ulmer decided to knock it off. and they'll have to play some more defense here for 33 seconds. 0.9 seconds differential between shot clock and game clock. rhode island, 1 for their last 7 from the floor. you're right, they've left some point out here in the last three minutes of this first half. marquis jones finds martell. yes, and a foul. sanders picks it up. jimmy baron, and the bench of rhode island, explodes on that. that was a well-conceived play. >> mike: a little screen roll. martell does a nice job of diving down into the low post and finishing it. those are his first points of the half. marquis jones has not scored in this game. but terrific finish for the rams. >> tim: he's got some touch, does this lefty. a rain-making free throw, isn't it? a lot of arch on it. a quick time-out called by al skinner. rams about-v been doing just a little bit of everything. >> mike: out of character and how they scored. this certainly is in character, the pressure by cothran and getting mejia the easy layup inside. a numb

. >> tim: ulmer, and this time inside the arc, a deuce for lamonte ulmer. >> mike: squaring up and taking that shot, he just clipped the three-point line. >> tim: there so much energy on this team. jackson had it stripped by mejia. ulmer almost runs it down. very close to a turnover each time. and right away they get biko paris back on the floor. >> mike: the thing that's impressive about rhode island, not only they're getting steals, but a lot of deflections, hands on balls. they chase it down, relentlessly come from behind and very active with their hands. >> tim: rhode island by 12. just over 12 minutes remaining in our game. conte forum, chestnut hill, massachusetts. tim brando, mike gminski, jenn hildreth. trapani. oh, the bank is open late in chestnut hill. he's got seven. he can be a streaky shooter from outside. get a little help from above and look out. james, jackson gets the rebound. see if they seek out trapani again. sanders, tough take. unable to get it to go. >> mike: tough finish trying to go left -- >> tim: oh, paris with a pick. count it! >> mike: that was all brought ab

these last four it's been rhode island. >> ulmer off the steal.ed by trapani. >> you could see the body language change for the rams already, al skinner watching things on the sidelines. you've got to avoid throwing it into the corner like that. that's just -- that's the death zone of a trap. >> we've certainly seen rhode island's best. jen has more on that pressure. >> jen: talking to the players today, it was very clear this pressure defense is what this team hangs its team on. it's where everything starts for them. keith cothran told me, he said the biggest thing he was worried about was matching bc's toughness and intensity. it definitely start with these guys right there on defense. >> the thing is what rhode island has to do, since they don't take a lot of threes, they have to take more possessions and they do that with turnovers. that part is paying off for them in this stretch of the game. >> rhode island leads by two. harris being doinged by mejia. >> the other point is once you keep that pressure, if you show poise, teams are shooting 47