URI (10-4): Rams close out the nonconference portion of their schedule. … The team continues to move up the national rankings in field-goal percentage. After its 56-percent outing Saturday in a win over Akron, the team is up to 50.2, seventh in the nation. Only Arizona State, Kentucky, Wake Forest, North Carolina, BYU and Syracuse are better. … Seawright, who had his 700th rebound in the victory over Akron, needs 20 points to reach 1,000. … Martell, who got his first start Saturday, has made 10 straight field-goal attempts in the last two games. Martell is shooting 80 percent (24-for-30), while Seawright is at 55.5, James 53.3 and Ulmer 52.6. … Baron is shooting 46.9 percent, 46.7 on 3-pointers. … The Rams have 23 steals in their last two games, thanks in large part to effective work on their fullcourt press.

TOLDEO (2-11): Rockets are off to their worst start in 54 years. They have lost their last six. … The team is 1-3 at home after being 55-8 over the previous five seasons. … First-year coach Gene Cross, who took over from the veteran Stan Joplin, most recently had been an assistant at Notre Dame. He has eight scholarship players available, nine if Johnson is able to return from a foot injury that has kept him out of the last two games. Johnson is a senior from Boston. … The roster includes four seniors and seven freshmen. … One of the team’s victories was a 57-56 win over Massachusetts on a last-second tip-in by Anyijong. … Scoring has been a problem. The Rockets are averaging 57.4, while allowing 66.2. … Amos, one of the seniors, has 208 career steals.

WHERE & WHEN: Savage Arena, 7 p.m. SERIES: URI leads, 2-1. LAST SEASON: URI won, 83-57. RADIO: WHJJ (920), WJZS-FM (99.3).

—PAUL KENYON