Box Score HARTFORD – The Bryant men's basketball team battled No. 3 UConn on Sunday night, falling 72-49 at PeoplesBank Arena in downtown Hartford.
With the loss, the Bulldogs fall to 1-5 on the year. Bryant returns to the Chace Athletic Center for just the second time this season on Wednesday as it hosts Mercy at 11:00 a.m.
On Sunday,
Timofei Rudovskii posted 11 points on 3-of-4 from three, while
Ty Tabales added 10 points. Bryant, however, turned the ball over 21 times and shot just 27.5 percent from the field.
Game Information
No. 3 UConn 72, Bryant 49
Records: Bryant 1-5 | No. 3 UConn 5-1
Location: PeoplesBank Arena (Hartford, Conn.)
Attendance: 15,495
Key Moments
- UConn held Bryant without a field goal for over 12 minutes in the first half, building a double-digit lead.
How it Happened
- The teams traded early threes as Tabales drilled a wing triple to tie the game early.
- Tabales would hit a free-throw line jumper to pull Bryant within 6-5 but the Huskies answered with a 9-0 run to lead 15-5 at the 11:24 mark.
- UConn stretched the lead to 22-7 as the Bulldogs started just 2-of-13 from the field and turned the ball over six times in the opening 12 minutes.
- Bryant went over 12:00 without a field goal in the first half before Allen swished a three with 3:04 left.
- The Bulldogs made it a 5-0 run and trailed 29-14 with 2:35 left in the first half.
- Bourgade made four free throws in the final minutes to make it a 37-21 game at the break.
- Bryant stayed with the Huskies through the first 12 minutes of the second half thanks to 4-of-10 shooting from beyond the arc. Rudovskii hit a trio of triples, while Lennart Weber knocked one down from deep.
- The Bulldogs trailed, 59-39, at the under-8 media timeout.
- Bryant made just one field goal over the final 10 minutes, an Allen dunk with 3:20 left. The remaining points came from the line as the Bulldogs made each of their final 10 free throws.
Stats
- Bryant finished the game 11-of-40 (27.5 percent) from the field, 7-of-23 (30.4 percent) from three and 20-of-21 (95.2 percent) from the line.
- UConn held a 42-27 edge in rebounding and a 40-8 edge in points in the paint.
- Bryant turned the ball over a season-high 21 times.
- Rudovskii finished with 11 points on a 3-of-4 night from three.
- Tables posted 10 points on 3-of-8 shooting.
- Harvey posted six points and a pair of blocks.
- Robinson went 6-for-6 from the line and didn't commit a turnover in 19 minutes.
- Bourgade made all four of his free throws.
Game Notes
- UConn now leads the all-time series, 3-0.
- Rudovskii finished in double figures for the sixth straight game to start his career.
- Tabales finished in double figures for the second time this season.
- Bryant's 20 free throws and 95 percent success rate from the line are both season highs.
Up Next
Bryant returns to the Chace Athletic Center on Wednesday to host Mercy. Tip is set for 11:00 a.m.
