva Breedlove

Mary Butler

McKenna Dale

Ashley Ducharme

Justine Gaziano

Haley Green

Alana Kelley

Dominique Leonidas

Nina Mehta

Shayna Mehta

Maddie Mullin

Erika Steeves

Taylor Will

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