In Atlantic 10 Debut
He scored 25
and registered of 14 rebounds in a losing overtime effort. For his fine performance, Owens was named the tournaments Most Valuable
a season
points
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Player. In addition to collecting MVP honors in the Fleet Classic, Owens also named first team allwas Atlantic 10, first team alltournament at the Stanford Invita tional Tournament, and Rhode Island Division One player-of-theyear. Owens was also selected to the United Press International All-New England second team, honorable mention All-East by the Widmer poll, and honorable men All-American tion by the
Associated Press. the not Owens was only member of the team who received honors this year, as freshman Rus ty Cordua was selected to the
Atlantic lO's All-Rookie team. Cor dua was the highest scoring Ram freshman since Sly Williams (now a member of the New York Knicks) was a freshman in 1976. Cordua who stands 6-4 and weighs only 165 pounds, was the team's second leading scorer with an average of 12.7 points per game. He was the team leader at the free throw line, hitting on 86 percent and he led the team in three point field goals, connecting on 26 of 69
attempts. Cordua was only one of several this who excelled freshman season. Todd Bozeman was a solid contributor for the Rams as he started in all but one of the team's 28 games. A 6-4 guard/forward, Bozeman pulled down rebounds at the rate of 4.8 a game. His 14 point outburst was one of the deciding
factors in the upset victory over the second ranked team in New England, the University of New
Hampshire. Another bright spot on the team was walk-on guard Reggie Home. Home shot 57 percent from the field, leading the team in field goal
percentage. Other newcomers who con tributed this season were freshman center Gavin Scotti and transfer point guard Tony Taylor. Scotti's 4.8 rebounds per game was equal to Bozeman's mark and was the highest for a freshman since Upshaw in 1979. Taylor, who split the point guard position with junior Kevin Compton and sophomore Terry Pittman, led the team in assists (83) and steals (37) while averaging 9.5
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