Williams Has Bulldogs Riding Six Game Win Streak

January 31, 2005

SMITHFIELD, RI - Junior guard John Williams has played well during Bryant's current six-game win streak. The Springfield, Mass. native is not only scoring 20.6 points per game this season (second in the conference), but is finding ways to get his teammates involved offensively as well.

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Entering Wednesday's game at UMass-Lowell, Williams is currently second in the Northeast-10 Conference in scoring with 20.6 ppg and leads the conference in three-pointers per game (3.72) and three-point field goal percentage (47.9). Williams is currently 4th in the conference in steals (2.11 steals per game), 6th in assists (82 for 4.56 assists per game), 6th in the conference in minutes played for per game at 34.06 mpg, 2nd in the conference in assists to turnover ratio at 2.22 (37 turnovers / 82 assists).

In addition, Williams has helped his teammates thrive as well during the current win streak. As a team, Bryant is outscoring opponents by 20 points per game.

Chris Burns (Merrimack, N.H.) has made a strong comeback from an early season injury. Burns is averaging 13.8 points per game and had a strong game against Pace last week, scoring 18 points including three 3-point field goals.

Danny Hammond (Brunswick, Maine) has also started to pick things up recently with 38 points and 15 steals in the last six games while Mario Correia has made 15 three's and has 83 points during the team's recent run.

Bryant, ranked 10th in last week's NCAA Northeast Regional poll, will host Southern N.H. on Saturday following Wednesday's showdown at UMass Lowell. Tipoff on Saturday is 3:30 p.m.