The 2.8 magnitude earthquake occurred at about 5:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday, with shaking felt across Virginia and beyond.
Rhode Island Rams (12-3, 1-2 A-10) at Richmond Spiders (7-9, 2-1 A-10) Richmond, Virginia; Saturday, 6 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Rhode Island visits Richmond after Sebastian Thomas scored 20 points in Rhode Island's 75-67 loss to the George Washington ...
Rhode Island Rams (12-3, 1-2 A-10) at Richmond Spiders (7-9, 2-1 A-10) Richmond, Virginia; Saturday, 6 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rams -3; over/under is 145 BOTTOM LINE: Rhode Island visits Richmond after Sebastian Thomas scored 20 points in Rhode ...
Earthquakes are not necessarily a rare event in Central Virginia. In 2011, a powerful 5.8 magnitude quake struck in Louisa County. It was felt as far north as Rhode Island and New York City. While it didn’t cause any deaths or major injuries, it did cause $80 million in damage to homes, schools and public buildings in Louisa.
VCU hosts the Rhode Island Rams after Mary-Anna Asare scored 26 points in VCU's 57-50 win against the Saint Joseph's (PA) Hawks.
Neskovic 7-14 12-12 28, Roumoglou 2-8 0-0 4, Walz 4-8 0-0 10, Roche 1-4 0-0 3, Tyne 5-12 0-0 11, Artis White 0-7 0-0 0, Beagle 1-1 4-4 6, Tanner 0-2 0-0 0, Soulis 1-1 0-0 2, Graham 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-57 16-16 64.
Trailing by 14 early, the Rams closed the gap to force overtime, when Sebastian Thomas scored 9 points, including 2 free throws, to seal the victory.
Starting guard DeLonnie Hunt broke his left foot during Wednesday’s game at George Mason and will be out for eight weeks, Richmond men’s basketball
Neskovic, who scored a career-high 28, was on the bench with UR trailing 65-64 in the final 20 seconds of OT. UR coach Chris Mooney had been subbing Neskovic in for offense and removing him when the Spiders defended. The clock stopped after UR fell behind 65-64, but officials would not let Neskovic re-enter.
Both teams are among the conference leaders from the foul line. Richmond is the top free-throw shooting team in the Atlantic 10 (shooting .779 from the line), while URI is the league's top-scoring team at the stripe, averaging 19.7 made free throws per game.
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