Newport’s Mason Choice scored 16 points and Tirrell Hill added 15 to lead the Rhode Island College basketball team past Johnson & Wales, 72-63, in nonconference play last night in Providence.

Darren Faust paced Johnson & Wales (0-4) with a game-high 21 points.

 RIC (72): Gray 4 1-2 9, Bentil 2 0-0 4, Hill 4 4-4 15, Lyons 4 0-1 8, Choice 5 6-11 16, Johnson 1 1-2 3, Stewart 2 3-4 8, St. Ours 0 0-0 0, Debnam 4 0-0 9; totals 26 15-24 72. JOHNSON & WALES (63): Adams 0 0-0 0, Faust 8 2-3 21, DiLascio 1 0-0 2, Nicholson 4 0-0 8, Jones 4 1-2 9, Crenshaw 1 0-0 2, Roberson 2 0-1 5, Thomas 7 0-2 16, Dale 0 0-0 0, Folk 0 0-0 0; totals 27 3-8 63.

 Halftime –– RIC, 27-26. 3-pt. goals — JW 6 (Faust 3, Thomas 2, Roberson); RIC 5 (Hill 3, Stewart, Debnam). Records — RIC 3-1; JW 0-4.

At Newport

 ROGER WILLIAMS (69): Flanagan 9 3-5 21, Barrett 6 4-5 20, McGinn 3 3-4 9, O’Dell 3 0-0 7, Bashaw 2 0-0 4, Fava 1 2-2 4, Petruccelli 1 0-0 2, Bogucki 0 2-2 2, Woolley 0 0-0 0; totals 25 14-18 69. SALVE REGINA (66): Hinkson 8 2-2 22, Woodworth 6 0-0 14, Dylag 3 0-2 7, Boyd 3 0-0 7, Birrell 3 0-0 6, Royce 2 1-3 5, Knight 2 0-0 4, DeSantis 0 1-2 1, Lynch 0 0-0 0, Daly 0 0-0 0; totals 27 4-9 66.

 Halftime –– SR, 30-27. 3-pt. goals –– RW 5 (Barrett 4, O’Dell); SR 8 (Hinkson 4, Woodworth 2, Boyd, Dylag). Records — RW 3-3; SR 2-4.

At New London, Conn.

 WHEATON (53): Perry 3 2-2 9, Coppola 9 6-7 26, Leo 2 2-4 7, Sasso 1 2-4 4, Stehle 1 0-0 3, Degnan 1 0-0 2, Weeks 0 0-0 0, Pedra 0 0-0 0, Sullivan 0 0-0 0, Michel 1 0-0 2, Lecznar 0 0-0 0, Daily 0 0-0 0; totals 18 12-17 53. CONNECTICUT COLLEGE (46): Sheehy 0 0-0 0, Karis 3 2-2 8, Veras 1 2-4 4, Bernier 2 2-2 6, Kehoe 2 3-4 7, McGuinness 1 0-0 3, Porter 4 6-8 14, Mahoney 0 0-0 0, French 0 0-0 0, Siedor 0 0-0 0, Lampe 1 0-1 2, Daley 0 0-0 0, Lehane 1 0-0 2; totals 15 15-21 46.

 Halftime –– W, 26-17. 3-pt. goals –– CC 1 (McGuinness); W 5 (Coppola 2, Stehle, Perry, Leo). Records — W 5-1; CC 3-3.

WOMEN

RIC 76, JOHNSON & WALES 67: North Providence’s Stephanie Coro had 20 points off the RIC bench and Ashley Abrahamson finished with 16 as the Anchorwomen earned a nonconference win last night in Providence. Johnson & Wales’ Alexia Ramirez had a game-high 27 points and 12 rebounds.

 RIC (76): Abrahamson 8 0-0 16, Malec 1 0-0 3, Martin 4 0-2 9, Mullen 2 0-0 4, McNamee 2 3-4 8, Boyd 1 7-8 10, Coro 6 7-8 20, Noheimer 0 0-0 0, Pfeiffer 0 0-0 0, Riley 2 23-2 6; totals 26 19-24 76. JOHNSON & WALES (67): Santosuosso 4 2-2 12, Ragaglia 2 4-5 9, Ramirez 8 9-11 27, Moxley 3 0-0 6, Valletta 2 8-8 12, Prado 0 0-0 0, Wilson 0 1-2 1, Montana 0 0-0 0; totals 19 24-28 67.

 Halftime –– RIC, 30-20. 3-pt. goals –– JW 5 (Santosuosso 2, Ramirez 2, Ragaglia); RIC 5 (Malec, Martin, McNamee, Boyd, Coro). Records — RIC 2-4; JW 3-4.

At Bristol

 WHEATON (75): Champney 8 6-7 22, Bailey 8 0-1 18, Hickey 5 3-4 15, Pleat 4 1-3 11, Smith 1 2-2 4, Kruse 1 0-0 2, DePalo 1 0-0 2, Michals 0 1-2 1, Paolino 0 0-0 0, Gosline 0 0-0 0, Walker 0 0-0 0, Pelkey 0 0-2 0; totals 28 13-21 75. ROGER WILLIAMS (66): Criss 9 2-2 22, Youngquist 4 0-0 11, Anderson 5 0-3 10, Mincey 3 0-0 6, Malenczak 2 0-0 5, Babin 2 0-0 4, Luke 1 1-2 3, Atchue 1 0-0 3, Perrault 1 0-0 2, Congdon 0 0-0 0, Spagnola 0 0-0 0; totals 28 3-7 66.

 Halftime –– W, 38-29. 3-pt. goals –– W 6 (Bailey 2, Hickey 2, Pleat 2); RW 7 (Youngquist 3, Criss 2, Malenczak, Atchue). Records — W 4-2; RW 2-3.

At Dartmouth

 BRIDGEWATER ST. (55): Cuddihy 6 3-4 18, Chappron 3 1-2 9, Johnson 4 1-4 9, Henry 3 0-1 6, Swanson 2 0-2 4, Houtman 2 0-2 4, Shaughnessy 1 0-0 3, DePina 1 0-0 2, Coucci 0 0-0 0, McPherson 0 0-0 0; totals 22 5-15 55. UMASS-DARTMOUTH (52): Andruszkiewicz 4 3-4 14, Ashmeade 6 1-3 13, Nelson 2 3-6 7, Hodgson 2 2-4 6, Whooley 2 1-4 5, Gaspar 1 2-2 4, Cardoso 1 1-2 3, Mallooy 0 0-0 0; totals 18 13-25 52.

 Halftime –– UMD, 26-18. 3-pt. goals –– BS 6 (Cuddihy 3, Chappron 2, Shaughnessy); UMD 3 (Andruszkiewicz 3). Records — UMD 2-3; BS 3-1.