SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant men's basketball team wraps up its three-game homestand on Saturday afternoon as it welcomes Maine to the Chace Athletic Center. Tip is set for 4:00 p.m.

Tickets for Saturday's game can be purchased at BryantTickets.com.

The Particulars
Opponent: Maine
Location: Chace Athletic Center (Smithfield, R.I.)
Date and Time: Saturday, Feb. 7 - 4:02 PM EST 
Live Stats: Sidearm
Watch: ESPN+
Game Notes: Bryant 
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THE SERIES

• Bryant owns a 7-2 lead in the all-time series and has won each of the last six meetings.
• The Bulldogs earned a 56-51 win over Maine in Orono to start league play. Ashley Sims II and Quincy Allen both recorded double-doubles to pace Bryant.
• Bryant is 5-0 vs Maine at the Chace, including victories in the 2024 AE Quarterfinals and the 2025 AE Championship.

BRYANT IN FOURTH SEASON OF AMERICA EAST PLAY

• Bryant is in its fourth season of America East play this year.
• The Bulldogs are 36-21 league play, including a 28-12 mark over the last 2+ seasons.
• Bryant went 14-2 last season, winning its first America East Regular Season title.

FIRST TIME OUT VS MAINE

• Bryant led by 11 in the second half but needed a 7-1 run to close out a 56-51 win at the Pit.
• Sims led Bryant with 12 points and 10 rebounds, while Allen added 12 and 11. 

BRYANT STUMBLES LATE VS UALBANY

• Bryant led by 10 with under 10 minutes to play on Thursday but UAlbany rallied for a 65-63 victory.
• The Great Danes took their only lead of the game with 20 seconds left on a pull-up in the lane.
• Timofei Rudovskii led Bryant with 24 points, while Aaron Davis III chipped in 18.

• 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.

FIVE MORE THINGS TO KNOW

• Timofei Rudovskii has set a new career high in each of the last two games, going 9-of-15 from three in the process. He leads Bryant with 15.4 ppg in America East play.
• Aaron Davis III is second on Bryant with 14.9 ppg in America East play. He is shooting a team-best 41 percent from three on the year, having averaged 2.8 3pFG per game in league play. Davis is now 40-of-90 from three over his last 13 games.
• Ashley Sims II is averaging 10.3 ppg and 7.3 rpg in his last three games for the Bulldogs. He posted 11 points seven boards and four assists on Thursday.
• Keegan Harvey had a stretch of five-straight games in double figures snapped on Thursday. He is still  42-of-73 (56 percent) from the field over his last 10 games and is averaging 10.2 ppg in America East play.
• Bryant is currently ranked 359th (out of 365) in experience in Division I basketball per KenPom.

• Maine enters at 6-18 overall and 4-5 in America East play following a 76-70 victory at home against Vermont on Thursday.
• The Black Bears shot 57.8 percent (26-45) from the field and 55.6 percent (10-18) from three.
• Caleb Crawford led Maine with 21 points on Thursday after having scored no more than nine points in a game this year.
• Maine is holding opponents to 28 percent from three (1st) in America East play.
• TJ Biel averages 12.0 ppg per game and posted three-straight 20-pt efforts to start league play.
• Mekhi Gray and Logan Carey are averaging 13.8 and 11.1, respectively, in conference play.