Bryant Weekly Sports Update: Basketball Hosts AIC Monday; Hall of Fame Saturday Evening at Bello Center

January 15, 2006
 
This Week In Bryant Sports
 
Monday, Jan. 16
Women’s Basketball hosts AIC, 5:30 pm
Men’s Basketball hosts AIC, 7:30 pm
 
Tuesday, Jan. 17
No events
 
Wednesday, Jan. 18
No events
 
Thursday, Jan. 19
No events
 
Friday, Jan. 20
No events
 
Saturday, Jan. 21
Women’s Basketball hosts Saint Rose, 1:30 pm
Men’s Basketball hosts Saint Rose, 3:30 pm
Hall of Fame Induction Dinner, 6 pm (Bello Center)
 
Sunday, Jan. 22
Swimming hosts Saint Rose, 1 pm
 
WEEKLY UPDATE
 
MEN’S BASKETBALL  (10-5, 5-5 NE-10)
BULLDOGS DEFEAT ASSUMPTION BEHIND WILLIAMS’ 23 AND HAMMOND’S 22 POINTS
   The Bryant men’s basketball team snapped a two-game skid with an impressive 94-70 win at Assumption on Saturday.  After a 73-57 loss at Merrimack, the Bulldogs erupted with an aerial attack that included 14 three-point field goals and 52 first-half points.  John Williams (Springfield, Mass.) led all scorers with 23 points and five three’s while Dan Hammond (Brunswick, Maine) notched a career-high 22 points as the pair combined for 10 of the team¹s 14 three’s.  In his first career start, Jarrenn Wright (Cincinnati, OH) came through with his first career double-double as the freshman tallied 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in 20 minutes of action.  He was 6-for-10 shooting from the floor.  Bryant shot 53.1 percent from the floor in the game and grabbed a season-high 43 rebounds.  With his 23 points, Williams moved into 10th all-time on Bryant¹s career scoring list with 1,404 career points, passing Jason Noel’s mark of 1,399.  Williams needs just two points to pass Jason Bennett for ninth all-time.  This will be the second meeting of the year between the Bulldogs and Yellow Jackets as AIC picked up a 67-65 win in Springfield, MA back on Nov. 22.
 
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (7-8, 2-8 NE-10)
PERRY’S SEVENTH DOUBLE-DOUBLE NOT ENOUGH AS BULLDOGS FALL TO ASSUMPTION SATURDAY
   The Bryant women’s basketball team will look to rebound from Saturday¹s 60-57 loss at Assumption as the Bulldogs host 13th-ranked American International Monday evening.  Shannon Perry (Providence, RI) recorded her seventh double-double of the season with a season-best 27 points and 12 rebounds but the Bulldogs struggled offensively from the field, shooting just 29.2 percent from the floor including 2 of 20 from three-point range. Erin Murphy (Albany, NY) had 12 points, all coming in the second half, while sophomore Lynne-Ann Kokoski (Hatfield, Mass.) chipped in with eight points. Lauren Rubenoff (New Hartford, Conn.) grabbed nine rebounds.  Perry brings a 19.7 ppg scoring average into Monday¹s game and is averaging a team-best 13.3 rebounds per game since joining the Bulldogs during the Holiday Tournament in late December.  Joanna Skiba (Providence, RI) is second on the team in scoring with 15.4 ppg and has a team-best 33 three-point field goals.  Rubenoff is second with 8.4 ppg and and averages just under seven rebounds a game.  Last Tuesday, the Bulldogs knocked off Merrimack College, 64-59 as Bryant outscored the Warriors 12-0 to close out the game.  Perry tallied 24 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in the win.
 
INDOOR TRACK
BULLDOGS IDLE FOR ANOTHER WEEK BEFORE TRAVELING TO WESLEYAN INVITATIONAL
     The Bryant men¹s and women¹s indoor track teams, idle since Dec. 10, will return to training this week in preparation for the Wesleyan Cardinal Invitational in Connecticut on Jan. 28.
 
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING:
BULLDOGS HOST SAINT ROSE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
   The Bryant men’s and women’s swim teams returned to action Saturday afternoon, hosting WPI in a non-conference dual meet. The Bulldogs dropped a 129-99 decision to the Engineers on the men’s side while the Bryant women were defeated by WPI, 129-77. Bryant will host Saint Rose this Sunday afternoon for a Northeast-10 Conference meet at the Chace Athletic Center Pool (1 pm).
 
 
DOWN THE STRETCH ...
 
BRYANT TO WELCOME THREE NEW MEMBERS INTO HALL OF FAME THIS SATURDAY
    The Bryant University Department of Athletics will welcome three new members into its Athletics Hall of Fame this Saturday during the Hall of Fame Induction Dinner at the Bello Center at 6 pm.  This year¹s class will include Bill DiStefano ‘98 (Baseball), Noelle Emmette ‘92 (Volleyball), and Stephanie Ladd ‘89 (Women¹s Basketball).
     DiStefano, a native of Norwalk, Conn., helped guide the 1998 Bulldogs to the Northeast-10 Conference Championship and NCAA Regional Championship game in 1988.  He was a First Team All-America selection by the ABCA in 1998. 
     Emmette, a native of Middletown, Conn., helped lead the women’s volleyball team to an undefeated conference record in 1991 and hit .330 offensively with 379 kills.
    Ladd, a native of Swanton, Vermont, led Bryant to back-to-back conference championships including a 16-rebound performance in Bryant¹s win over Bentley in the conference final in 1988.  As a senior, she averaged 19 ppg and scored a school-record 551 points as the Bulldogs once again knocked off Bentley for the conference championship.
    Tickets are $25 per per person.  For more information, please contact Christina Richard at 401-232-6071 or crichard@bryant.edu.