BRYANT MEN'S BASKETBALL

January 9, 2007

Bryant Men's Basketball Defeats Assumption College 77-67

WORCESTER, MASS. - The Bryant University Men's Basketball team snapped a three-game road losing streak with a 77-67 defeat over Assumption College Tuesday night at the Laska Gym.

Senior guard Chris Burns (Merrimack, NH) jumpstarted the Bulldogs scoring the game's first six points on two three-pointers and finished with team-high 17 overall and five shots from behind the arc.

Assumption cut the lead to 72-65 with less than a minute to play after Burns and Nate Sudlow (Brooklyn, NY) were whistled for consecutive offensive fouls. But that was as close as they would get as Sudlow converted two free throws to make it a nine-point game.

Bryant took a 41-28 lead heading into the half, behind 11 points from Jon Ezeokoli (South Orange, NH). The Bulldogs shot 57% from the field in the first half on 16-of-28 shooting.

Two consecutive baskets from Jerrann Wright (Cincinnati, OH) the Bulldogs the 37-23 lead with 2:30 to play in the first half. Bryant converted an 8-0 run, forcing the Greyhounds to call two timeouts within one minute.

Bryant edged the Greyhounds despite playing the majority of the second half with four players on the bench with four fouls, including Wright, who finished with 14 points before fouling out with 1:47 to play.

The Greyhounds struggled from the line converting only 13 of 26 shots.

With the victory, the Bulldogs swept the season series from the Greyhounds. They defeated Assumption 62-48 earlier this season in Smithfield, RI.

Bryant (9-5, 7-4 NE-10) returns to the Chace Center Thursday, hosting Pace University in a game that will be televised by Cox Channel 3, in tape delay this Friday at 8 p.m.