Overview
- Vanessa Harris hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:56 remaining and finished with 15 points off the bench.
- Ines Debroise, in her first start this season, forced a decisive late steal and made two free throws with six seconds left as URI totaled 11 steals.
- Palmire Mbu added a layup with 58 seconds to play and scored 14, with Brooklyn Gray contributing 12 to give the Rams four double-figure scorers.
- The win moved Rhode Island to 6-1, while N.C. State fell to 3-3 after going 2-for-7 from the field over the final 6:41.
- The upset snapped a nonconference home run that had N.C. State at 70-3 in Raleigh, in a guarantee game that paid URI $25,000.