Smithfield, RI - The Bryant University women's basketball team has now won three out of their last four games with their latest coming Tuesday night over Le Moyne. Bryant used an 11-0 run in the last five minutes to go ahead of Le Moyne and earn the 83-76 victory. The Bulldogs improve to 6-17 overall and 3-15 in the Northeast-10 Conference. The Dolphins drop to 11-12 overall and 7-11 in conference play.

The first half was close but Le Moyne led the entire time and headed to the locker room with a 38-33 lead. The Bulldogs would get their first lead of the game at 14:51 in the second half on a jumper from junior Lauren Rubenoff (New Hartford, CT). Le Moyne would come right back and take a 50-46 lead until junior Joanna Skiba (Providence, RI) knocked down a deep three and was fouled. She completed the four point play and brought the Bulldogs even again.

The Bulldogs would go on an 11-0 run with only a couple of minutes remaining and took a 75-67 lead. Bryant did not look back and earned the 83-76 win. Senior forward Shannon Perry (Providence, RI) had another solid game scoring 19 points and grabbing eight rebounds. Skiba finished with a career-tying 26 points on 8-10 shooting including 5-7 from three-point land and a perfect 5-5 from the charity stripe. She also added eight assists with just two turnovers.

Le Moyne shot 58.7% from the floor, 37.5 from beyond the arc, and only missed one free throw in the seven point loss. The Dolphins also had four players in double figures with Kim Wagoner leading the way scoring 26 points on 9-13 shooting. Kathleen Gladstone had 16 points on 8-11 shooting with four rebounds and five assists.

Bryant University will travel to Saint Anselm on Saturday, February 11 with a tip time of 1:30pm.

Le Moyne (11-12, 7-11 NE-10)             38          38          -              76
Bryant University (6-17, 3-15 NE-10)   33            50         -            83