ALBANY, NY - The Bryant University Bulldogs traveled to Saint Rose on Sunday, November 27th for a Northeast-10 battle with the Golden Knights.  Saint Rose won the game, 64-62 improving to 4-1 overall and 1-1 in the Northeast-10. The Bulldogs, after a loss at AIC on Tuesday night,  drop their second-straight Northeast-10 game by two points and fall to 3-2 overall this season (0-2 NE-10).

Bryant took a seven point lead into the locker room at the half by the score of 37-30. Chris Burns made 3 of 5 three-point attempts and led Bryant with nine points at the break. A total of nine different Bulldogs tallied at least one bucket as the Bulldogs finished the first half shooting 59% from the field. Sophomore Shanty Robinson led the Golden Knights in the first half with 10 points on a perfect 5 for 5 shooting from the floor.

Saint Rose came out of the locker room with a fury, scoring 12 unanswered points to take a 42-37 lead just two and half minutes into the second half.  Golden Knights senior standout Brad Shove helped spurt the run with eight-straight points on his own.  However, the Bulldogs would come back and tie the game later at 44-44.

The second half would continue with back and forth action including seven ties and nine lead changes. Saint Rose led 60-56 before the Bulldogs tied the game at 60-60 with two minutes remaining. Will Monica gave the Golden Knights a 62-60 lead with his first and only basket of the game with a minute and a half remaining. Robinson added another basket to make extend the Saint Rose lead to four and the Knights would hold on from there.

Robinson finished the game a perfect 7-for-7 shooting in the game for 14 points. John Williams led the Bulldogs in scoring with 13 while junior Dan Hammond added 10.

The Bulldogs will host Pace on Wednesday, November 30th at the Chace Athletic Center with a tip time of 7:30pm.

Bryant (3-2, 0-2 NE-10)          37        25        -           62
Saint Rose (4-1, 1-1 NE-10)   30        34        -           64