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Providence, R.I.-Senior
guard Tahrike Carter (Brooklyn, NY) scored 13 points and was
named the Most Outstanding Player as top-seeded Rhode Island College
defeated third-seeded Keene State, 60-53, in the Championship Game
to claim the 2013 Little East Conference Tournament title.
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The Anchormen (25-3) will advance to
the NCAA Div. III Men's Basketball Tournament for the seventh
consecutive season and win the league's tournament for the fifth
time (2013, '11, '10, '08, '07). Rhode Island College, which went
3-0 in the league tourney, had clinched the Little East Regular
Season Championship for the sixth time (2013, '11, ‘10, '09, ‘07,
‘05) with a 13-1 league mark this winter.
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RIC defeated eighth-seeded UMass
Dartmouth, 62-58, in the first round on Feb. 19 and fourth-seeded
Southern Maine, 61-47, in the semifinals on Feb. 22 prior to this
afternoon's victory.
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The win over the Owls (17-11) marked
the fifth time in the last seven years the Anchormen have put an end
to Keene's tournament run. Rhode Island College also defeated KSC in
the championship game in 2007, while winning in the semifinals 2011,
'09 and '08.
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Carter added six rebounds, three
assists, a block and a steal. In the three games of the tournament,
he averaged 12. 3 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.0 steals
per contest. He also shot 50 percent (14-for-28) from the field.
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In today's win, junior guard
Nyheem Sanders (Pawtucket, RI) pitched in with 13 points and
four rebounds. Sophomore forward Chris Burton (New Rochelle, NY)
had 12 points and a game-high eight steals.
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