BRYANT FOOTBALL DEFEATS ASSUMPTION, 48-38
La Salle's Lorenzo Perry Rushes for 221
Yards in Bulldogs' Win
Box Score
WORCESTER, MASS – Bryant junior running
back Lorenzo Perry (Providence / La
Salle) rushed for 221 yards on 27 carries and added three
touchdowns to help lead the Bryant University football team to a
48-38 win on the road at Assumption College Saturday. With
the win, Bryant improves to 2-1 on the season heading into
Saturday's Homecoming Game with Pace at Bulldog Stadium.
Perry got the Bulldogs on the board early, scoring on a 23-yard
run on Bryant's first possession of the game. The extra
point attempt was blocked and Assumption took advantage and
answered with a seven play drive to take a 7-6 lead after a Shawn
Cerrentani 31-yard touchdown reception from quarterback Jon
Breuer.
The scoring was a sign of things to come in the first half as both
teams combined for 66 points in the first half alone with Bryant
heading into the locker room holding a 34-32 lead at the break.
In the second half, the Bulldogs went on top 41-32 as
Vincent Norris
(Washington,
D.C.) caught four-yard touchdown
pass from Charles Granatell
(Franklin Lakes,
NJ) midway through the third. It was the only points of
the quarter for either team.
Kevin Anderson
(Plainville,
CT) gave the Bulldogs a little
cushion with a 10-yard TD reception in the fourth making it
48-32. Assumption would round out the scoring with an Austin
Davis score from a yard out.
Perry's 221 yards is the third-most in Bryant history while
his three rushing TD's – one of which was a 61-yarder
in the second quarter – equals a record held by three other
players with three TDs in a game. Granatell completed 14 of
23 passes for 185 yards and four touchdowns, tying Tony
Granieri's school record of four set in 2001.
Davis led the Greyhounds with 157 yards rushing and four touchdowns
on the afternoon. Cerrentani had 197 yards receiving with a
touchdown as Assumption drops to 1-2 on the year.