SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant men's basketball team returns to the Chace Athletic Center on Thursday night as it hosts Binghamton at 6:00 p.m.
Tickets for Thursday's game can be purchased at BryantTickets.com.
The Particulars
Opponent: Binghamton
Location: Chace Athletic Center (Smithfield, R.I.)
Date and Time: Thursday, Feb. 19 - 6:02 PM EST
Live Stats: Sidearm
Watch: ESPN+
Game Notes: Bryant
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THE SERIES
- Bryant is 8-3 all-time vs Binghamton and 5-2 against the Bearcats since joining the America East in 2022-23.
- Binghamton snapped Bryant's four-game winning streak in the series with a 63-60 victory in Vestal on Jan. 29.
- The Bulldogs are 5-0 all-time against Binghamton at the Chace Athletic Center.
BRYANT IN FOURTH SEASON OF AMERICA EAST PLAY
- Bryant is in its fourth season of America East play this year.
- The Bulldogs are 37-23 league play, including a 29-14 mark over the last 2+ seasons.
- Bryant is currently tied with Maine for seventh in the league standings at 4-8. The Bulldogs are a half game behind UNH for sixth and two back of UAlbany for fifth.
FIRST TIME OUT VS BINGHAMTON
- Bryant trailed by as much as 10 in the first half but rallied to take a seven-point lead with 2:58 remaining at Binghamton in January.
- The Bearcats, however, scored the final 10 points to stun Bryant with a 63-60 victory.
- Keegan Harvey led Bryant with 26 points in the contest.
BULLDOGS FALL TO VERMONT ON SATURDAY
- Vermont used a scorching start to the second half to pull away from Bryant and earn a 90-63 victory on Saturday in Burlington.
- The Catamounts shot 57.7 percent from the field and 64 percent from three in the contest.
RUDOVSKII AMONG ELITE COMPANY
- Timofei Rudovskii has recorded four 20-point games this season, joining Alex Francis (6), Nisre Zouzoua (5), Adam Grant (4) and Marcel Pettway (4) as the only freshmen in DI program history with as many as four in a season.
- He also is just the sixth player (Francis, Zouzoua, Grant, Pettway and Joe Kasperzyk) to record 300+ points in a season as a freshmen and joins Francis as the only freshmen to have as many as 20 double-digit scoring efforts as a freshmen. Francis had 22, while Rudovskii recorded his 21st of the season on Thursday.
FIVE MORE THINGS TO KNOW
- Timofei Rudovskii leads Bryant in scoring with 12.5 ppg overall and 13.8 ppg in league play.
- Aaron Davis III is second on Bryant with 13.2 ppg in America East play. He is shooting a team-best 39 percent from three on the year, having averaged 2.5 3pFG per game in league play. Davis is now 44-of-108 from three over his last 16 games. He has made three or more 3pFG in 10 of those 16 contests.
- Keegan Harvey has posted double figures in eight of the last nine games and is 57-of-95 (60 percent) from the field over his last 13 games. Harvey is averaging 11.8 ppg in America East play after scoring a career high 28 points (9-14 FG, 3-5 3pFG, 7-9 FT) last Thursday at UML. Harvey is 13-of-26 from three over his last 13.
- Ty Tabales is coming off a career high 21 points on Saturday at Vermont. Tabales became the fifth different Bulldog to record a 20-point game this season as he went 8-of-16 from the field and 5-of-8 from three.
- Bryant enters Thursday 7-4 at home this season and 79-27 at home since the start of the 2018-19 season. The Bulldogs are 47-17 in league play at home in that time span.
A BIT ABOUT BINGHAMTON
- Binghamton enters Thursday at 5-22 overall and 1-11 in America East play.
- The Bearcats average 64.8 ppg and give up 73.5 ppg in league play this year.
- Binghamton is led by Jeremiah Quigley who ranks 8th in the league in scoring (13.8), 10th in rebounding (5.8) and first in assists (6.4).