WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Bryant 70, Merrimack 55
BRYANT WOMEN DEFEAT MERRIMACK 70-55 ON SENIOR NIGHT

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  SMITHFIELD, RI –  Shannon Perry scored 26 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the Bryant University women’s basketball team to a 70-55 win over Merrimack College in the final game of the 2005-06 season for the Bulldogs.  Bryant ends its season, 9-18 overall and 6-16 in the Northeast-10.

  With six three-point field goals, Bryant set a new school single season record for made three-pointers in a season with 138 as the Bulldogs made 6 of 22 from beyond the arc. 

The Bulldogs led 35-29 at the half and used a 9-2 run to open the second half and never trailed.  Freshman Alyssa Michella came off the bench and scored 12 points, all on three-point shots as the guard made 4  of 8 three’s in the. 

    Merrimack (8-22, 5-17 NE-10) got 12 points from guards Joelle Martin and Takeya Faison, but turned the ball over 23 times in the game.

    The Bulldogs went a perfect 16 for 16 from line in the game as Perry, playing in her final game since joining the Bulldogs this season, made 12 of 12 from the free throw line. 

Perry finishes the season with a school record 12.7 rebounds per game average.

    Prior to the start of the game, the Bulldogs honored their four seniors including senior Pamela Malcolm who scored Bryant’s first basket of the game before a near capacity crowd at the Chace Athletic Center. 

It was the first points in her career as she will graduate this May from Bryant University.  Malcolm, one of the top high school players in the history of Connecticut school-girl basketball, was seriously injured in a car accident just prior to arriving at Bryant University.