November 21, 2006
BRYANT MEN'S BASKETBALL DEFEATS SAINT ANSELM 84-80
Burns Scores 20 To Pace Bulldogs
SMITHFIELD, RI - Chris Burns (Merrimack, NH)
scored a team-high 20 points and Nate Sudlow (Brooklyn,
NY) scored 15 points and dished out a career-best 10
assists as the Bulldogs held off Saint Anselm College down the
stretch to win 84-80. Bryant improves to 2-1 with the
win and 1-0 in the NE-10. Saint Anselm, led by Chris
Vetrano's (Andover, MA) game-high 21 points, drops to 2-2
(1-1 NE-10).
The Bulldogs raced out quickly on the visiting Hawks, leading
23-13 following back to back jumpers in the lane by Nick
Pontes (New Bedford, Mass.). The lead would stretch
to 34-17 following a Sudlow three with seven minute
remaining.
But that's when the Hawks awoke offensively, putting together a
16-3 run to end the first half and head into the locker room
trailing by just four, 37-34.
In the second half, a Burns three pushed the Bryant lead to
45-36, but the Hawks continued to chip away. A Junior
Mitchell (Brooklyn, NY) three from the left side cut the Bryant
lead to 47-43 with a little over 15 minutes left.
Another three by Mitchell with 6:12 left pulled the visitors to
within 69-66. Moments later, the Hawks would tie the game at
71-71 following two Chris Vetrano layups.
But a drive by Sudlow followed by a Dan Hammond
(Brunswick, Maine) basket following a steal by Sudlow,
Jerrann Wright (Cincinnati, OH) gave the Bulldogs
some breathing room with a nice 10-foot pull up jumper to give
Bryant a 77-71 lead and the Bulldogs were never threatened.
Sudlow was all over the court as the senior guard finished the
night 5 of 9 shooting from the floor, while adding 5 rebounds, 2
blocked shots and 3 steals in 33 minutes. Burns had the hot hand
from the outside, making 5 of 8 from three-point range while Pontes
and Wright each finished in double figures with 11 and 10 points
respectively.
Kyle Powers had 20 points for Saint Anselm. The Hawks
out-rebounded Bryant 41-35 in the game. After turning the
ball over 12 times in the first half, Bryant had just four
turnovers in the second half.
Bryant (3-0, 1-0 NE-10) will travel to Franklin Pierce on Sunday at
3:30 p.m.
