Abdoulaye Kourouma Anchor Contributor RIC head coach Sam Ferry talking to his team. (Photo cred. @ChinoClipz on Instagram) Tuesday afternoon on Veterans Day, the Rhode Island College Anchormen basketball team took on Worcester State University in the Murray Center in a thrilling match, with RIC notching a five-point victory, 79-74. The Anchormen looked to avenge for last year’s game, coming up short by two points in a 73-71 loss.  The Anchormen and the Lancers started off on

Tim Yean Sports Editor Seven players return and six new faces join head coach Sam Ferry’s Anchormen basketball team as Rhode Island College enters the 2025-26 season looking to improve upon their 16-11 record from the previous year.  Ousmane Kourouma entered RIC’s 1,000-point club last season. What do the Anchormen look like without him? (photo cred. Tim Yean) The Anchormen had a 10-6 record in the Little East Conference, but were stopped in the conference semifinal, 81-68 in

Aboulaye Kourouma Anchor Contributor Playing college basketball for Rhode Island College from 2020-25, Ousmane Kourouma amassed an impressive resume with the Anchormen. The Woonsocket native joined the program’s 1,000-point and 1,000-rebound club over his five-year career, and was the nation’s leading rebounder at the Division-III level in his final season of collegiate play. The Anchorman alum was able to share with The Anchor Newspaper his on-and-off the court experiences a

Tim Yean Sports Editor More of the Anchormen’s greatest athletes and contributors were inducted into the RIC Athletic Hall of Fame at the Murray Center Saturday morning, Oct. 18, with two previously-named RIC hall-of-famers also being inducted into the Little East Conference Hall of Fame. “Today we come together to celebrate both our past and our present, with alumni returning from near and far,” Rhode Island College president Jack Warner said in his opening statement to the

Tim Yean Sports Editor Two semifinal appearances in the Little East Conference (LEC) Men's Basketball Championship Tournament in Sam...

Isaac Bean Sports Editor Rhode Island College’s Men’s Basketball team is on a roll. The Anchormen are now 7-2 , which is a drastic change...

Isaac Bean Sports Editor Rhode Island College’s Men’s Basketball team opened their season this week with two games on the road. There was...

Nicklas Heminger Sports Editor Tom Glynn, Rhode Island College head men’s basketball coach, has stepped down after accepting a head...

Nicklas Heminger Sports Editor Rhode Island College Men’s Basketball team continued with Little East Conference play last week as they...

Nicklas Heminger Sports Editor The Anchormen basketball team opened the season with a 1-2 record, after starting the year with three...

Jamila Coleman Anchor Staff Writer As it enters late fall and eventually transitions into winter, basketball seasons for schools all...

Cameron Iasimone Assistant Sports Editor Another successful day in office for the Anchormen this week as they took down the Castleton...

Jenfrin Rodriguez Sports Editor The NBA has an annual break at the midpoint in the season where the league comes together, and we see...

Cameron Iasimone Asst. Sports Editor The Anchormen have resumed their play these past few weeks after the winter break with a little...

Cameron Iasimone Assistant Sports Editor The Anchormen first loss of the season came from a blowout loss to Worcester State University on...

Jenfrin Rodriguez Sports Editor The Anchormen are playing differently than the previous shortened season and are 2-0 on the year so far....

Cameron Iasimone Anchor Staff Coming off a year of play with the COVID-19 Pandemic, it wasn’t easy for the Anchormen as they were only...

Cameron Iasimone Anchor Staff With the front runners of the NBA Western Conference being listed last week, there are still 10 more teams...

Jenfrin Rodriguez Sports Editor With a small portion of the teams in the Eastern Conference covered last week, there are still some left...

Jenfrin Rodriguez Sports Editor The NBA has been back for a week and already living up to the expectations. Teams such as the Chicago...