– The Bryant University men's basketball team used a 21-0 run early in the second half and held visiting Southern Connecticut to just seven second half field goals in rolling to a 79-50 win over the Owls Thursday at the Chace Athletic Center. 

     Leading 39-28 at the half, the Bulldogs led 43-31 in the early stages of the second after an alley-oop dunk by Jon Ezeokoli (South Orange, N.J.) just two minutes into the second half.     

     After a P.J. Isaacson layup made it 43-33 at the 17:55 mark, Bryant would put the game away by holding Southern Connecticut without a field goal for the next 11 minutes as John Williams (Springfield, Mass.) drained three-straight three-pointers – two from long range - and Chris Burns (Merrimack, NH) added a 3-pointer of his own as the Bulldogs led 64-33 and emptied the bench.

       Williams finished with a game-high 15 points as Bryant made 11 of 27 three-point attempts and shot 46.8 percent from the floor.  Burns and Ezeokoli each had 12.  

       Southern Connecticut (5-14, 2-13 NE-10) was led by Devon Sullivan's 14 points as the Owls turned the ball over 27 times and finished with just 18 field goals in the contest.

      Bryant (13-6, 8-6 NE-10) will travel to Franklin Pierce on Saturday for a 3:30 p.m. game in Rindge, N.H.   The Bulldogs host UMass Lowell next Wednesday night.