Providence, R.I., headed the team in free throw shooting with a 79^0 mark. Charles and Hughes shared the year's top individual scoring efforts of 24 points in a single game with Charles getting his against St. John's and Hughes against Murray State. Hughes also had the best individual rebounding effort against UConn when he grabbed 19. Season highlight victories included the triple-overtime 80-70 upset of Connecticut at Kingston; the 68-66 triumph over Los Angeles State in the Oral Roberts Classic; two wins al the
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high-scoring aggregation, averaging only 66.5 points a game, but it is the best defensive team in the past quarter century at URI. Rhode Island's 1950-51 squad, coached by Robert as a
"Red" Haire limited its opponents to 1864 points in 28 contests, average of 66.6 points a game. This year's edition of the Rams
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held its opponents to 68. 1 points a game in 25 contests. Offensively, Rhode Island was led by junior forward
Randy 333 points and a 13.3ppg average. Hughes topped rebounding with 204 for an 8.2 average. Overall, Hughes led the club in eight statistical categories, including most field goals (141), field goal percentage (49%), free throws attempted (77), and personalfouls (79). Senior co-captain Joe Charles led the Rams in three other areas: field goals attempted (320), assists (104) and turnovers (95). Charles was second lo Hughes in scoring with 298 points foran 1 1 .9 ppg average. Junior guard Nelson Lopes of East
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