Joe Bamisile scored 24 points as VCU beat Rhode Island 81-57 on Tuesday night. Bamisile shot 10 for 18, including 2 for 6 from beyond the arc for the Rams (15-4, 5-1 Atlantic 10 Conference). Max Shulga scored 15 points while going 4 of 12 from the floor,

Bamgboye 3-3 0-2 6, Clark 5-8 0-0 12, Bamisile 10-18 2-2 24, Russell 1-6 2-2 5, Shulga 4-12 6-7 15, Jennings 1-3 1-2 3, Jackson 4-10 2-4 11, Belle 0-4 0-0 0, Billups 1-3 0-0 3, Fermin 0-0 0-0 0, Hill 0-0 0-0 0, Okafor 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 29-68 15-21 81.

Rhode Island makes 46.2% of its shots from the field this season, which is 7.1 percentage points higher than VCU has allowed to its opponents (39.1%). VCU averages 9.3 made 3-poin