January 18, 2007
BULLDOGS TO FACE DOLPHINS SATURDAY AT 3:30 P.M. IN SYRACUSE
UPDATE
Bryant (12-5, 10-4 NE-10) hits the road this Saturday for
a Northeast-10 Conference game at Le Moyne College in Syracuse,
NY. Tipoff is at 3:30 p.m. ... The Bulldogs enter the
game winners of five-straight thanks to a 67-60 win over Southern
NH Wednesday night ... Freshman Cecil Gresham (Bloomfield,
CT) had a career-high 17 points as Bryant led by 15 at the
half and held off a late rally by SNHU ... Jon Ezeokoli
(South Orange, NJ) came up one point shy of equaling his
career high as the junior led all scorers with 23 points ...
Le Moyne is 8-9 overall and 5-8 in the Northeast-10 Conference this
season ... Bryant knocked off Le Moyne, 70-68 at home back on Dec.
29 at the Comfort Suites Holiday Tournament ...
STORY LINES
* With Wednesday's win, Bryant jumped into third place overall in the Northeast-10 Conference at 10-4. Bentley is first at 13-0 followed by Saint Rose at 10-3.
* Chris Burns enters the week 7th nationally with 3.8 three-point field goals per game. The senior has 232 career three's and 1,124 career points ranking him 20th in school history.
* Bryant is 14th in the Northeast-10 in scoring at 67.9 ppg.
* Bryant is 3-5 on the road this year.
* Bryant is averaging 73 ppg and has made 49 three's during this five-game win streak.
* In losses this year, Bryant is averaging 63 ppg and averaging
15 turnovers per game.
NEXT UP
Bryant will travel to Le Moyne this weekend and host UMass
Lowell at home the following Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
Sat. - Jan. 20 - at Le Moyne, 3:30 pm
Sat. - Jan. 27 - UMASS LOWELL, 3:30
pm
WINNING WHEN IT MATTERS MOST
Max Good's Bulldogs have found success in the winter
months leading up to conference and NCAA playoff time. The
Bulldogs, who have advanced to three-straight NCAA Championships,
are currently 5-1 in the month of January. Since the 2003-04
season, Bryant has a 25-12 record in the month of January and 18-6
record in the month of February. Last year, Bryant was 8-1 in
February.
Since 2003-04:
Record in January -
25-12
Record in February - 18-6
BRYANT SENIORS HAVE .704 WINNING PERCENTAGE
Bryant's senior class of Chris Burns
(Merrimack, NH), Dan Hammond (Brunswick,
Maine), Nate Sudlow (Brooklyn,
NY) have been involved in more than 80 wins during their
four year careers. The trio bring a combined record of 81-34
(.704) into Saturday's game vs. Le Moyne.
GRESHAMGOES FOR
CAREER-BEST 17 VS. SNHU
Freshman Cecil Gresham (Bloomfield,
CT) scored a career-high 17 points on 6 of 12 shooting
from the floor in 38 minutes of action vs. Southern NH on Jan.
17. Gresham's previous best was 12 vs. Franklin Pierce.
31 POINTS AND 8 THREE'S .... TWICE IN A ROWChris Burns (Merrimack, NH) found a groove last week in leading Bryant past Pace and Stonehill at home. The senior had a career-high 31 points and school record tying eight 3-pointers vs. Pace on Jan. 11 in a game broadcast on Cox Sports Television. Remarkably, he matched those numbers again two nights later with 31 and 8 trey's vs. Stonehill. Perhaps, since the Pace game was shown in Rhode Island on tape-delay Friday night, you could say it was three in-a-row for Burns.
