• Wed, 02/08 | Men's Basketball at Sacred Heart L, 79-77 (Final) BX | RC
  • Sat, 02/04 | Men's Basketball at St. Francis (NY) L, 80-67 (Final) BX | RC
  • Thu, 02/02 | Men's Basketball at Long Island L, 75-70 (Final) BX | RC
  • Sat, 01/28 | Men's Basketball vs. Monmouth L, 78-68 (Final) BX | RC
  • Thu, 01/26 | Men's Basketball vs. Fairleigh Dickinson L, 66-63 (Final) BX | RC
  • Mon, 01/23 | Men's Basketball vs. Brown L, 67-60 (Final) BX | RC
  • Sat, 01/21 | Men's Basketball vs. Quinnipiac L, 78-71 (Final - OT) PR | BX | RC | LS | V | A | T
  • Thu, 01/19 | Men's Basketball at Central Connecticut L, 69-51 (Final) BX | RC
  • Sat, 01/14 | Men's Basketball at Mount St. Mary's L, 64-60 (Final) BX | RC
  • Thu, 01/12 | Men's Basketball at Wagner L, 78-61 (Final) BX
 

January 7, 2010

BULLDOGS BATTLE BUT FALL SHORT TO KNIGHTS, LOSE 66-50

January 7, 2010

Box Score

BULLDOGS BATTLE BUT FALL SHORT TO KNIGHTS, LOSE 66-50

HACKENSACK, N.J. - Making its return to Northeast Conference play, the Bryant University men's basketball team jumped out to an early nine point lead but could not hang on as they fell 66-50 at Fairleigh Dickinson on Thursday night in the Stratis Arena in Hackensack, N.J.

Bryant (0-15, 0-3 NEC) was led by freshman Vlad Kondratyev's (Gainesv ille, Fla.) 16 points and junior Adam Parzych's (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) 10 points and team-high seven rebounds. Guard Michael Chroney (Nashua, N.H.) poured in nine points on 3-7 shooting including going 2-3 from long-range. The junior also pulled down four rebounds. Senior point guard Chris Birrell (Scituate, R.I.) added two three-point buckets and tied a career-high with five steals.

The Knights improved to 2-1 in the NEC and 3-12 overall with the victory. FDU had four players in double figures. Senior Sean Baptiste led the way with his double-double. Baptiste scored 18 points and pulled down 11 boards. Mike Scott added 16 points while Alvin Mofunanya and John Galvin each added 11 points.

The Bulldogs opened the first half with a 10-1 run split evenly at five points each between Kondratyev and Chroney. However, the Knights responded quickly with an 11-1 run of their own to give themselves a 12-11 lead with over 12 minutes still remaining. FDU battled back over the last 12 minutes, including converting on a buzzer-beating layup by big-man John Galvin to give FDU a nine point lead at the break.

Parzych led the way for Bryant in the first half with 10 points and six rebounds. The Knights outshot the Bulldogs 50 percent to 38.1 percent in the first half, but only converted 41.7 percent of their free throws. Galvin and Alvin Mofunanya led the way for FDU with nine points apiece.

A long-range three-point shot by Birrell capped a 9-2 Bryant run midway through the second half to bring the game back to within eight points with just over 11 minutes remaining but once again the Knights responded with seven consecutive points to jump back out by 15. The two teams traded baskets over the last 10 minutes as FDU went on to win by 16.

Bryant was outshot 47.8 percent to 34 percent in the contest and only converted on 50 percent (11-22) of its free throws.

The Bulldogs will travel downstate to Monmouth University for a 7 p.m. matchup with the Hawks on Saturday, Jan. 9 before returning home next to host NEC foe Sacred Heart in the Chace Athletic Center at 7:30 p.m on Thursday, Jan. 14.

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