Willimantic, Conn.-Junior forward Justin Campbell (New Haven, CT) notched a double-double with a team-best 15 points and 11 rebounds as the Rhode Island College men's basketball team suffered a 61-49 setback at Eastern Connecticut in a Little East Conference contest on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS

Eastern Connecticut 61, Rhode Island College 49

(Rhode Island College 4-12, 2-5 LEC)

(Eastern Connecticut 14-2, 7-0 LEC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• RIC freshman Adham Floyd (Worcester, MA) scored 11 points and added eight rebounds and four assists.

• Junior forward Grant Gillis (Jamestown, RI) added seven points and five boards in the loss for the Anchormen.

• Senior guard Tarchee Brown (Rockville, CT) paced Eastern Connecticut with a double-double, scoring a game-high 17 points with 13 rebounds.

• Senior guard Kendall Marquez (Willimantic, CT) added 14 points with three assists in the win for the Warriors.

• RIC took its first lead of the game when a layup by Gillis put the Anchormen up, 13-11, with 13:08 left in the first half.

• The Anchormen took their first double-digit advantage of the contest after a three-pointer from Floyd made the score 21-11 with 8:22 left in the half.

• RIC led by as many as 15 points several times in the stanza before taking a 32-23 lead heading into the locker room at halftime.

• Eastern Connecticut used a 10-0 run to start the second half, capped by a three-pointer from Marquez, to take a 33-32 advantage with 18:09 left in the contest. The Warriors held a 42-34 advantage midway through the second half.

• The Anchormen closed the gap to just two points when a three-pointer from senior guard Malcolm Smith (Old Orchard Beach, ME) made the score 47-45 with 5:55 remaining.

• That would be as close as RIC would get as Eastern Connecticut pulled away down the stretch en route to the 61-49 victory.

BY THE NUMBERS

• RIC shot 38.9 percent (21-of-54) from the field, 26.3 percent (5-of-19) from the three-point line and 28.6 percent (2-of-7) from the free throw line.

• Eastern Connecticut shot 38.3 percent (23-of-60) from the field, 25.0 percent (6-of-24) from the three-point line and 81.8 percent (9-of-11) from the free throw line.

•  RIC outrebounded Eastern Connecticut by a 37-34 margin.

WHAT'S NEXT

• In upcoming action, Rhode Island College will continue Little East Conference action at UMass Dartmouth on Wednesday, Jan. 27 (7:30 p.m.).