SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Ty Tabales led six Bulldogs in double figures with a season-high 18 points as the Bryant men's basketball earned a 77-65 victory over Stonehill on Tuesday night at the Chace Athletic Center.
 
With the win, the Bulldogs improve to 3-6 on the year. Bryant travels to Providence on Friday night to face rival Brown at 7:00 p.m.
 
On Tuesday, Bryant shook off an early 9-0 deficit to post its third win in as many tries at home this season. Tabales led the attack with 18 points and added a season-high seven assists in 36 minutes. Quincy Allen (13 pts, 5 reb, 2 blk), Keegan Harvey (12 pts, 4 reb), Ashley Sims II (10 pts, 4 reb, 4 ast), Timofei Rudovskii (10 pts, 6 reb) and Ethane Bourgade (10 pts, 4-4 FG) all finished in double figures.
 
Game Information
Bryant 77, Stonehill 65
Records: Bryant 3-6 | Stonehill 2-8
Location: Chace Athletic Center (Smithfield, R.I.)
Attendance: 600

Key Moments

• Bryant used a 10-0 run just before the under-4 media timeout in the first half to take its first lead of the game. The Bulldogs would lead the rest of the way.

How it Happened

• Bryant started slow on Tuesday night, turning the ball over on each of its four possessions. The Bulldogs would miss it's first two shots as well, with the Skyhawks opening the game on a 9-0 run.
• The Black and Gold climbed back into the game on the hot shooting of Allen who hit each of his first three attempts from distance. His third, a catch-and-shoot from the top off a baseline out of bounds, pulled Bryant within three at the 14:30 mark.
• Stonehill's Raymond Espinal-Guzman matched Allen early, going 4-of-5 from the field for nine points in the first eight minutes.
• As a team, Stonehill hit each of its first four attempts from three, taking a 22-16 lead with 11:00 to go in the first half.
• Stonehill led 26-22 with 6:36 left but the Black and Gold put together a 10-0 run to take a 32-26 lead with 4:11 left.
• Tabales started the run with a three from the top and Rudovskii followed with a three from the left wing to give the Bulldogs their first lead of the night. A Tabales fadeaway jumper was followed by a Lennart Weber bucket in transition to complete the 10-0 run.
• Bryant would take a 34-32 lead into the half.
• The Black and Gold opened the half with a loud play as Harvey found a cutting Allen for a two-handed slam.
• Tabales then sank a free-throw line jumper and was fouled, completing a three-point play to make it 41-34 two minutes into the half.
• The freshmen duo of Tabales and Sims hooked up moments later as Tabales fed Sims with a beautiful bounce pass and Sims flushed it home, forcing a Stonehill timeout with 16:10 left.
• Bourgade posted six quick points, converting a three-point play before drilling his first collegiate three from the top.
• Tabales followed with a deep three as the shot clock expired to give Bryant a 54-40 lead with 12:51 to go.
• Leading by seven with 6:30 to go, Sims started a decisive 10-2 run with a banked-in three from the left. He followed with a steal and finish and Tabales drilled a deep three from just shy of the center logo.
• Bryant would close it out from there, going 4-of-6 from the field over the final four minutes.

Stats

• Bryant finished the game 29-of-57 (50.9 percent) from the field, 9-of-26 (34.6 percent) from three and 10-of-17 (58.8 percent) from the line.
• Bryant outrebounded Stonehill 33-31 and led 16-6 in second chance points.
• The Bulldogs turned the ball over just nine times, committing only two turnovers in the second half.
• Tabales finished with 18 points on 5-of-13 shooting from the field. He was 3-of-7 from three and 5-of-7 from the line. Tabales added seven assists and turned the ball over just twice in 36 minutes.
• Allen added 13 points on three made three-point field goals. He also posted five rebounds and two blocks.
• Sims posted 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting and added four rebounds and four assists.
• Harvey had 12 points and four boards.
• Rudovskii was an efficient 4-of-6 from the field for 10 points and led the team with six boards.
• Bourgade went 4-of-4 from the field to finish with 10 points.

Game Notes

• Bryant evens the Division I series with Stonehill at a game apiece.
• Tuesday marked Bryant's first win over Stonehill since Jan. 13, 2007, snapping a nine-game skid against the Skyhawks.
• Bryant is now 3-0 at home this year and 75-23 at the Chace Athletic Center since the start of the 2018-19 season.
• Bryant set season highs for field goal percentage and assists in the contest.
• Tuesday is the first time since Dec. 16, 2023 vs Towson that the Bulldogs have had six players score in double figures.
• Rudovskii finished in double figures for the ninth-straight game to start his career. It is the longest streak to start a career in Bryant DI program history.
• Tabales finished in double figures for the fourth straight game and for the fifth time this season. He is averaging 13.3 ppg over the four-game stretch.
• Tabales' seven assists were a season high and he now has 15 assists and just four turnovers over his last three games.
• Tabales is just the fifth different Bulldog to record at least seven assists in a game as a freshman and the first to do it since Feb. 23, 2020. He joins Ikenna Ndugba (6 times), Michael Green III (2), Joe Kasperzyk (1) and Corey Maynard (1) as the only Bulldogs to accomplish the feat.
• Allen finished in double figures for the fifth time this year and the 15^th time in his career.
• Sims posted his second double-digit scoring effort and now has multiple assists in six games this year. Sims' three-point field goal in the second half was his first in six games and snapped an 0-of-12 stretch.
• Harvey's 12 points match his career high set earlier at Virginia Tech and he's now averaging 9.4 ppg over his last five games.
• Bourgade posted his first-career double-digit scoring effort.

Up Next
Bryant makes the short trip to Providence to face rival Brown on Friday night. Tip is set for 7:00 p.m. at the Pizzitola Center.