SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Timofei Rudovskii and Aaron Davis III combined for 42 points but UAlbany erased a 10-point second-half deficit to hand the Bryant men's basketball a stunning 65-63 defeat on Thursday night at the Chace Athletic Center.
 
With the loss, the Bulldogs fall to 7-16 overall and 3-6 in league play. Bryant wraps up its three-game homestand on Saturday against Maine. Tip is set for 4:00 p.m.
 
Bryant led 55-45 with 9:18 left but UAlbany closed the game on a 20-8 run to stun the Bulldogs. The Great Danes finished 8-of-11 from the field and held the Black and Gold to 3-of-11 and turned the Bulldogs over three times.
 
Rudovskii surpassed his career high for a second-straight game, finishing with 24 points on 9-of-13 shooting from the field and 6-of-10 from three. Davis added 18 (6-11 FG, 3-6 3pFG), while Ashley Sims II collected 11 points, seven rebounds and four assists.

Game Information
UAlbany 65, Bryant 63
Records: Bryant 7-16, 3-6 | UAlbany 8-16, 4-5
Location: Chace Athletic Center (Smithfield, R.I.)
Attendance: 200

Key Moments

• Amir Lindsey and Okechukwu Okeke each had three-point plays to bring the Great Danes even before Jaden Kempson gave UAlbany its only lead of the game with 20 seconds left.

How it Happened

• Bryant raced out to a 9-2 lead on Thursday night as Davis knocked down his first three of the night at the 15:10 mark.
• Rudovskii would push Bryant's lead to eight (17-9) with back-to-back threes at the midway point of the first half.
• Davis would continue his strong half with a strong finish through contact to make it 20-14 with 8:17 to go.
• Amir Lindsey's second three of the half cut UAlbany's deficit to five but Davis answered with a triple from the wing and Sims finished an offensive putback to give Bryant it's largest lead (30-20) of the half.
• Isaac Abidde had a strong finish to the half for UAlbany as he scored eight of the Great Danes' final 10 points to trim Bryant's lead to 35-30 at the break.
• Davis (13) and Rudovskii (13) combined for 26 of Bryant's 35 first-half points.
• Sims opened Bryant's second half in a loud way with a one-handed slam off a pick-and-roll with Rudovskii.
• Rudovskii and Davis followed with consecutive threes as Bryant pushed its lead to 45-37.
• Sanford and Sims then revisited their high school days as they connected for a Sims three from the wing to give Bryant a nine-point edge.
• A run-out layup for Sims made it 55-45 with 9:18 left but the Great Danes would get the next four and force a Bryant timeout with 8:19 left.
• Harvey pushed Bryant's lead back to nine with 5:10 left as he splashed a wing three off a perfect feed from Sims.
• UAlbany was able to tie things up at 60-60 with a quick 6-0 run at the under-4 media. Abidde swished a three and Lindsey turned a steal at midcourt into a game-tying three-point play.
• Rudovskii would answer with a step-back three from the wing but a three-point play from Okeke tied the game at 63-63 with under two minutes to play.
• UAlbany would take its first lead of the night with 20 seconds left as Kempson pulled up in the lane for two.
• The Great Danes would then block a three-point attempt by the Bulldogs on the other end.

Stats

• Bryant finished the game 24-of-48 (50.0 percent) from the field, 11-of-24 (45.8 percent) from three and 4-of-5 (80.0 percent) from the line.
• The Bulldogs held a 30-26 edge on the glass but were outscored 36-26 in the paint.
• UAlbany shot 8-of-28 (28.5 percent) from the field in the first 17 minutes but went 19-of-28 (67.9 percent) over the final 23 minutes on Thursday.
• Bryant turned the ball over 17 times.
• Rudovskii scored 24 points on a 9-of-13 mark from the field. He was 6-of-10 from three and added three assists and two steals.
• Davis went 6-of-11 from the field, 3-of-6 from three and 3-of-4 from the line for 18 points.
• Sims finished with 11 points, seven rebounds and four assists in 36 minutes.
• Harvey collected seven points and five boards.
• Isaac Abidde led three Great Danes in double figures with 19.

Game Notes

• Bryant and UAlbany have now split 12 all-time meetings. The Great Danes have won two of the last three meetings at the Chace and 3-of-4 overall in the series.
• The Bulldogs are now 6-4 at home this year.
• Bryant is 78-27 at home, including a 46-17 league record, since the start of the 18-19 season.
• The Bulldogs
• Rudovskii posted his 19^th double-figure scoring effort of the year.
• Rudovskii set a new career high for the second-straight game and now has four 20-point games on the season. He joins Alex Francis (6), Nisre Zouzoua (5), Adam Grant (4) and Marcel Pettway (4) as the only five freshmen in DI program history to have as many as four 20-point games.
• Rudovskii tied his season high for made threes.
• Davis posted double figures for the 12th time this year and 14th time in his career.
• Davis is now 40-of-90 from three over his last 13 games and is averaging 14.9 ppg in America East play.
• Sims posted his ninth game in double figures.

Up Next
Bryant wraps up its three-game homestand on Saturday as it welcomes Maine to the Chace Athletic Center. Tip is set for 4:00 p.m.