SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant men's basketball team heads to New Jersey on Friday night to face Rutgers at Jersey Mike's Arena. Tip is set for 6:00 p.m. and the game will air on BIG Ten+.

The Particulars
Opponent: Rutgers
Location: Jersey Mike's Arena (Piscataway, N.J.)
Date and Time: Friday, Nov. 13 - 6:02 PM EST 
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Watch: BIG TEN+
Game Notes: Bryant 
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THE SERIES

• Bryant and Rutgers will be meeting for the fifth time in program history on Friday. The Scarlet Knights have won each of the four meetings.
• Each of the last two meetings have been decided by single digits. Rutgers earned a 66-57 victory in 2023 and held on for a 73-71 win in 2019.
• In 2023, the Bulldogs grabbed a 44-41 lead on a Connor Withers three but Rutgers answered with an 8-0 run to retake the lead.
• In 2019, Adam Grant had a clean look at a game-winning three as time expired but it caromed off the rim and fell out.

BRYANT FALLS TO PROVIDENCE

• Bryant kept Providence contained for the better part of the first half before the Friars' press churned out a 10-0 run in just 53 seconds to widen the margin. The Friars would go on to secure a 78-55 victory at the AMP.
• The Bulldogs turned the ball over 25 times and went just 1-of-10 from three in the opening 20 minutes.
• Bryant, however, hit three-straight threes to make it a nine-point game midway through the second half before the Friars rallied to put it out of reach.
• Duane Thompson led three in double figures with 15.

HARVEY NAMED PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA EAST

• Keegan Harvey returns for his second in Smithfield and will enter the year as a preseason all-conference pick. 
• Harvey started all 31 games a season, finishing the year with 11.2 ppg, 4.9 rpg and 1.1 apg. That included 13.8 ppg in America East play.
• The Newcastle, Australia native was his best down the stretch, averaging 14.5 ppg over the final 18 games of the year.

CRISPIN SHINES TUESDAY, RETURNS TO JERSEY TONIGHT

• Freshman Elijah Crispin had the best game of his young career on Tuesday, posting 11 points, six assists and three steals in a season-high 32 minutes off the bench.
• Crispin knocked down a trio of threes and has now scored in double figures in each of the last two games.
• Friday also marks a homecoming for Crispin who grew up in Pitman, N.J., and starred at Pitman High before playing his final year at The Perkiomen School (PA).
• Pitman scored 2,097 points at Pitman, joining his father Joe (2,651) and uncle Jon (2,319) as members of his immediate family to accomplish the feat.

FIVE MORE THINGS TO KNOW

• Bryant is 0-14 vs current members of the Big Ten. In addition to Rutgers, the Bulldogs have also faced Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State and Maryland.
• Keegan Harvey is now averaging 16.8 ppg over his last 11 games dating back to last season. He has scored 185 points in that span after scoring just 284 over the first 59 games of his collegiate career (4.8 ppg)
• Duane Thompson serves as Bryant's sixth man and has contributed big minutes off the bench. He scored 14 in the season opener and added eight points and eight rebounds in just 20 minutes on Sunday vs Fairfield. His 15 points on Tuesday at Providence were one shy of his career high.
• Onyx Nnani has now scored exactly 13 points in three of the first four games of the season. On Tuesday night, Nnani made a season-high six field goals (6-9).
• Bryant is 23-of-92 (.250) from three over the last three games. The Bulldogs 17-of-76 before going 6-of-16 in the second half at Providence on Tuesday. 

• Rutgers is 2-0 on the season, earning dominant wins over New Haven (81-54) and NJIT (101-64).
• Five players average double figures led by former NJIT guard Tariq Francis (15.5 ppg).