SMITHFIELD, RI  -- Shannon Perry scored 26 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to help lead the Bryant women's basketball team to a 64-50 win over Saint Michael's College here Wednesday night at the Chace Athletic Center.  The win improves Bryant's record to 8-17 overall and 5-15 in the Northeast-10.

Leading 37-17 at the half, Saint Michael's (17-8, 12-8 NE-10) used a 14-3 run to pull to within 42-38 with just over 10 minutes left.  The Bulldogs would counter with a 10-03 run of their own over the next four minutes.  Perry scored two baskets inside and following a runner in the lane by Joanna Skiba (11 points), Lauren Rubenoff capped off the run by draining a 12-footer to make it 50-38 with 6:30 left.

The Purple Knights, led by Jevy Rayner's 9 points, would pull back to within 52-40 after Amy Pitchers hit a pullup in the lane, but Perry would score following her own miss and was fouled in the process. She would convert the free throw and put the game away.

The Bulldogs scored the game's first 12 points in racing out to a 16-4 lead with Rubenoff keying the run with six points inside.  Saint Michael's would pull back to within 18-10 on a layup by Jevy Rayner, but Bryant would stretch the lead back to double digits following a jumper and a three by Alyssa Michella minutes later.

Rubenoff finished the game with 8 points and tied her career-high with 13 rebounds.  Bryant shot 41.1 percent from the floor in the game and made 14 of 16 free throws with Perry going 12 for 13 from the line.  Michella added 11 for the Bulldogs.

Saint Michael's shot 35 percent from the floor and were out-rebounded 42-33.

Bryant will host Bentley College this Saturday for a 1:30 pm game at the Chace Athletic Center.