SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Binghamton had its best offensive night of the season on Thursday, defeating the Bryant men's basketball team 79-67 at the Chace Athletic Center.
With the loss, the Bulldogs fall to 8-19 overall and 4-9 in league play. Binghamton completed the season sweep of the Bulldogs and pulled within two games of Bryant for the final playoff spot in the 2026 America East Playoffs.
The Bearcats finished the night shooting 26-of-44 (59.1 percent) from the field, 6-of-11 (54.5 percent) from three and 21-of-23 (91.3 percent) from the line. Four players finished in double figures led by 19 from Jeremiah Quigley.
Bryant was led by
Ty Tabales with 21 (5-9 3pFG) and
Keegan Harvey's 20 points. Harvey was 7-of-10 from the field but was hampered by second-half foul trouble.
Aaron Davis III finished with 14 points and six rebounds.
Game Information
Binghamton 79, Bryant 67
Records: Bryant 8-19, 4-9 | Binghamton 6-22, 2-11
Location: Chace Athletic Center (Smithfield, R.I.)
Attendance: 250
Key Moments
- Binghamton answered an early Bryant push in the second half with an 11-2 run to open a 10-point lead.
How it Happened
- Binghamton grabbed an early 9-2 lead before the Bulldogs started chipping away.
- Sims bullied his way inside for his first two and Harvey converted a three-point play to pull Bryant within two.
- Harvey then finished an offensive putback before Tabales drilled a wing three to give Bryant its first lead of the night, 12-11, with 12:07 left in the opening half.
- Binghamton would build its lead back to three but Davis swished his first three of the night to knot things at 17-17.
- The Bearcats held a 22-19 lead into the under-4 media behind a three from Benigni.
- Binghamton led 34-28 as Benigni answered a Davis three with one his own with just three seconds left in the half.
- A corner three from Harvey and a finish at the rim from Williams brought Bryant within one, 33-34, but the Bearcats scored the next seven points to take their biggest lead of the night at the under-16 media.
- Binghamton would push its lead to 10, 50-40, at the under-12 as Benigni connected on his third three off an inbounds play.
- The Bearcats led 58-46 with 7:37 to play, opening the second half 10-of-17 from the field. Bryant, meanwhile, went just 5-of-16 from the field and 2-of-11 from three to open the half.
- Binghamton continued to shoot the cover off the ball and kept its lead in double figures for the remainder of the game.
Stats
- Bryant finished the game 24-of-61 (39.3 percent) from the field, 9-of-33 (27.3 percent) from three and 10-of-11 (90.9 percent) from the line.
- The Bulldogs held a 31-25 edge on the glass, including a 17-5 edge in offensive rebounding.
- Bryant, however, turned that into just nine second-chance points.
- Tabales led all scorers with 21 points on 8-of-17 shooting from the field. He was 5-of-9 from three and added three rebounds, two assists and three steals.
- Harvey finished with 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting. He was 5-of-5 from the line and added six boards.
- Davis was 3-of-11 from three to finish with 14. He added six boards.
- Quigley led Binghamton with 19, while Benigni had 18 thanks to 4-of-4 shooting from the field (3-of-3 from three) and 7-of-8 from the line.
Game Notes
- Bryant is now 6-4 in the Division I series vs Binghamton. Thursday marked Binghamton's first win at the Chace Athletic Center in six tries.
- The Bulldogs fall to 7-5 at home this season and 79-28 at home since the start of 2018-19.
- Harvey finished in double figures for the ninth time in the last 10 games.
- Harvey recorded his fourth 20-point effort of the year and is now averaging 12.5 ppg in league play.
- Davis hit at least three from beyond the arc for the 11th time in the last 17 games.
- Davis finished in double figures for the 14th time this season and the 16th time in his career.
- Tabales posted a career high of 21 points for the second-straight game. He also hit five threes for the second-straight game.
- Tabales joins Timofei Rudovskii, Brandon Carroll, Alex Francis, Joe Kasperzyk and Nisre Zouzoua as the only freshmen to post back-to-back 20-point games in DI program history.
Up Next
Bryant has its second bye of the year on Saturday and returns to the court next Thursday (Feb. 26) when it travels to Baltimore to face UMBC. Tip is set for 6:00 p.m.