BRYANT WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NOTES
December 4, 2006
Today's Game
The Bryant University Bulldogs take on rival
Bentley tonight in a Northeast-10 Conference game at the Dana
Center in Waltham, Mass. This is the first of two meetings this
season for these teams. Last season, Bryant lost both games to the
Falcons.
Game Notes
Senior captain Joanna Skiba (Providence, R.I.)
scored 14 points and Senior Lauren Rubenoff (New Hartford,
Conn.) and senior captain Erin Murphy (Albany,
N.Y.) each added 12 points to help lead the Bulldogs to
its fifth win in six games 68-48 over UMass Lowell at Costello Gym
in Lowell, Mass. last Saturday.
An air-tight zone defense held the Riverhawks to a 10.7% shooting percentage in the first half, as they made just three of 27 shots and were outrebounded by the Buklldogs 26-13. Bryant got off to a great start leading the Riverhawks 14-2 and 27-11.
Murphy finished with a game-high seven rebounds, while Skiba had
eight assists.
Freshman Kelsey O'Keefe (Warren,
Mass.) tallied nine points and five rebounds in 20
minutes of action.
Making her second start of the season, freshman Kristin Mraz (Johnstown, NY) scored five points and grabbed four rebounds in the win.
Skiba reached the 1,000 point milestone just 1:38 into last Wednesday's game with Assumption and was presented with a gameball by Head Coach Mary Burke. Skiba led the Bulldogs with 22 points in a 80-76 win over the Greyhounds.
The Falcons of Bentley College
Senior guard Lauren Moore scored 14 points and junior forward Erica
Kirwan added 11 as Bentley used a 40-point second half to top
Assumption 62-50 last Saturday at the Dana Center. The Falcons are
4-2 (2-2 NE-10) defeating NE-10 rivals UMass Lowell and
Assumption, while losing to Southern Connecticut and AIC. Moore
leads the Falcons in scoring (14.2 ppg), while Colette Josey
averages 6.3 rebounds per game coming off the bench.
NEXT UP FOR BRYANT
The Bulldogs will travel to Bentley College on Tuesday
night for a 6:30 p.m. game in Waltham, Mass. The next home
game for the Bulldogs will be Saturday, Dec. 9 against Southern
N.H.
Sat. Dec. 9 - SOUTHERN N.H., 1:30 p.m.
Wed. Dec. 13 - at Stonehill, 5:30 p.m.
Sun. Dec. 17 - BRIDGEPORT, 2:00 p.m.
