SMITHFIELD, RI – Brad Shove scored a game-high 22 points as visiting Saint Rose cruised right from the start en route to a 77-52 Northeast-10 Conference win over Bryant University Saturday afternoon at the Chace Athletic Center. 

Saint Rose (15-4, 11-3 Northeast-10), winners of four-straight and ranked No. 25 in this week's national poll, raced out to an early 7-0 lead on the Bulldogs and never trailed in the contest.  Using and effective half-court trap, the Golden Knights forced Bryant to struggle offensively from the floor and led 13-5 in the first seven minutes.  

After Bryant's Nick Pontes (New Bedford, Mass.) hit a basket in the lane to trim the Saint Rose lead down to 18-15 with 9:59 left, the Bulldogs would make just one field goal - a three by Jon Ezeokoli (South Orange, NJ) – for the remainder of the half.

Bryant shot a dismal 19 percent from the floor in the first half and headed into the locker room trailing 41-20 at the break.

In the second half, Saint Rose closed the door on any chance of a Bryant comeback as Shove drained a three-pointer in transition to give the Golden Knights their largest lead at 48-28 five minutes in and never looked back.

Saint Rose would get 16 points and five blocks from Clayton Longmire while Terrance King added 14 points and nine rebounds as the Golden Knights finished the game shooting 42.6 percent from the floor. 

Bryant (11-6, 6-6 NE-10) was led by freshman Jarrenn Wright's (Cincinnati, OH) team-high 13 points as leading scorer John Williams (Springfield, MA) was held to a season-low three points in the game. The Bulldogs finished the game shooting 29.9 percent from the floor.

Bryant will travel to Pace on Tuesday night and host Southern Connecticut on Thursday.